BET bails out of late-night talk, cancels The Rundown with Robin Thede
by Welp. The Rundown with Robin Thede offered a strong, funny point-of-view you could find nowhere else on TV or streaming, complete with fun musical numbers …
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AMC reinstating Chris Hardwick as Talking host
Chris Hardwick is in the clear in the eyes of AMC. The cable network announced today that Hardwick will return to its airwaves Aug. 12, …
Bret and Jemaine announce their 2018 HBO Flight of the Conchords special
“Can you believe it?” I’m fairly certain Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement believe it, since they’re the ones in this brand-new video announcing their new …
Chris Redd at Montreal’s Just For Laughs 2018
Chris Redd experienced a breakout summer in 2016, first as a scene-stealer in the The Lonely Island’s movie Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, then as …
Vicki Barbolak survives Judges Cuts for America’s Got Talent 2018
Congratulations to Vicki Barbolak, who at 60 is so far the first and only stand-up comedian to make it through to the live shows this …
Champs and challengers from Seasons 1-2 will feel the heat on Season 3 of Comedy Central’s Roast Battle
Please excuse the following comedians from Montreal’s Just For Laughs this week, as they’ll be too busy doing battle in Los Angeles for Season 3 …
Kevin Smith helps launch Rivit TV with his “Hollyweed” pilot
First came Channel 101. Screening 5-minute shorts, and asking audiences to vote for their favorites to return for new episodes since 2003. Then came Amazon …
“Hammerhead” takes top honors at 2018 New York Television Festival
A hotbed for independent pilots and development deals, the first-ever summer edition of the New York Television Festival wrapped over the weekend, with Hammerhead taking …
Carmen Lagala on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Carmen Lagala made her late-night TV debut on Thursday Late Show, and let us know in no uncertain terms how she feels about train travel, …
What it’s like to work as a woman in late-night TV comedy in 2018
You don’t have to be Nell Scovell to know the gender ratio is and always has been rather bleak for hiring women to write for …