The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Last night on TBS, late-night neighbors Conan O'Brien and George Lopez paid a visit to each other's talk shows, in chronological order. First, Lopez guested on Conan. Then O'Brien guested on Lopez Tonight. Logistically, it's an easy cross-promotion to pull off, as they not only work for the same network but …
You may remember seeing James Adomian on NBC's Last Comic Standing, or perhaps you remember hearing him on the Comedy Bang Bang podcast (or perhaps even still, you already know him from reading about him here on The Comic's Comic. Regardless, late-night TV audiences got to see Adomian for the …
Cedric the Entertainer hosts new NBC game show, It's Worth What?, which will debut at 8 p.m. (Eastern/Pacific) on July 12, 2011. A description from NBC: "Through set imagery and a never-ending flow of collectibles, antiques and near-priceless treasures, America is brought into a world of doors, behind which are …
When Tim Minchin made his American TV debut early this year on Conan, we learned that he had given some thought to performing his song, "Prejudice," but had second thoughts about it, according to Team Coco. Well, second time is the charm, then? Because Minchin returned to Conan last night, …
Melissa Villasenor, a "new face" in Montreal last summer who also has auditioned for Saturday Night Live, got a chance to showcase several of her celebrity impersonations on another NBC series, America's Got Talent. Here is Villasenor on tonight's episode from the Seattle auditions, in which she calmly breaks out …
Plenty of comedians have performed on game shows, and plenty of comedians have married other comedians, but few are the comedy couples who have appeared on TV game shows together. Count Abbi Crutchfield and Luke Thayer as one of those couples. They taped an episode of The Newlywed Game for GSN …
Tom Rhodes has been a world traveler for several years now — he was living in Amsterdam when I met him almost a decade ago — but back in 1995, he had the long hair that you remember from his NBC sitcom Mr. Rhodes, and a lanky frame. Rhodes recently …
The inaugural Critics' Choice Television Awards announced their first slate of nominees today, and for those of you who bemoan the ritualistic snubbing of great TV comedies such as Louie, Community, Parks and Rec and Archer, well, no snubbing here! But the "critics" – who include correspondents from Extra, Access Hollywood, …
Stand-up comedian Ben Bailey — who has won an Emmy for his work hosting the Discovery Channel game show, Cash Cab — has added a second TV trivia game show to his resume. This time, Bailey is going primetime network, as NBC announced today that he'll be the host of …
Comedy Central was tooting its horn today, announcing that May 2011 ratings vaulted The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report to the top of the late-night heap – among all 11 broadcast network and cable channel offerings — in several key demographics. And they had the raw data …