The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Just last week, Dana Carvey was playing “Wheel of Impressions” once more with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Now Carvey will find out how amateur impersonators fare, as the former Saturday Night Live star will preside over the new USA Network competition series, First Impressions. USA, …
Comedy Central and The New York Comedy Festival have expanded their annual “Comics to Watch” showcase this year, adding a second night to the events happening next week — and also distributing jokes from the selected comedians via Snapchat and Spotify to give you more ways to watch and hear them. …
Congrats to Grace Parra for getting back into the late-night TV on the regular, as Comedy Central just announced hiring her as contributor for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, starting with a piece to air tonight. Parra joins Ricky Velez, Holly Walker and Mike Yard as current contributors for …
For his next act, Jon Stewart’s new boss will be the same as John Oliver’s (and Bill Simmons’s, too!): HBO. The pay-cable network announced an exclusive four-year production contract with Stewart today, which will start with the former Daily Show host producing short-form digital content for HBO NOW and HBO …
Alia Shawkat stars in Search Party, a new comedy TBS has just ordered up for 2016 about “a group of four self-absorbed 20-somethings who come together when a former college acquaintance mysteriously disappears.” Her quartet is rounded out by John Early, John Reynolds and Meredith Hagner. You also see Judy …
Gerry Dee has starred for four seasons as the less-than-impressive high school social studies teacher, Mr. D, in the CBC sitcom of the same name. But impressively enough, Dee revealed that he’s sold the American rights to the series to CBS. “It’s like they did with The Office, they’re going …
Conan O’Brien and First Lady Michelle Obama sported black-tie formal wear when O’Brien spoke at the 2013 White House Correspondents Association dinner. The next time they see each other, they’ll just as likely don fatigues — they’re heading out next week to visit U.S. military stationed in Qatar at the …
Ahmed Bharoocha recently turned 30, but he’s still questioning how ceiling fans work, as well as refrigerator ice machines and dinosaur bones. But he knows at least he has it better than cows do. Fly, Ahmed, fly! Here is his debut set on Conan from Thursday night. Roll the clip.
Call him Tosh.50K? Daniel Tosh loves the Miami Dolphins, but he cares more about his friend and fellow comedian, betting against his favorite NFL team tonight to turn $25,000 in auction earnings into a $50,000 donation for Andy Ritchie‘s multiple brain surgeries. “That’s Gambling 101. Never bet with your heart. …
Chris Hardwick already hosts an Emmy-winning fake game show, so why not have him host a real one with real cash prizes? That’s just what NBC ordered. NBC gave the green light today to 10 primetime episodes of a game show series, The Wall, which Hardwick will host and executive …
