The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart happened to be on vacation last week when the network announced correspondent Trevor Noah would replace Stewart as anchor later this year. So Monday night’s episode was Stewart’s first chance to address the upcoming transition, as well as the backlash and the …
The Dave Chappelle comeback is now complete. After touring with Funny or Die’s summer Oddball Festival amphitheater tour, holding down a residency at Radio City Music Hall and more than a year of theater dates across North America, Chappelle recorded his stand-up for a special over the weekend at Austin …
With all of the talk in the past week about satire, freedom of speech and comedians abusing or somehow not doing what they can with that privilege, it’s even more remarkable to consider what John Oliver did during that week. Oliver and a camera crew flew to Russia and interviewed …
How long has it really been since Michael Keaton last hosted Saturday Night Live? Keaton hosted in 1982 when he first broke big with Night Shift (a year before Mr. Mom, even!), then again in 1992 when he was a two-time Batman hero, and then not again for another 23 …
Are sweatpants still sweatpants if you’re not sweating in them? What kind of man takes a bath in the middle of the day? Nick Griffin asks the tough questions and provides answers for them, as he did Friday night in his 11th and final stand-up comedy performance on Late Show …
As part of NBC’s Summer Media Day on Thursday, the Peacock Network also dropped a couple of teaser-length trailers for its two new multi-cam sitcoms that premiere in August 2015: Mr. Robinson, starring Craig Robinson as a funky musician by night and schoolteacher by day; and The Carmichael Show, with …
Brian Stack’s last day at Conan was Thursday. Stack had been a writer/performer with Conan O’Brien for 18 years, going back from the current TBS show through The Tonight Show era and back to New York City and Late Night. Speaking of NYC, that’s where Stack is heading to work …
While a packed SXSW convention center ballroom listened last month to Jimmy Kimmel walk down the memory lane of his life and TV career, a group of foreign-born comedians in a smaller room gave a more global and increasingly more relevant take on what’s happening in America and the world …
NBC wrapped up a meet-and-greet with the media for its summer 2015 programming, which meant for every awkward Q-and-A banter, we were treated to new video clips. Which means our first look at the “Invitationals” footage already shot with the Top 100 comedians competing in this summer’s ninth season of …
