The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Comedy Central may no longer have the Emmy-winning Key & Peele, but the cable network will have Kasher and Leggero both on display in 2017. Comedy Central announced a series order today for Problematic with Moshe Kasher, a weekly talk show that will debut in 2017. Kasher’s wife, Natasha Leggero, …
The 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards, handed out Sunday night live on ABC, saved its biggest prizes for repeat winners but had plenty of opportunities to reward first-timers in the first half-hour of the telecast. In just the first few categories: Louie Anderson won his first Emmy Award, in the supporting …
Saffron Herndon signed up for her school’s orchestra today. That would’ve been the biggest news for most any 11-year-old. But we also learned today that A&E will broadcast a 10-episode reality series following her exploits away from school as Saffy follows her dreams of a career in stand-up comedy. She’s not …
The late great Mike DeStefano will get some posthumous love thanks to a new stand-up comedy CD, “Puppies & Heroin.” It’ll get a sneak preview debut on Friday thanks to SiriusXM, with a full play starting at 5 p.m. EDT on SiriusXM Raw Dog Comedy channel 99, with interviews about …
You’ve seen Jeff Dye tell jokes on Last Comic Standing, try all sorts of tricks last summer on NBC’s I Can Do That, and this summer serving as an Asian tour guide companion for Henry Winkler, Terry Bradshaw, William Shatner and George Foreman on NBC’s Better Late Than Never. But none …
Saturday Night Live has confirmed that it’s adding Melissa Villaseñor and Alex Moffat to the cast as featured players for season 42. I told you over the weekend that they were both finalists for the gig, along with Chris Redd, who had The Lonely Island vouching for him after his breakout …
The Creative Arts division of the Emmys handed out awards over two nights this weekend. Amy Poehler and Tina Fey won the guest actress in a comedy category for hosting Saturday Night Live together, while Peter Scolari won guest actor in comedy for HBO’s Girls. For both Poehler and Scolari, …
What happens when comedians sit down with Lorne Michaels remains such an enigma shrouded in mystique that Marc Maron has made it a staple of his popular podcast. In fact, it’s one of the ultimate WTF moments in comedy. Does Lorne outright hire anyone for Saturday Night Live, or does …
Chris Redd would have and could still be the breakout star of Popstar, if you’d only see the movie. You probably will be much more likely to once you start seeing Redd on Saturday Night Live. Multiple sources confirmed to The Comic’s Comic that Redd emerged from last month’s auditions and …
Mikey Day passed his summer audition, receiving a promotion from writing staff to cast member for the upcoming 42nd season of Saturday Night Live after co-starring this summer on NBC’s new weekly variety series, Maya & Marty. Day, 36, has written for SNL since 2013, most frequently writing partners for …
