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FOX reviving “Showtime at the Apollo” as multiple primetime TV specials hosted by Steve Harvey
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FOX reviving “Showtime at the Apollo” as multiple primetime TV specials hosted by Steve Harvey

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 12, 20161

Showtime at the Apollo, a live talent showcase at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater which appeared on syndicated TV from the late 1980s through the 2000s, …

Comedy Central orders eight more episodes of “The Comedy Jam” for 2017
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Comedy Central orders eight more episodes of “The Comedy Jam” for 2017

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 12, 2016

Goddamn! The Goddamn Comedy Jam special proved successful enough this summer for Comedy Central to order up eight more episodes for cable TV in 2017 …

Seeso goes retro with streaming series set behind the scenes of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show
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Seeso goes retro with streaming series set behind the scenes of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 11, 2016

The Larry Sanders Show, one of TV’s greatest meta-comedies, starred the late great Garry Shandling as a late-night talk show host and the craziness that …

Alingon Mitra on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Alingon Mitra on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 8, 2016October 8, 2016

Alingon Mitra performed on Friday’s Late Show and joked that he couldn’t quit drinking while this presidential election was still ongoing. As for the two …

Kyle Kinane on Conan
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Kyle Kinane on Conan

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 7, 2016

Kyle Kinane is still loving life, even if he loves it so much it’s making him unhealthy. Perhaps when the aliens come, they will save …

First look at Portlandia’s Season 7 on IFC
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First look at Portlandia’s Season 7 on IFC

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 6, 2016October 6, 20161

I’m in Portland, Ore., to cover the All Jane Comedy Festival, so that makes today’s first sneak peek at season seven of IFC’s Portlandia extra-keeping-it-weird, …

Late Night with Seth Meyers heads to Washington., D.C., for week of tapings Oct. 10-13, 2016
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Late Night with Seth Meyers heads to Washington., D.C., for week of tapings Oct. 10-13, 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 5, 2016

Looking to capitalize on its increased buzz thanks to “A Closer Look” at Seth Meyers and his politically-minded comedy pieces, Late Night with Seth Meyers …

Ryan Donahue on Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Ryan Donahue on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 5, 2016

Ryan Donahue made his late-night TV debut on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, and as a grown man, Donahue joked about realizing that he was a …

Eliza Skinner on The Late Late Show with James Corden
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Eliza Skinner on The Late Late Show with James Corden

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 5, 2016

What is crazy and what is merely the appropriate emotional response? That’s what Eliza Skinner wanted to explore in her stand-up set on Tuesday’s episode …

Kevin Avery parodies his own Wells Fargo corporate video for HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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Kevin Avery parodies his own Wells Fargo corporate video for HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 3, 2016October 3, 20162

Aspiring comedians often take whatever commercial gigs or corporate work they can as they’re trying to pay the bills and move up the show business …

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