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On last night's episode of Conan, comedian/actor T.J. Miller performed stand-up and also did panel chat with Conan O'Brien (you don't need to wait for Johnny Carson's wave in Y2K10, because that's something only old people even remember). For his stand-up, Miller readily acknowledged his love of drinking (and the …
More than a few stand-up comedians have been on the late-night TV in the past couple of weeks, and lest I fail to fulfill my duties to give you comprehensive coverage, I should get us all caught up with some of these new/additional TV credits. Last week on Lopez Tonight, …
As I thought about this weekend's episode of Saturday Night Live with host Paul Rudd and musical guest Sir Paul McCartney, I couldn't help but think a bit more about last week's mysterious mess with Robert DeNiro. DeNiro has been a bit of a dud before, while Rudd was great …
This is the new Comedy Central logo. This is a video Comedy Central shows to show off its new logo. Any questions? Oh, right. What was the "old" Comedy Central logo? Just look in the top right corner of the video and you'll see it. Comedy Central also announced …
This just in from the folks at The Futon Critic: Discovery's Science Channel reportedly has acquired the broadcast rights to An Idiot Abroad, a travel documentary series that Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant produced featuring the misadventures of their frequent foil: Karl Pilkington. The Futon Critic reports that the eight episodes, …
On last night's edition of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert had comic legend Steve Martin on as his guest, and Colbert made darned sure he wasn't going to have to offer a refund to his viewers afterward. Watching his show is free with a cable/internet subscription. But that aside, Colbert …
Remember when I said that the people who love Saturday Night Live's political cold opens more than anyone else are the people who work in politics? Well, they just put their mouths where their laughs are, picking SNL head writer Seth Meyers to speak at the 2011 White House Correspondents …
The Writers Guild of America announced its TV nominees for 2011 WGA Awards, which will be handed out on Feb. 5, 2011, simultaneously at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the AXA Equitable Center in New York City. Among the things that stick out: Glee and Nurse Jackie …
As first reported here on The Comic's Comic more than a month ago (!), MTV announced today that comedian Whitney Cummings will host this year's New Year's Eve coverage from Times Square to ring in 2011 with the cast of MTV's Jersey Shore. The network also announced that Flo Rida …
Ever wonder about the people you see in late-night TV talk-show sketches? Who are they? Where do they come from? What's it like? Do you get to hang out in the green room? Comedian Grace Helbig, who performs Wednesdays with improv house team Borealis at The PIT in New York …