American comedians at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
by August means all comedy eyes on Edinburgh, at least for those who love one-person shows, madcap eccentrics and a trip to Scotland. Sam Wills, aka “The …
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Adam Conover Ruins Everything Live! in summer tour previewing 2016 Election special on truTV
Adam Conover not only will “ruin” our culture’s strongly conceived notions of weddings, hydration, dog breeding and movie ratings in season two of his truTV …
Saturday Night Live cuts Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah and Jon Rudnitsky in transition to Season 42
Lorne Michaels has orchestrated Saturday Night Live‘s first major purge of veteran cast members in a decade, letting loose repertory players Taran Killam and Jay …
2016 New York Comedy Festival headlined by Patton Oswalt, Marc Maron, Dane Cook, Trevor Noah, Tig Notaro, Tim Minchin
The New York Comedy Festival unveiled its list of headlining acts for 2016, including Tracy Morgan, Marc Maron and Tig Notaro, all performing at Carnegie …
2016 TCA Awards honor black-ish, Rachel Bloom, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Not to be confused with the Teen Choice Awards, the TCA Awards handed out over the weekend let us know what TV shows in this …
Anniversary of Lucille Ball’s birthday greeted with new statue, all-star comedy fest and prep for a national comedy museum in her New York hometown
Lucille Ball would have turned 105 today. To celebrate, Ball’s hometown of Celeron, N.Y., unveiled a brand-new statue of the iconic TV comedy legend today …
Hannibal Buress’s Hannibal Montanabal Experience 2016 stand-up comedy tour
As he starts appearing for the fourth season as Eric Andre’s talk-show sidekick on Adult Swim, and makes select appearances on the fourth annual Oddball …
Funny or Die lays off 37, shutters Silicon Valley engineering office
Just a few days after throwing its annual bash in Montreal for the comedy industry gathered at Just For Laughs, Funny or Die announced today …
Louis CK performing surprise show to benefit Acme Comedy Co. in Minneapolis
This just in: Louis CK is making an unscheduled extra stop on his stand-up tour in Minneapolis tonight. As Acme Comedy Co. told fans in …
Lavell Crawford drops 120 pounds
Lavell Crawford joked about his weight and his battle with “the sugar” over the course of finishing runner-up on Last Comic Standing, panels on Chelsea …