The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 made it to the all-star finals. But still, some prime primetime screen time for Tape Face, Paul Zerdin and Drew Lynch. Roll the clips!
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. Winfield has been awarded a talent holding deal with NBCUniversal and a headlining spot at the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) annual convention where …
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 for his first of what’s expected to become an annual even: The 1st & Goal Comedy Bowl. It’ll take place Feb. 1, 2019, the Friday …
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 2019. Gaffigan is up for a Grammy for last year’s special, Noble Ape, which premiered everywhere but Netflix. Quality Time will be recorded live at the …
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 announced the acquisition and display of never-before-seen material and rare artifacts courtesy of the comedian’s estate. The collection includes notes and sketches in Kovacs’ own …
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 Kevin Barnett. Barnett died suddenly this week while vacationing in Mexico. He was only 32. Barnett co-starred and co-wrote Friends of The People with The …
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 Friends of the People because of him. This tall kid from South Florida, who graduated from Florida State in 2009, and two years later, already …
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 comes next in late-night TV tie-ins with commercial products, but now both ice cream flavors and paint colors are off the board. Stephen Colbert and …
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 Fox, Sandy Honig and Fat Tony will anchor VICE LIVE from 9 to 11 p.m., Mondays-Thursdays starting Feb. 25, 2019. Broadcasting from VICE headquarters in …
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 the guy who co-created his past hit sitcom. But Greg Daniels and Carell are taking their next office into space! Space Force, based on Donald …
