The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Promoting his new movie, Barbershop: The Next Cut, Cedric The Entertainer fielded a question from VH1’s Sway about how comedy has evolved. The o.g. Original Kings of Comedy alum — who’s touring now with a crew of D.L. Hughley, George Lopez, Eddie Griffin and Charlie Murphy for The Comedy Get …
Conan O’Brien and Team Coco last returned to NYC for a week of shows from Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2011. Are you superstitious? Because they’ve booked the same week to return five years later! This time, Conan will film from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, 2016, at the Apollo Theater in …
Netflix has acquired and will release Hannibal Takes Edinburgh, a feature-length documentary film featuring comedian Hannibal Buress, with a global premiere on Friday! From the Netflix announcement: Filmed over the course of 28 days in August 2013, Hannibal Takes Edinburgh follows Buress as the then up-and-coming comedian performed nightly to packed houses …
It has become more commonplace now in our era of Too Much TV that cable and streaming networks have rewarded promising new series with two-season orders ahead of their premieres, and TBS has just done so today for The Detour. TBS must have liked what it saw when viewers sampled …
Irish hypnotist Keith Barry will reprise his role from the British game show, You’re Back in the Room, when Taye Diggs hosts a new American version that goes into production this summer for FOX. “The second I saw this show I knew I needed to be a part of it. …
We’re still a month away from Upfronts when the broadcast networks announce their fall primetime lineups full of new shows and renewals, and FOX just now has pulled the trigger on a 10-episode order for a summer sitcom. Famous will premiere on Sunday, June 12, 2016. It hasn’t been cast …
This just in! Here’s the press release with all of the details from Comedy Central…including two new showcase series hosted by Kevin Hart (when will he find the time?!?!?), a full TV series of Roast Battles from Jeff Ross and friends (plus a special in which Ross Roasts The Police), …
Kevin Hart’s relationship with Lionsgate is going next level, LOL, VOD. Literally. Hart’s Hartbeat Digital and Lionsgate announced today they’re launching a new video-on-demand service called Laugh Out Loud that’ll exclusively hold all of Hart’s content outside of live touring and theatrical releases — starting with an original series starring …
Will Ferrell and Chad Smith are using their doppelganger powers for good use, as the comedy star and the rock drummer will partner for The Red Hot Benefit Comedy + Music Show & Quinceanera on April 29, 2016. Ferrell and his Funny or Die cohorts will host comedy from Jim Gaffigan …
Will kids of all ages still read humor in print? Like, on paper, in magazines and stuff? The American Bystander proved they could find an audience of thousands — a generation after The National Lampoon and SPY — with the publication of their first issue last fall. Now Michael Gerber, …
