This month in TV development
by “Pilot Season” begins in earnest in January, so we’re in the home stretch for ordering scripts and sealing deals from the broadcast networks for potential …
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Celebrate the 12 Days of “The Ed Sullivan Show” with new Christmastime tribute on SiriusXM
The Ed Sullivan Show, the longest running primetime variety show in television history, gets a new life this Christmas Day on SiriusXM. “The 12 Days …
2018’s highest-earning comedians, according to Forbes
As long as nobody else actually digs into the numbers or knows the tax returns for comedians, Forbes will continue to garner the shares and …
The Museum of the Jewish People lists its top 15 moments in Jewish comedy history
You’ve perhaps seen plenty of lists ranking the top things, events and people of 2018, but what about the best stuff ever? The Museum of …
Colin Quinn’s “Red State Blue State” to debut off-Broadway at Minetta Lane in January 2019
After months of tinkering and working on his new one-man show at the Comedy Cellar’s Fat Black Pussycat lounge, Colin Quinn is ready to take …
R.I.P. Penny Marshall
Comedic actress and director Penny Marshall has died. Marshall was 75. She died peacefully Monday night in her Hollywood Hills home, from complications due to …
R.I.P. David Shepherd, improv legend who co-founded The Compass Players
David Shepherd, who co-founded the Compass Players in Chicago with Paul Sills in 1955, thereby giving birth to a revolution in improvisation and comedy which …
R.I.P. Coolaide
The comedian Coolaide, a Detroit native who performed on BET’s ComicView and Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes? and was touring with Lil Duval, died earlier …
Golden Globes will honor Carol Burnett with her own namesake award
Carol Burnett has won lifetime achievement awards from the Screen Actors Guild, the Peabody Awards, the Mark Twain Prize, Kennedy Center Honors and the Presidential …
Nimesh Patel reflects on getting kicked offstage at Columbia University showcase
Nimesh Patel has written for Saturday Night Live and performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers, but his most newsworthy gig happened just last weekend …