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And now it’s official! Hot off the press release… SHOWTIME has ordered a weekly half-hour late-night series starring Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, scheduled for premiere in 2019. The first ever weekly late-night talk show on SHOWTIME will feature popular TV and podcast personalities Desus and Mero, speaking highly …
Sunday night was supposed to herald another big moment for Chris Hardwick’s TV career with the premiere of Talking with Chris Hardwick and his big-get guest, Donald Glover. But AMC pulled that episode, and the entire series, following allegations of sexual assault and abuse made by an ex-girlfriend of Hardwick’s …
When several comedians convened in November 2016 to pay tribute to the late great Mitch Hedberg, his widow, Lynn Shawcroft, hinted there would be more to come from his estate — even more than the Comedy Central Records limited-edition box set they unveiled that night. Now Shawcroft is backing up …
Eurydice Dixon was just another young aspiring comedian walking home from a gig last week when she was tragically murdered. A 19-year-old man was arrested the following day with her rape and murder on a Melbourne soccer pitch last Tuesday night. Her last text to a friend, heartbreakingly ironic: “I’m …
Ellen DeGeneres, the reigning queen of daytime TV, is finally ready to record her first stand-up comedy special in 15 years. DeGeneres will hit the road for a limited West Coast tour in August, with three dates each in San Diego and San Francisco before taping her performances in Seattle …
Desus & Mero are ready for the big time. Or perhaps, Showtime. Either way, the New York City duo will end their nightly late-night talker on Viceland at the end of this month. Daniel Baker (Desus Nice) and Joel Martinez (The Kid Mero) first broke through in 2013 with their …
I could use a dose of Drew Michael’s comedy wisdom every day. Sometime soon, we’ll all be treated to an hour of it. HBO announced today it has wrapped production on Michael’s first stand-up special, which also will feature Suki Waterhouse and be directed by Jerrod Carmichael. Shot in Los Angeles …
Forget The Opposition with Jordan Klepper. Klepper would just as rather you did, as he and Comedy Central are ending that late-night talker to launch a different, new weekly show fronted by the comedian who broke through as a correspondent on The Daily Show. The Opposition will air its final …
Surprise! It’s a brand-new edition of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, with guests Jerry Seinfeld and Cardi B! “What’s next in lazy car-based non-comedy?” Roll it!
National Lampoon and Stage 32 have launched a contest to find the next great comedy screenwriter. The contest, which is taking submissions through July, offers a grand prize of $5,000 with an 18-month option at the Lampoon, as well as mentoring from Lampoon creatives and executives. “We’ve admired Stage 32’s …
