The Definitive Guide to Comedy
In case you missed it last week, comedian Sheryl Underwood divulged a long-held secret to her co-hosts at The Talk about why Underwood never took part in The Queens of Comedy tours or TV/DVD specials. The Queens of Comedy came about after the huge success of The Kings of Comedy …
Kenan Thompson, who joined Saturday Night Live as a featured player for its 29th season back in 2003, reportedly will leave after this 40th season concludes in May. What Up With That? TMZ first reported the news today. SNL’s 40th season starts this week, with Chris Pratt hosting and Ariana …
Over the weekend, E! broadcast a special “Joan Day” to celebrate the life and work of the late Joan Rivers, and her daughter, Melissa, announced that Fashion Police would return in 2015. The full statement from E! on Friday read: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Joan Rivers …
Carmen Lynch isn’t in the mood for love. At least not until she’s gotten to know herself better. Just taking her friend’s advice, Lynch reveals in her stand-up performance Thursday on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Pay no attention to the fact that she’s 6-feet-tall. Everything is right …
Michael Che’s last night as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart did not pass by unnoticed. Despite the fact that Che only lasted three months (“actually, 58 business days”) in the gig with Comedy Central before returning to NBC and Saturday Night Live in the elite ranks …
Randy Liedtke has an idea for making Yelp seem new again. Actually, Liedtke is full of fun business ideas, some of which he shared in his stand-up performance on Thursday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. Just imagine how his girlfriend will react to them. Go on. Just imagine it. Roll …
Marc Maron jokingly wondered this summer if anyone ever had looked him up after seeing him on TV in Canada via one of the many comedy “Galas” produced each summer by Montreal’s Just For Laughs. Joke no more. Especially since some media reports described JFL’s new YouTube Channel as releasing …
You’ll hear a lot in the trades and the trade winds from now through pilot season, which starts in earnest in January, all the way up to the cable Upfronts in the spring and the broadcast network Upfronts in May — when TV programmers present their new and returning lineups …
Comedy Central’s late-night comedy “game show” and Twitter takeover expert, @midnight, is making its first road trip, heading to New York City to tape a week’s worth of shows during the New York Comedy Festival, airing Nov. 3-6, 2014. Host Chris Hardwick and the crew will tape the four broadcasts …
Saturday Night Live‘s longest-serving cast member has returned to the fold. Darrell Hammond, 58, will belt out the names of cast members old and new when SNL kicks off its 40th anniversary season on Sept. 27, 2014. Hammond has appeared onscreen in a record 280 episodes of SNL, both as …
