The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Hot off the heels of performing individually and collectively in Montreal’s Just For Laughs, the cast of Undateable received news late Thursday that NBC had picked up their summer series for 10 more episodes, with season two coming in 2015. The sitcom seemingly burned through all its 13-epiosde debut season …
Ron Funches is in NYC headlining Caroline’s on Broadway, and before his show on Thursday night, he stopped in to perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Just to prove he’s not Questlove. He’s also happy to be in New York City in the summer to do his summer …
Michael Somerville returned to the Late Show with David Letterman on Thursday night, and the NYC resident had tales to share from his trips on the road as a performing comedian, as well as lessons learned from the dating trail. Roll the clip.
Ladies and gentlemen, it may be two weeks too early to declare a winner in the eighth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. But as you watch the final five finalists face off in stand-up competitions over the next three Thursdays, you may be thinking to yourself: How can I …
Dan Naturman played it cool in his preview profile that set up his quarterfinals appearance live Tuesday night on America’s Got Talent. This year’s AGT voting also includes a partnership with Google, so if you Googled Dan Naturman America’s Got Talent, you’d go right to a voting tab for him …
Jim Gaffigan filmed two pilots in the past year-and-a-half for CBS, and two of Viacom’s sister cable companies have swooped in to pick Gaffigan’s semi-autobiographical sitcom up to series! TV Land announced a 10-episode order tonight of The Gaffigan Show, created by Gaffigan and Peter Tolan, with episodes repeating one …
Carrie Keagan, who was great late in the mornings as host of VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live from 2011-2013, could, would and perhaps should also be great as host of a late-night TV show. If only the TV networks would give Keagan that chance. Or any lady, for that matter. In …
Last week, MTV debuted a silly little spoof of its own Girl Code and Guy Code comedy advice series, called “Squirrel Code.” They took footage of squirrels in the wild and dressed up puppets, gave them barely fake names (comedian Carly Aquilino or squirrel Barely Acornino! Damien Lemon becomes Dominic …
You know what? Last Comic Standing really has gotten a lot of things right in its eighth season. When Last Comic did a roast several years back, it felt like a backroom thing. Low-budget. This time around it not only dressed up the contestants in black-tie, but made the whole …
The return of Animation Domination to FOX’s Sunday night lineup this fall includes not only the death of one cartoon character on The Simpsons, but also a massive crossover episode that includes the cast of Family Guy. FOX screened the first five minutes of the epic crossover episode this past …
