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On last night's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, your sane host showed footage from recent rallies for the leaders of North Korea and America, holding it up as evidence of things one should do, or perhaps not do, in public. Good to know, considering Stewart himself is leading a …
Nick Swardson debuts the first of his seven-episode sketch series, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, tonight on Comedy Central. Well, actually, Swardson also showed off the premiere episode over the weekend to a few hundred eager fans at New York Comic-Con. On his birthday. Among the other things learned about Swardson, …
Chelsea Handler continues to be the gift who keeps on giving for her writing staff on E!'s Chelsea Lately, as the network has ordered eight episodes of an improvised half-hour called After Lately, to air after Handler's current late-night talker. Variety got the scoop on E! on this one. Handler …
Word came in this afternoon that FOX had ordered up series commitments to two new animated shows for sometime in 2011 or 2012. Remember early this year when Jon Heder dropped out last-minute from a Comedy Central series that had been written for him, because they couldn't agree on his character's …
Some people like to analyze Saturday Night Live so much that they forget that, for casual viewers young and old, it's just an entertaining way to wrap up a Saturday night at home in front of the television. They don't assign points to cast members. They certainly don't hit the …
If you watched the series debut last night of TV Land's Harry Loves Lisa — and why would you have, really? Really. This show is merely the latest in a continuing trend of celebrities letting TV crews into their homes and lives, all in the hopes of rejuvenating their celebrity. …
Just a quick update to folks interested in the filming of the 2011 batch of half-hour Comedy Central Presents specials, which happen from Oct. 14-17, 2010, in New York City. First, the "bad" news. Kumail Nanjiani won't be taping a half-hour next weekend, but only because he's too busy being …
I don't claim to know a lot of people working at The Hollywood Reporter, so I have no idea why, when or how that trade publication lost all meaning of the word "EXCLUSIVE." The other night, THR published an "exclusive" about Jon Stewart making a joke about Rick Sanchez — …
Comedy Central has announced the impending arrival of the televised version of the live show, The Benson Interruption, with a six-episode run beginning at midnight Thursday, Oct. 28. For those of you unfamiliar with the show and/or concept, stand-up comedian Doug Benson hosts a show with his comedian friends, and …
"You don't consider Curb Your Enthusiasm legit? What do you want from me? Directors chairs, us sitting with Matt Lauer asking questions?" — Jerry Seinfeld, responding to an audience member's question about a "legit" Seinfeld reunion, after he dropped in for a surprise stand-up set at the Comedy Cellar over …