Refinery29’s RIOT: “A female-first YouTube comedy channel”
by Refinery29 announced a slate of new initiatives during their Newfronts presentation on Monday, among them the launch of a separate YouTube channel dedicated to women …
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Cast of Veep, Brian Regan, Lewis Black, a gala for The CW and more at Montreal’s Just For Laughs 2016
The 34th edition of Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival, the world’s biggest comedy confab running from July 13-31, 2016, has announced its headliners for this …
Netflix goes back to the future, orders Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
Getting the gang back together proved so much fun last year, why not do it all again? That’s the spirit! Netflix announced today that Wet …
Ricky Gervais on returning to stand-up after six years “if you don’t count the Golden Globes”
Jimmy Fallon asked Ricky Gervais on Monday’s episode Tonight Show about the news that Gervais is returning to stand-up comedy after a six-year absence. Gervais …
Maya Rudolph’s tribute to a fallen hero: Princess performs Prince songs at the 2016 Moontower Comedy Festival
On TV last night, NBC broadcast a special tribute episode of Saturday Night Live for Prince — who died unexpectedly Thursday at 57 — including sketches of Fred …
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Chyna and Robby Roadsteamer: Joan Laurer’s last year making funny videos with Rob Potylo
You knew Joan Laurer as Chyna, the bodybuilder who broke through the gender lines of professional wrestling and became a superstar with the WWE when …
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IFC will air half-hour collection of Comedy Crib shorts in late-night TV fall 2016
Short-form comedy segments in late-night TV all are the rage now, as IFC becomes the third cable channel to jump into the field, announcing today …
Gary Owen’s family earns BET reality series order: “Gary Owen Family”
Congrats to stand-up comedian Gary Owen, who with his wife and children will have his life and career documented in a new reality series for …
Jerry Seinfeld and Margaret Cho to de-stress Stress Factory audience, ride in Cars Getting Coffee
Jerry Seinfeld booked two new comedy dates with Margaret Cho today. One for all of us with Internet access, and one just for the crowd …
The Comedy Get Down coming to BET
Comedy Get Down, the all-star comedy tour that has been hitting up cities near you for the past year, is poised to join BET, The …