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Tape Face returned to impress the judges on America’s Got Talent, and even get one of them — Howie Mandel — into the act. You’ll be seeing but not hearing more of Tape Face later this summer in the live episodes coming to NBC. Roll the clip! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_9MZ59igWA
All of the judges (including guest judge George Lopez) loved Sam Morril’s callback audition as seen on Tuesday’s “Judge Cuts” episode of America’s Got Talent, and yet, they cut him nevertheless at the end of the night when they had to pick only seven of 20 acts to move on …
Desperate times call for desperate measures. The Emmy Awards announced nominees last week for the first time in some 16 years not naming Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert. On Monday night, both returned to late-night TV in glorious measure. Stephen Colbert teased Stewart’s appearance on The Late Show, but it …
On Friday’s episode of The Late Show, Bonnie McFarlane compared what it’s like for her own 8-year-old daughter to grow up now compared to life for girls back when McFarlane was one. One thing’s for certain: McFarlane is going to give her daughter a much richer vocabulary. Roll the clip! …
In this era of Peak TV/Too Much TV, how will the Emmys appropriately recognize the most deserving shows? We’re starting to find out today with the release of the 68th Emmy Awards nominees. I’m personally excited the Emmys finally got wise to FX’s The Americans, even if it is a …
Many thoughts about the forthcoming Comedy Central miniseries at the end of this month, but for now, just a few initial musings about plans for Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle, filming and airing over four straight nights at Just For Laughs in Montreal, culminating with a live finale. Billed last …
What a master class of a TV stand-up set here, by my friend, Mr. Gary Gulman, on Wednesday’s Conan. Gulman takes the ridiculous notion of a Netflix documentary on the official U.S. Postal Service decision to create two-letter state abbreviations — which isn’t a thing, although it couldn’t dare compare …
Julia Scotti joked about how she’s still in stand-up comedy at 63 because she needs the burial money, but America’s Got Talent judge Howie Mandel made sure to ask her if she also jokes about “the thing.” That she’s transgendered. The audience loved her, and Scotti’s going through to the …
Adam Grabowski received four yes votes from the America’s Got Talent judges during his 2016 audition as just shown last week, but during tonight’s Judges Cut round, Grabowski claimed they didn’t even air his full bit that he does performing at college campuses. Roll the clips. This was from Grabowski’s …
Lori Mae Hernandez’s feel-good story and her plucky stage presence may have won over the judges even more than her stand-up material, as America’s Got Talent 2016 moved the 13-year-old through to the live shows later this summer. But then, everyone loves a feel good story, right? Roll the clip. …
