The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Comedy Central has announced the premiere night and lineups for season 3 of Adam Devine’s House Party, which moved out off the Pacific Ocean to film in Hawaii! Adam Devine’s House Party returns Thursday, March 3, 2016, at 12:30 a.m. ET/PT, for a 10-episode run, set at Turtle Bay Resort in …
IFC has two new comedy series scheduled for the coming year, announcing eight-episode orders each for Stan Against Evil from Dana Gould, and Brockmire from Funny or Die and starring Hank Azaria. “Demons and disgrace are at the forefront of IFC’s new comedy strategy,” IFC President Jennifer Caserta said. “And …
The Simpsons decided to weigh in this weekend on the 2016 presidential election campaigns of both the Republicans and the Democrats, letting us know that even in Springfield, it’s a nightmare scenario right now. Interesting use of real audio clips, mashed together with fake voice impersonations. Can you tell who …
A very special PSA followed last night’s episode of Mom on CBS, in which one of the supporting characters dies suddenly from a drug overdose. Mom‘s stars, Allison Janney and Anna Faris, flanking U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, remind viewers that addiction is an illness, a disease, but …
What’s so special about 11 p.m. Thursdays? Thursdays are the new Fridays, or Must-See TV has shifted from primetime to late-night in 2016, because both the History channel and truTV are jumping into the comedy fray with weekly ventures in the 11 p.m. hour (Eastern/Pacific) that include throwing all sorts …
Before the third season of Broad City premieres tonight on Comedy Central, Estelle Caswell and Caroline Framke at Vox.com enjoyed looking back on past episodes and escapades of Abbi and Ilana, and discovering how the show has incorporated callbacks and Easter eggs for even more jokes their most discerning fans …
Does a Good Times reunion sound DYN-O-MITE to you? The surviving original cast members — John Amos (father James Evans, Sr.), Jimmie Walker (J.J.), Bern Nadette Stanis (Thelma), Ralph Carter (Michael) and Ja’Net Dubois (Willona Woods) — have joined in on a united Kickstarter effort to find a movie that …
The Writers Guild of America held simultaneous award ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles on Saturday night, with Patton Oswalt hosting the Hollywood crowd, and Michael Ian Black presiding over the Gotham nods. If you want to know how L.A. and NYC are different in show business, just …
There’s something about putting Maya Rudolph and Martin Short on live TV from inside 30 Rock that just works. It did for Rudolph from 2000-2007, it did for Short in 1984-1985, and it worked magically for the two of them together a year ago this weekend for SNL 40. So …
Chris Hardwick already has a new season of Talking Dead to look forward to on Sunday nights this winter and spring, and now AMC has added at least two more hours of live TV hosting duties for Hardwick — announcing two editions of Talking Saul to follow the season two …
