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Hey kids. Would you like to see the pilot for Penelope Princess of Pets, the comedy in which Kristen Schaal talks to pets (voiced by Daniel Kitson, among others!) and with the help of sidekick Kurt Braunohler, saves the world and takes down the evil MP Julian Barratt of The …
NBC devotes two hours of its prime-time programming tonight (9-11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, 8-10 p.m. Central/Mountain) to a look back at Saturday Night Live in the 2000s, and if you think it's all about 2008, well, you're only partially right. There's plenty to mine here, and even from the preview clips …
If you thought that The Onion's deal with IFC for a TV series based on its Onion News Network videos in 2011 had made kaput any sports-related deal with Comedy Central, then fool on you. Comedy Central announced this morning it had approved just such a series, with 10 episodes …
I'm in New York City, so I can only tell you half of the season seven story of Last Comic Standing with firsthand knowledge, but I almost don't want to tell you how much I know already. You've figured out by now, if you've been looking for intel, that I …
If you wondered how George Lopez felt about getting bumped an hour in November for Conan O'Brien to join TBS, his show Monday night for Lopez Tonight should put that to rest. Not only did Lopez incorporate O'Brien's debut Tonight Show running montage into his opening, but he also took …
If you're lucky, every once in a while, you get to experience one of your favorite TV shows as an audience member, from inside the belly of the beast — or if you're talking about last night's SNL, inside the belly of the Bieber. Now. I was teased for using …
This is the world we live in now. With outsiders uploading live TV video onto their own sites with their own players, NBC must have decided, if they can't beat them, join them. Because tonight's Saturday Night Live sketch featuring Tina Fey spoofing Sarah Palin (and also siding with Team …
When I saw Michael Kosta in Aspen three years ago, he helped redefine the way I look at high-schoolers. Kosta also had this recurring callback wherein he high-fives the crowd. Last night he performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the high-five is more like a mid-five now. …
If you see a comedy nerd acting extra weird today, it's because they're slowly figuring out the news that Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre fixture Chris Gethard reported for work today as the new lead of the untitled Gary Sanchez Productions Comedy Central series that also features Horatio Sanz and Chris …
It's not quite FOX Sports' The Best Damn Sports Show, nor is it ESPN's SportsNation, but Versus did launch something somewhere in between the two Monday night in NYC, with stand-up comedian Reese Waters as one of the four co-hosts. You may have seen Waters on the blog before as a …