The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Devin Field has a new half-hour of stand-up comedy on Comedy Central, but if you missed the premiere of that last weekend, then you can check out five minutes from Field right here on Jimmy Kimmel Live. In this clip, you’ll learn how he really feels about Pixar movies, and …
Speaking of The Comedy Cellar, and aren’t we all talking about the New York City club even more this month than ever before? Comedy Central announced that This Week at The Comedy Cellar will premiere Friday Oct. 26, 2018. The weekly late-night stand-up series and talk show will fill the …
Jaboukie Young-White returned to The Tonight Show for his second performance as a stand-up, and started out by reflecting on how his parents reacted to his debut. His coming-out performance. Which opened up Young-White’s eyes to his family and culture, too. Roll the clip!
Showtime’s Kidding is a great series, a wonderful blend of comedy, innocence and pathos, as well as a perfect vehicle for Jim Carrey’s return to television. There’s a scene in episode three of the first season that’s especially fascinating to watch. It shows Riki Lindhome’s character watching Mr. Pickles’ Puppet …
Believe it or not, the final episode of Conan on TBS aired tonight. The regular weeknight show is going on hiatus until January 2019, when it’ll return in a new comedy-packed half-hour format. In the meantime, Conan O’Brien is keeping busy and won’t be far from your eyeballs and ear …
Vincent Favale appeared on an early episode of NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman in 1982, eventually became a Letterman producer with his CBS Late Show in 1996, and eventually became Vice President of CBS Late Night Programming, East Coast. Last year he was named senior vice president of talent development at …
Who knew that a heterosexual relationship could both be like basketball and like customer service? Ted Alexandro knew, and he explained in this funny set on Tuesday’s Conan. Alexandro has a new comedy special out now via All Things Comedy (video) and 800 Pound Gorilla Records (audio). Roll the clip!
Based on the success of Nickelodeon’s “Animated Shorts Program,” sister Viacom network Comedy Central has launched its own Animated Shorts Program. “We hope the Animated Shorts Program is an evolution of our continuous history of finding the next great comedic voices. We are grateful to the very smart people at Nickelodeon …
Danny McBride will star in his third outrageous HBO comedy series soon enough. The cable giant announced Tuesday it had ordered The Righteous Gemstones to series. With his writing/directing/producing partners Jody Hill and David Gordon Green, they’ve previously released critically-acclaimed bonkers comedies Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals for HBO. …
I cannot say I’m surprised. Or that anyone else is surprised to learn this week that Showtime had cancelled I’m Dying Up Here after two seasons. Despite what I wrote in Decider urging the network this summer to give it a third go-around. The series, based on the non-fiction book …
