The Definitive Guide to Comedy
That moment when Abbi and Ilana get so big with Broad City that they can attract a former First Lady and current presidential frontrunner to the show. “You know of me?” Ilana Glazer asked Hillary Clinton when Clinton called to her by name in this week’s episode on Comedy Central, …
Louis C.K. has made seven episodes of his self-financed, self-made TV series, Horace and Pete, so far. He acknowledges it’s not a sitcom, unless you consider it as what the bar from Cheers would look like if you visited it during the afternoon — 2 to 5 p.m. — before …
Chelsea Handler announced details of her new talk show on Netflix today, with a handwritten letter explaining Handler will host three episodes per week — releasing on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays — starting May 11, 2016. She wrote in this note to self: Dear You, This is your new show …
What happens when one satirical late-night TV show that focuses on news and politics pokes fun at another satirical late-night TV show that focuses on news and politics? Is that a comedy scandal? “Yes!” said Tom Shillue on this morning’s Red Eye, which he hosts in the overnight hours for …
My first-night highlight at SXSW 2016, easily: Watching the first two episodes of Vice Principals, the new HBO series from Danny McBride and his collaborators Jody Hill and David Gordon Green, which premieres in July. They all attended Friday night’s world premiere screening in Austin, along with McBride’s co-star, Walton …
Lots of changes in Cameron Esposito‘s world this past year. She got married. She realized her wife can change the headlight in her car using only her bare hands. And she realized that she wants to have a baby. It’s 2016! So how much thought should they put into finding …
FOX’s new entry into Saturday-night sketch comedy, the half-hour Party Over Here, debuts this weekend, and the first video teases let you know it’s a very theatrical effort. Nicole Byer, Jessica McKenna and Alison Rich come from theater backgrounds at UCB and elsewhere, and their TV sketches often play out …
Not everyone cast on the History Channel’s new late-night comedy series, The Crossroads of History on Night Class, is as on the nose as the hilarious Josh Fadem portraying a bumbling young wannabe painter named Adolf Hitler. But just about every comedic actor stepping back in time for the TV …
What do you think of when you hear the phrase “enjoying yourself?” Shane Torres has some thoughts on that, and they don’t typically revolve around a mall’s food court, but in this situation, they definitely did. Here’s more from Torres in his debut performance on Tuesday’s Conan. Roll the clip!
Comedy fans may have noticed the latest Katt Williams skirmish with civilians and news headlines, which culminated with Williams daring to call out Kevin Hart in some sort of million-dollar joke-off, or something. Then he called it off. But Jay Pharoah found it the perfect excuse to imagine a black …
