JAX + Generate = new Imagine Artist Management
by It wouldn’t be Just For Laughs week without some major news involving the industry. For 2019, those honors go to Imagine Artist Management, a newly …
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New lease on life for San Francisco’s Punch Line comedy club
Today provided a double-dose of comforting news for comedians and comedy fans in San Francisco, as its venerable comedy club, the Punch Line, received historic …
Manjunath Naidu died onstage during stand-up performance in Dubai
Manjunath Naidu, an Indian stand-up comedian born in Abu Dhabi, collapsed and died onstage during a performance over the weekend in Dubai. Naidu was only …
Here are your 2019 New Faces of Comedy at Just For Laughs Montreal
Congrats, everybody! NEW FACES OF COMEDY Anna Drezen is a writing supervisor for NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and the co-author of the books How To Win At Feminism and How Many …
The rollout begins for the “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot”
Just in time for Comic-Con, here’s the trailer for the Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, which is titled exactly that. The reboot is about a …
Netflix orders Astronomy Club sketch series
Astronomy Club, the first all-black house team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, is moving from digital series at Comedy Central to half-hour TV sketch …
Here are your 2019 Emmy nominees in comedy!
They just announced this year’s Emmy Award nominations, so congrats and kudos to everyone who made the list. COMEDY SERIES Barry (HBO) Fleabag (Amazon) Russian …
Just For Laughs fetes Kevin Hart, Jim Jefferies, Hasan Minhaj, Amanda Seales, “Big Mouth” with 2019 awards
We’re only a week away from the comedy industry’s annual confab in Montreal for Just For Laughs, and JFL has announced which big stars the …
Amazon launching four new comedy specials the week after its first Amazon Originals special in August
A year after Amazon Prime Video announced its intentions to compete for stand-up comedy by filming New Faces at Montreal’s Just For Laughs, the plan …
Fortune Feimster and Tom Papa to anchor weekday morning show for Netflix’s new SiriusXM radio channel
Netflix’s new SiriusXM radio channel, Netflix Is A Joke Radio (ch. 93), will get its own live weekday morning show next Monday (July 15, 2019), …