The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Astronomy Club, the first all-black house team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, is moving from digital series at Comedy Central to half-hour TV sketch comedy series at Netflix. Netflix announced the six-episode order today. Why the jump to Netflix? Kenya Barris. He’s bringing the NYC-based improv and sketch group …
They just announced this year’s Emmy Award nominations, so congrats and kudos to everyone who made the list. COMEDY SERIES Barry (HBO) Fleabag (Amazon) Russian Doll (Netflix) Schitt’s Creek (POP TV) The Good Place (NBC) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) Veep (HBO) ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES VARIETY TALK …
Whether or not you’ve already listened to my podcast chat with Catherine Cohen, this young cabaret star has just made her late-night TV debut, performing on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Cohen sang “Look at Me,” accompanied by Henry Koperski, buttressed with a middle section of stand-up repartee. Roll the …
Bring The Funny is no Last Comic Standing. Nor is it America’s Got Talent. So what is Bring The Funny? The newest NBC talent competition is open to all sorts of funny people, from solo acts to groups, from stand-ups to characters to musical duos to prop acts to ventriloquists …
This is an interesting development. Beth Stelling performed on Tuesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, but the footage came from Jimmy Kimmel’s new comedy club in Las Vegas, where Stelling had headlined last month. Could this mean more stand-up on JKL in the weeks and months to come? Let’s hope …
Kudos to Team Coco for bringing some of the talent they saw in Australia back to Burbank for proper stand-up comedy appearances on U.S. television. And props to Becky Lucas for incorporating Conan O’Brien into her act as crowd work. Great, funny stuff. Roll the clip!
Two summers ago, FOX gave a trial run to a late-night almost live joke-off among comedians called Punchline. It was kind of like Comedy Central’s @midnight, but simpler. Comedians really were riffing off the top of their heads on Punchline. FOX is giving Punchline a second chance this summer. But …
After some false starts and weird detours, Cash Cab is coming back to TV. Again. With Ben Bailey hosting. Again. But this time, it’ll be on Bravo! Shooting with the tricked-out New York City taxi cab and unsuspecting (or suspecting) passengers begins this summer, with a premiere planned for later …
In a month, HBO’s late-night Friday slot, currently occupied by Los Espookys, will host A Black Lady Sketch Show. The sketch comedy series stars Robin Thede, Ashley Nicole Black, Gabrielle Dennis and Quinta Brunson. Creator/executive producer/writer/star, Robin Thede; executive producer, Issa Rae for Issa Rae Productions; executive producers, Dave Becky, …
Did you know you could submit a writing packet to Saturday Night Live right this very minute? Yes, you! My friends tipped me off to this site that welcomes writing submissions for SNL until July 15, 2019. If you can meet the July 15 deadline and submit 3 to 5 …
