Frontier Comedy hosts Hollywood showcase to find talent to tour Down Under in Australia, New Zealand
by Each year, a handful of comedians make the long trek from North America to Australia to perform at the major comedy festivals in Melbourne and …
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FOX reviving “Showtime at the Apollo” as multiple primetime TV specials hosted by Steve Harvey
Showtime at the Apollo, a live talent showcase at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater which appeared on syndicated TV from the late 1980s through the 2000s, …
Comedy Central orders eight more episodes of “The Comedy Jam” for 2017
Goddamn! The Goddamn Comedy Jam special proved successful enough this summer for Comedy Central to order up eight more episodes for cable TV in 2017 …
Seeso goes retro with streaming series set behind the scenes of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show
The Larry Sanders Show, one of TV’s greatest meta-comedies, starred the late great Garry Shandling as a late-night talk show host and the craziness that …
Esquire revives SPY magazine for final month before 2016 Elections
SPY is back?!? The satirical magazine that reigned in print from 1986 to 1998 is back online for the final month before the 2016 elections, …
Scenes from the 2016 All Jane Comedy Festival
I’m staying in a 1960s trailer in a backyard with free bicycle rentals, looking over a fence at an abandoned gas station converted into a …
Late Night with Seth Meyers heads to Washington., D.C., for week of tapings Oct. 10-13, 2016
Looking to capitalize on its increased buzz thanks to “A Closer Look” at Seth Meyers and his politically-minded comedy pieces, Late Night with Seth Meyers …
SiriusXM relaunches Opie Radio channel, now with Jim Norton & Sam Roberts in the morning, Opie in the afternoon
After a week of melodramatic contract negotiations that played out both over social media and the satellite radio airwaves, SiriusXM’s Opie Radio channel remains intact …
ABC orders reboot of “The Gong Show”
Every TV game show that once was old, now is new again at ABC. The broadcast network today announced it’d ordered 10 episodes of a …
All-Star Comedy Cellar Late-Night Jam: Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Aziz Ansari and John Mayer
So, this happened! The Roots Picnic on Saturday didn’t just bring all-star musical talent and celeb-watching to New York City’s Bryant Park, but also led …