The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Colin Quinn has done Broadway, HBO and Netflix. For his next trick, his new comedy special is premiering on CNN. Red State Blue State debuts Memorial Day (Monday, May 27) at 9 p.m. Eastern and 9 p.m. Pacific on CNN. It’s not completely out of character for the Cable News …
After finalizing its acquisition of FOX, Disney released a new movie slate going all the way out to 2027, forecasting multiple new movies for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, Avatar, Pixar, regular Disney animation, and even Indiana Jones. And, oh yeah, a Bob’s Burgers movie? You better believe it! …
Adult Swim is adding some actual live women to the late-night cable channel’s programming. Three Busy Debras, starring, written and created by Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari and Alyssa Stonoha, will come to TV. Their sketch comedy series will follow the aforementioned Debras as housewives in the fictional well-to-do suburb of …
Phil Hanley’s attitude toward having a wife and kids might be what’s stopping him from having a wife and kids. Hanley explained in this stand-up performance on The Tonight Show, which also revealed how he handled learning he had dyslexia. Roll the clip!
Congrats to my neighbors in Queens!? NBC has ordered the sitcom Sunnyside to series for the upcoming Fall 2019 schedule. The sitcom stars Kal Penn as a young New York City Councilman from the Queens neighborhood of Sunnyside whose career crashes and burns, and then gets rescued, sort of, by …
Adam Sandler finally returned to Saturday Night Live to host the show that made him a star in the early 1990s. Sandler joked about having to explain to his kids that he’d gotten fired from SNL in 1995. With a little help from his friends, including Chris Rock! Fans hoping …
Chad Daniels jokes that everyone has daddy issues, which, considering he is father to a teen-aged daughter, makes him especially uncomfortable sometimes. Daniels jokes all about it, and his college-aged son who wants to be a gamer, in this performance on Tuesday’s Late Late Show. Roll the clip!
Nore Davis has a transgendered brother, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to let his brother flex on him. As he explained in this performance on Conan, Davis also has thoughts on Black Panther, the lack of engagement sneakers as a thing for him, and more. Roll the clip.
It’s easy to forget that for its entire history, Saturday Night Live, from 1975-2019, has included films that were not, in fact, live. This great piece from SNL showcases the film unit, and what it takes to make funny short films in only a few days. Colon Blow! Happy Fun …
Starting next week, Showtime is doubling up on talk show DESUS & MERO, expanding the show to two nights a week through the summer. Already airing Thursdays at 11 p.m. ET/PT, DESUS & MERO also now will air at 11 p.m. Mondays, too. The two-per-week schedule begins May 6 and …
