Ricky Gervais to return as host for Golden Globes in 2016
by Our three-year sojourn with Tina Fey and Amy Poelher as our awards host queens has ended, and the Ricky Gervais Era is once again in …
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Here are your comedy winners from the 2015 New York Television Festival
Winning a prize at the New York Television Festival might not put your independent TV pilot on the air immediately, but it definitely will put …
Megan Gailey’s late-night debut on Conan
Back in my day, you knew you made it when you could go on TV and say “Hi Mom!” to the camera. Now the kids …
Back to the Future day crashes Jimmy Kimmel Live in Brooklyn
So much Back To The Future chatter yesterday online, offline and across all of the timelines. And yet. This appearance and performance by Michael J. …
TV / Video / Web series
YouTube unveils YouTube Red to compete with Netflix, Hulu and Amazon
A few years ago, YouTube invested $200 million in boosting the profiles and content of 100 of its already higher-profile channels. This time around, YouTube is going …
TV / Web series
Yahoo! “lost” $42 million investing in Original Series such as Community, Other Space, Sin City Saints
Yahoo!’s chief executives told investors and media Tuesday on a conference call that their $42 million investment on original comedy series to build up Yahoo! …
Chris Rock to host 88th Academy Awards: The 2016 Oscars
Chris Rock hosted the Academy Awards once in 2005. How about a second time, this time in 2016? What do you say, Chris? Look who's back. …
See how Zach Galifianakis got his clown name in FX’s “Baskets”
Baskets, the new FX comedy debuting in 2016 and starring Zach Galifianakis as a clown, released this new clip showing that “Baskets” wasn’t his first …
Comedy Central orders 10 episodes of “Detroiters” starring Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson with Jason Sudeikis
“A dream come true. Thank you Comedy Central.” That’s Veep‘s Sam Richardson today, as Comedy Central announced it had ordered 10 episodes of Detroiters, a …
The Creative Genius of Sam Simon: A Lifetime of Memorabilia, up for charitable auction at Sotheby’s
Sam Simon wanted to be known as much for his charitable contributions to society as for his comedic contributions, and half a year after his …