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This just in! The CW’s revival of sketch comedy series MADtv has found its cast. And they are…Carlie Craig, Chelsea Davison, Jeremy D. Howard, Amir K, Lyric Lewis, Piotr Michael, Michelle Ortiz and Adam Ray. They’re already being pressed into service, as The CW wants to premiere the new version of MADtv …
Lori Mae Hernandez told the America’s Got Talent judges that she had been doing stand-up comedy for three years prior to her audition on Tuesday night’s episode. Of course, Lori Mae still is only 13. So she doesn’t have much life experience to draw upon for her comedy. But she …
We’ve just received word that Comedy Central’s planned Roast Battle special actually will be broadcast as a weeklong TV showcase competition! Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle will air over four consecutive nights at the end of July from Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. Ross and referee/comedian Brian Moses will lead …
Forget the pretty. Forget the good. This is great news. After a five-year hiatus, Larry David will return to his semi-autobiographical, semi-scripted life as “Larry David” on HBO for a ninth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Casey Bloys, HBO programming president, made the announcement today: “We’re thrilled that Larry has …
Remember how your parents and grandparents warned you growing up about how to protect yourself in the case of a mass shooting? No. They were more worried about global thermonuclear war killing us all, than they were of a single madman shooting up a church, a movie theater or a …
Daniel Sloss returned to Conan again — and on Monday night’s show, Sloss wondered how Brits can get condoms for free, but if a woman wants a tampon, she has to pay for it, and then gets taxed upon it as a “luxury item.” And you thought your health-care system …
Tom Papa returned to Conan on Thursday, and said if you really want to be scared about where the world is heading, just think about where all of the adults went. “Everybody’s a baby now.” Adult coloring books? Therapy dogs? Then again, Papa has two daughters, and realizes they’ve begun …
This just in! Now that Rob Lowe’s The Grinder sadly got disbarred from FOX’s primetime schedule, that leaves his summer schedule open for Comedy Central to roast him. But what if they didn’t? No, of course they will! You Grinder fans get it. But what if they didn’t? OK, now …
Kenny and Keith Lucas — aka The Lucas Brothers — visited Jimmy Fallon again on Wednesday night to perform on The Tonight Show. This time around, they wondered, if people imagine what life would be like if they were tall enough to play in the NBA, what would NBA players …
Comedy Central unveiled a new and improved website for the late, great sketch comedy series, Key & Peele. The site includes everything you saw (or didn’t see) on TV the first time around — including 176 sketches that hadn’t yet made the leap to online archives for sharing and caring. …
