The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Where does Conan O’Brien fit into the current late-night TV landscape? Does he even fit in? O’Brien certainly is the longest-serving late-night host in American television, presiding over talk shows on NBC and now TBS since 1993, and The Washington Post‘s Emily Yahr checks in on Conan and Team Coco …
For several years now, comedian Jon Daly has made the most out of anyone who may confuse him with professional golfer John Daly, even dressing up like the golfer for photo shoots to further the confusion in Google image searches. Last year, Adult Swim announced it’d join in the fun …
In this week’s episode of Portlandia (season 6, episode 7), Fred and Carrie buy tickets to a Louis CK show in Portland, only to have CK cancel last-minute. Things take a turn when they run into him the next day, still in Portland, and force their way into one of …
If online dating seems weird or crazy to you now, just imagine what dating used to be like. Carmen Lynch reminds us in a very real and practical way in her stand-up set she performed Tuesday on Conan. Which lessons do you think informed her own dating life more, those …
No matter what happens tonight in voting for the “Super Tuesday” states, Trump vs. Bernie will become a TV staple throughout the remainder of the 2016 presidential campaign — Fusion has ordered up a series, specials and more commentary from comedians and impersonators Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian. The Comic’s Comic …
Mary Lynn Rajskub performed stand-up on Friday’s Tonight Show, and she said flying to NYC and getting away for a weekend away from her husband and child made her feel like Miley Cyrus, even if people still recognize her from her role on 24. On that show, she played a …
The History Channel debuted its late-night short-form comedy anthology, Night Class, last night with segments from “The Crossroads of History” and “Great Minds with Dan Harmon.” The first “Crossroads” imagines the seminal moment when Adolf Hitler applied for and got rejected by art school in Vienna for the last time …
Flophouse, the new stand-up showcase premiering next Thursday at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Viceland‘s new cable channel, is actually available right now — as the TV network started by VICE that’s taking over the current H2 station on your cable/satellite/streaming dials — has decided to give you a sneak peek! …
Modern Family remains a hit for ABC in its seventh season, and that network has successfully expanded that family sitcom template in the past couple of seasons to include blackish, Fresh Off The Boat, The Goldbergs, and coming next week, they hope to do likewise with The Real O’Neals. CBS …
Leonard Ouzts made his stand-up TV debut Monday night on Conan (you may already have spotted him in cameos on other specials and shows, or a currently-running Optimum cable ad), and he’s happy to be on camera. Happy, too, to no longer have to deal with customers at IHOP who …
