Tape Face, Paul Zerdin and Drew Lynch perform on America’s Got Talent: The Champions
by This week, we saw the return of two former finalists and one former champ of America’s Got Talent on NBC’s all-star season. None of them …
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Mike E. Winfield wins 2019 StandUp NBC diversity competition
Mike E. Winfield emerged as this year’s winner of the 15th annual StandUp NBC competition, the network’s annual nationwide search for comedians of diverse backgrounds. …
Cedric The Entertainer entertaining first First & Goal Comedy Bowl special
Lots of folks converge on whichever city hosts the Super Bowl. This year, Cedric the Entertainer is going to entertain those masses and film it …
Amazon finally gets into the original stand-up comedy special business, starting with Jim Gaffigan
Amazon announced today it will launch Jim Gaffigan’s seventh stand-up special, Quality Time, as its first original stand-up comedy special for Prime Video, to premiere later in …
National Comedy Center acquires Ernie Kovacs archives
Ernie Kovacs would have turned 100 yesterday (the comedy legend died in 1962 at the age of 42), and to celebrate, The National Comedy Center …
Lucas Bros. show transformed into impromptu memorial fundraiser for the late Kevin Barnett: The Bird Luger Extravaganza
This Friday night’s show by The Lucas Brothers at The Bell House in Brooklyn now will be an all-star tribute and fundraiser for the late …
R.I.P. Kevin Barnett, true “Friends of the People”
Kevin Barnett was as friendly as he was funny. And he was so much of both, so much so his comedy cohorts probably named themselves …
Team Coco Orange now available as a paint color
A paint color specific to a comedian? What’s next? No, really. What’s next. I’m not in the brand partnership department, so I’m not sure what …
Viceland asking comedians to host primetime VICE LIVE
Cable channel Viceland will debut a new, live, two-hour nightly show in primetime next month, hosted by three comedians and a rapper. Marie Faustin, Zack …
Steve Carell returning to TV with Netflix series, “Space Force”
It might not be The Office reunion you were looking for, but Steve Carell will return to starring in a TV series quite soon, with …