The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Netflix has dominated stand-up comedy specials for the past few years, and now it’s looking to dominate the comedy festival landscape, announcing today its first weeklong event in Los Angeles, Netflix Is A Joke Fest. The streaming giant is taking over L.A. from April 27 through May 3, 2020, with …
The first feature film from WarnerMedia’s truTV, Impractical Jokers: The Movie, made an impressive splash in its first weekend, landing in 11th slot nationwide despite only debuting on 357 screens. The movie took in $2.6 million over the Feb. 21-23, 2020, weekend, with a per-screen average of $7,302. Directed by Chris Henchy …
Logo TV is buttressing the the new 12th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race with a back-to-back-to-back debut of stand-up specials from three of the show’s notable queens. Starting at 9 p.m. on March 4, 2020, and running til 1:30 a.m., Logo will air comedy specials starring Bob The Drag Queen …
Tom Segura’s fourth and fifth stand-up specials for Netflix will cover two different languages. Tom Segura: Ball Hog, premieres March 24 in English; a second, untitled special will be shot completely in Spanish this fall. “Netflix has rapidly changed the way comedy is consumed around the world, and by releasing a Spanish language special, …
Starting Tuesday, Pop TV is giving its morning viewers a chance to catch up on what they may have missed if they went to bed before watching The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS. The encore broadcast airs at 9 a.m. Eastern/Pacific. It’s another step in the Viacom/CBS merger. …
Joe Rogan has announced his 2020 “Sacred Clown” tour, which finds the popular podcaster and UFC commentator hitting new levels in stand-up, as he’s now an arena headliner! Rogan will join the growing list of stand-ups who have played Madison Square Garden when his tour hits NYC in October. Tickets …
After months of rumors and hints, it’s official: The Friends cast will reunite exclusively for an untitled unscripted special for HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer offering debuting in May 2020. Series stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer will return to the iconic comedy’s original soundstage, Stage …
New York City comedian Steve Whalen has died unexpectedly, just days after his 33rd birthday. Whalen was a fixture as “Mr. Jokes” on The Chris Gethard Show, and even more so on the show that followed in Gethard’s public access slot, The Special Without Brett Davis. The show has put …
Remember when Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Network began filming stand-up comedians at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival back in 2017? Well, all of those performances from 2017 and the following years finally have a home on TV. Well, Pluto TV. The new LOL channel on Pluto TV has launched, …
After a one-year overcorrection, the White House Correspondents Dinner is welcoming back comedians to speak to the assembled press and their political and celebrity guests in 2020. Hasan Minhaj, who previously delivered the keynote at the 2017 WHCD, will return to do likewise this April 25. Plus, Kenan Thompson will …
