ABC goes live with The Conners for the 2020 New Hampshire presidential primary election
by The broadcast networks have gone live with sitcoms before, from Roc to The Drew Carey Show to 30 Rock to Undateable. That’s FOX to ABC …
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Steve Martin and Chris Rock deliver an opening monologue at the 2020 Academy Awards
If you’ve hosted the Oscars before, and you’re standing onstage again at the beginning of the awards show, but not considered the host, then what …
Watch Adam Sandler accept best actor at the Independent Spirit Awards
Adam Sandler not only graciously accepted the Best Actor prize from the Independent Spirit Awards for his role in Uncut Gems, but the Sandman also …
R.I.P. Orson Bean (1928-2020)
Orson Bean, a frequently popular guest of game shows and talk shows alike from the 1960s to the 1970s, and who still regularly acted in …
Leap Night with John Mulaney!
Leaping lizards! Lorne Michaels has written an open letter to comedy fans in Toronto, excusing John Mulaney from performing for them in person so he …
Ari Shaffir cancels his special taping at last minute after production company bails
Jason Zinoman asked me the other day what I thought of Ari Shaffir’s Kobe Bryant “joke.” I replied that Shaffir was just staying on brand. …
Bill Burr hits the Bell Centre, Andrew Dice Clay joining The Nasty Show for Montreal’s Just For Laughs 2020
Just For Laughs has announced the first two gets for Montreal this July, and they’re both biggies. Bill Burr will play the Bell Centre for one …
Stand Up for yourself and other comedians at Comedy Gives Back forums
Comedians, assemble! The group Comedy Gives Back is hosting town hall forums today and next Monday to hear from the comedy community about what Comedy …
Congrats to the 2020 WGA Awards winners
It was a big weekend for women in comedy at the 2020 Writer Guild Association’s awards festivities, held as usual in both New York City …
Jeep reunites Bill Murray with Groundhog Day for 2020 Super Bowl commercial
The 2020 Super Bowl is being played on Groundhog Day. So JEEP recruited Bill Murray, his brother Brian Doyle-Murray and Stephen Tobolowsky to redo scenes from …