The Definitive Guide to Comedy
On last night’s episode of America’s Got Talent, musical comedian J Chris Newberg did not get one of the four spots in the semifinals. Spoiler alert? Although if they’re doing four out of 12 in each of the quarterfinals, you’d suspect that there might be a special episode later in …
The 2011 Emmy nominations came out this morning and revealed a few surprises, and yes, a couple of snubs. Same ol’ same ol’. Perhaps most surprising? That comedian Louis CK received the most individual Emmy nominations of anyone, with four: two for his FX show, Louie (acting, writing), and two …
Howie Mandel loves him. Piers Morgan hates him. But what does Sharon Osbourne think? You’ll have to watch the whole segment to find out, as J. Chris Newberg performed in the first of four quarterfinals last night as part of the 2011 season of America’s Got Talent. Was that probably …
The 2011 primetime Emmy nominations will be announced on Thursday morning by Melissa McCarthy (who stars in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly, though you may know her best from this year’s hit movie, Bridesmaids). It seems like a thankless task, really. Getting up before first thing in the morning …
Ali Wong made her late-night TV debut last night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and she filled us in on the good parts of having an Asian boyfriend, and yet how bad he is at gift-giving. Want to know more about her? Read Ali Wong's Meet Me in …
The Internet was abuzz today over a promo ad going on and on about Roseanne's Nuts, which is the name of Roseanne Barr's new reality series coming to Lifetime on July 13, 2011, following her new life as a nut farmer in Hawaii. Related: Read about the initial news of Roseanne's …
NBC announced today that James Spader will join the cast of The Office this fall as a full-time regular, but not for the job he auditioned for — instead of replacing Steve Carell as office manager at Dunder-Mifflin, Spader's "Robert California" will replace Kathy Bates as CEO of Sabre, the …
In case you missed it, sometime before the holiday weekend, NBC decided to recast three of its supporting roles on the 2012 midseason sitcom, Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea, based on one of Chelsea Handler's best-selling books. One of the people losing out was stand-up comedian Jo Koy, …
With the Fourth of July kicking off the week, most late-night TV hosts in America decided to take the full week off. But not Jay Leno. Of course not. Self-described workaholic Leno is all-new this week with The Tonight Show, which meant he got to have yesterday's big Casey Anthony …
If you appear on America's Got Talent and make it to Vegas Week, but they never identify you by name, then does it still count as a credit? While I wait for Nick Cannon to get back to me on that one on behalf of the three "comedians" who didn't …