The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Comedy Central’s half-hour specials for 2019 will kick off this October. More specifically, here’s the Friday night rundown for Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents… premieres (times are Eastern/Pacific): Friday, Oct. 18: Jaboukie Young-White (11pm); Vanessa Gonzalez (11:30pm) Friday, Oct. 25: Dulcé Sloan (11pm); Will Miles (11:30pm) Friday, Nov. 1: Tom Thakkar …
NBC announced it’ll help viewers who don’t normally stay up past Late Night get a peek at the network’s newest late-late night host, Lilly Singh. A Little Late with Lilly Singh: The Primetime Special will air at 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific (9 p.m. Central/Mountain) on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Her show premieres …
NBC’s new comedy competition series, Bring The Funny, is almost ready to give viewers a chance to decide who we think is bringing said funny. Tuesday night’s episode saw the third and final round of “comedy clashes,” in which two similar comedy acts had to face-off in brief sets for …
Ryan Niemiller, whose social media handle is @cripplethreat8, joked tonight on live TV during America’s Got Talent about not having wrists or functional hands. “A lot of people want to get uncomfortable that I want to joke about my disability, but this is my life. This is who I am. …
Whether or not Donald Trump is crazy for suggesting the United States could buy Greenland, Conan O’Brien is definitely going to go there. Soon. O’Brien announced his next Team Coco “Conan Without Borders” trip on Monday night’s Conan. With some advance negotiation tactics and offers. Roll the clip!
James Corden, winner of seven Emmy Awards and nominated for another seven this year, has extended his contract with CBS through 2022. Corden took over The Late Late Show in 2016. “James Corden has burned his way to the top of American television with a daring, energetic and inventive broadcast …
Christian Finnegan has reached the ripe old age of 46, which as he explained on The Late Late Show, isn’t quite so ripe any longer. Much like the good-intentioned vegetables you sometimes buy at the grocery store. Roll the clip!
Here’s something new and different. David Spade dedicated a segment of his new late-night show on Comedy Central to a new stand-up comedian. Meet Lara Beitz. Roll the clip! It’s uncensored!
Comedy Central still has one of the 2 Dope Queens lined up for 2020. The network today announced a 10-episode order for a talk show fronted by Phoebe Robinson, featuring one-on-one interviews with headliners across pop culture. “This show will hit that sweet spot between educational and charmingly ignorant,” said Robinson. …
Sorry, Ismo fans. NBC’s Bring The Funny judges Kenan Thompson, Chrissy Teigen and Jeff Foxworthy winnowed the field for this initial comedy competition down in half again on the second round of “comedy clashes.” They chose Erica Rhodes over Ismo. They preferred young Michael Longfellow over Calvin Evans. They sided …
