The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Remember a year or two ago when Dave Chappelle filmed his stand-up for purported specials in Austin, Chicago and who knows where else? Chappelle has made a date for them with Netflix, and so should you! Netflix announced the arrangement today, which includes not only a brand-new stand-up hour-plus from …
Wyatt Cenac not only celebrated the fourth anniversary of his weekly comedy showcase this Monday night, but recorded a 17-minute performance at his Night Train show in Brooklyn, which he has released now as a free EP for anyone who subscribes to his email newsletter. Night Train presents Wyatt Cenac: …
Before the first season wraps up this Sunday night, Comedy Central has announced a second-season renewal for Kevin Hart’s stand-up showcase series, Hart of the City. “Stand-up comedy doesn’t just belong to New York and LA —‘Hart of the City’ is about shining a light on some of the most …
If you thought there weren’t enough comedy festivals in 2016…and there’s got to be some of you out there…or if you really feel there isn’t a significant enough comedy festival in the United States to trump (pardon the term) Montreal’s Just For Laughs, the Edinburgh Fringe or Melbourne, then Comedy …
Gabriel Iglesias, just a month shy of releasing his latest one-hour stand-up comedy special on Netflix, has announced a global tour in 2017 to celebrate his 20th anniversary as a stand-up comedian. Tickets go on sale this Friday (Nov. 18, 2016) for Gabriel Iglesias FluffyMania World Tour: 20 Years of Comedy., which …
Mon Dieu! Gad Elmaleh, after spending the past year adjusting to life in America, is ready to report his findings in not one but two stand-up specials for Netflix in 2017. The first, Gad Gone Wild, will debut globally on Jan. 24, 2017, and performed mostly in French. A second …
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has been renewed for a second season starting in 2017. TBS announced the renewal today, along with a new timeslot — Bee’s weekly satire series will move from Monday nights to Wednesdays, still at 10:30 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, starting Jan. 11, 2017. “I am only sorry …
While the relationship between the Fusion cable channel and The Onion continues to play out, AMC Networks has just made a major play to re-up everyone’s awareness of IFC as a comedy channel, acquiring minority ownership in Funny or Die. They’re already joining forces on the forthcoming series, Brockmire, starring …
I want to applaud Splitsider and the site’s lead writer, Megh Wright, for fighting the good fight for the past several months against the ongoing sexism at Adult Swim, as well as its apparent support for the racism and misogyny masquerading as code words of the “alt-right.” Wright’s extensive reporting …
The third season of HBO’s Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ended not with a whimper, but with a bang. After a penultimate episode just two days before the election, in which Oliver dug up his own Comedy Central archives to find reasons why he needed to apologize in …
