Saturday Night Live officially embracing branded content in sketches for season 42
by Saturday Night Live has mocked advertising and our relationship with it over 41 seasons. From the first season’s Bass-O-Matic, down through the years from Mom Jeans …
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Sam Morril on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
I don’t know if every stand-up comedian who performs on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has to have a direct personal connection to the …
Flashback Friday: Ken Jeong made his TV debut as a stand-up on The View in 2001, Dr. Ken makes stand-up debut on ABC season finale
On tonight’s season finale of Dr. Ken on ABC, Ken Jeong’s title character makes his stand-up debut at the Laugh Factory. In real life, Jeong …
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IFC will air half-hour collection of Comedy Crib shorts in late-night TV fall 2016
Short-form comedy segments in late-night TV all are the rage now, as IFC becomes the third cable channel to jump into the field, announcing today …
truTV’s Comedy Knockout with Damien Lemon
Roast battle, toast battle. Who’s going to be the first Comedy KO Champ tonight? Hosted by Damien Lemon and created by Mo Mandel, Comedy Knockout …
Gary Owen’s family earns BET reality series order: “Gary Owen Family”
Congrats to stand-up comedian Gary Owen, who with his wife and children will have his life and career documented in a new reality series for …
The Comedy Get Down coming to BET
Comedy Get Down, the all-star comedy tour that has been hitting up cities near you for the past year, is poised to join BET, The …
“We’re going for it!” The Passion of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS
Forget fire in the belly. Samantha Bee has something stirring in her “swamp.” Her word. Not mine. What already has set Bee and her weekly …
Rachel Feinstein’s network late-night TV debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Rachel Feinstein made her network late-night TV debut as a stand-up on Monday’s episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden, and Feinstein let …
truTV goes inside The Comedy Cellar for truInside
truTV’s behind-the-scenes comedy history series, truInside, has focused on classic big-screen comedies over its first six weeks: Airplane!, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bridesmaids, The …