The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Third time’s not only the charm, but also a full-on trend, so safe to say The CW and Just For Laughs are very happy together. After all, The CW will celebrate a third consecutive year of broadcasting the Howie Mandel Gala from Montreal’s Just For Laughs. The 90-minute primetime stand-up …
After successfully reviving Cash Cab this month with original host Ben Bailey accompanied by celebrity cameos in his NYC taxi cab, the Discovery series has launched an online companion game show, set in an elevator. Cash Lift, hosted by comedians Alex Weber and Zainab Johnson, who surprise hotel guests. They’re …
Facebook Watch has unveiled its first new episode today of *Loosely Exactly Nicole after acquiring the Nicole Byer sitcom from MTV earlier this year. The semi-autobiographical series follows Byer, playing herself, in Hollywood as she attempts to live out her dreams, both professionally and personally. The series Facebook page stats …
Coincidentally or not, we learned Comedy Central had canceled a weekly late-night series, The Gorburger Show with T.J. Miller, on the same day we learned of old accusations of sexual assault and abuse at the hands of Miller, including choking, punching and rape. The Daily Beast reported on Miller’s treatment …
Kevin Hart returned to host Saturday Night Live for the variety show’s annual Christmas holiday edition, and if you were expecting Hart to address his recent infidelity or the #MeToo movement, well, then, surprise. Instead, Hart joked about being a father for the third time and how he wasn’t excited …
ABC is bringing Roseanne back for a new nine-episode season in its original timeslot where it reigned during the late 1980s — 8 p.m. Tuesdays — beginning March 27, 2018 with an hourlong revival. The entire cast of the Conner family and friends returns from the hit show that aired …
Sal, Q, Joe and Murr star in truTV’s hit series, Impractical Jokers, and when they return in 2018 with their seventh season of hidden camera pranks on each other, they’ll also get to celebrate being memorialized in their native borough of New York City. The Staten Island Museum announced today, …
After reuniting for a ninth season this year that many loved for the pure joy of seeing Larry David make friends, loved ones and strangers cringe, while others (including myself) felt it took too long to shake off the rust of their absence from the screen, Curb Your Enthusiasm isn’t …
What does selling weed to college girls have to do with teaching fourth-graders? I’m not sure exactly, but I expect Noah Gardenswartz to come up with the proper analogy, since he has done both of those things, and also told jokes Wednesday night on Conan. His greatest, timeliest analogy here …
Jaboukie Young-White made his debut Wednesday on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and couldn’t help but notice that different parts of America consider him as different races or ethnicities. On the plus side, he can joke that he makes a great cover model for liberal arts college catalogs. On …
