February 2017: First month of Trump administration sweeps late-night TV ratings
by When people said Trump would be good for comedy, they were thinking about punchlines, and not ratings. And yet, the first month for Americans living …
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Steve Martin offers to teach you a MasterClass in comedy for $90
However you feel about comedy classes, Steve Martin may change your mind. The online MasterClass series includes sessions you can watch and pay for in …
AMC will keep Chris Hardwick “Talking” year-round on Sunday nights
When Chris Hardwick isn’t talking walkers and zombies and survivors on AMC, he’ll still have a spot on the cable channel for all of the …
Comedy Central announces first-ever Colossal Clusterfest, June 2-4, 2017 in San Francisco
Almost as if I’d just produced my annual list of comedy festivals and asked the folks at Superfly for details about their planned summer shindig …
The definitive guide to comedy festivals for 2017
PLEASE GO TO MY NEWLY CREATED COMEDY FESTIVALS PAGE FOR A MORE TIMELESS LISTING OF ALL OF THE FESTIVALS Last year, it seemed as if …
2016: The year we doubled the number of stand-up comedy specials. 2017: Doubling again?
If you’re wondering why I haven’t gotten back to you about your stand-up comedy album, then please allow me to remind you just what kind …
After a terrible, no-good 2016, where do we go from here in 2017? Find the joy
Last year feels so much farther away than two months ago, doesn’t it? At the end of 2016, so many of us felt melancholy, lamenting …
Alec Baldwin will host a night of comedy about bad parenting at Carolines on Broadway
For all of the things you’ve heard about Donald Trump, at least it seems as though he loves his kids. It seems that way, doesn’t …
R.I.P. Alan Colmes (1950-2017)
He may be remembered today as the one man who kept Sean Hannity in check for 13 years, or even as a radio talk-show giant …
Netflix adding half-hour stand-up comedy specials from Nikki Glaser, Deon Cole, Beth Stelling, Nate Bargatze, Fortune Feimster and Dan Soder
Just when you thought Netflix couldn’t possibly announce more comedy specials, here’s news of a new slate of half-hour stand-up offerings the streaming giant will …