Michael Kosta named correspondent for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
by With Jordan Klepper jumping ship to launch his own late-night show on Comedy Central, as Stephen Colbert had done before him, there’s a slot open …
Category: TV
HBO confirms Oct. 1, 2017, return for Curb Your Enthusiasm
It’s all happening. The Emmy®-winning comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm, starring Larry David, returns for its ten-episode ninth season Sunday, Oct. 1 (10-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), on HBO. …
The late Charlie Murphy will still co-star in BET’s The Comedy Get Down, coming Fall 2017
Charlie Murphy (“Charlie Murphy!”) may have died in April, but his comic legacy lives on, not only in the fourth season of Power on Starz, …
Interviews / TV
Your friendly neighborhood liaison: Hood Adjacent’s James Davis
Hood Adjacent with James Davis premiered Wednesday night on Comedy Central, and it’s already proven itself a worthy successor to the network’s groundbreaking Chappelle’s Show …
Today is the deadline for Independent Pilot submissions to 2017 NY TV Festival
Attention all aspiring TV show creators, screenwriters, directors and actors: Today is the deadline to submit for the 2017 New York TV Festival’s annual Independent …
Say it ain’t so, Seeso? Digital platform selling off key original series
A couple of weeks after laying off most if not all of its original programming department, NBCUniversal’s digital comedy platform looks ready to part ways …
Stephen Colbert went to Russia to film a week’s worth of “secret” Late Show segments
If you wondered why The Late Show went into repeats last Thursday and Friday, that’s because host Stephen Colbert flew to Russia for a long …
Watch Leslie Jones host the 2017 BET Awards
Leslie Jones hosted the 2017 BET Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles, and didn’t hold back on making fun of how old-school she is …
Ali Kolbert on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
How many people can say they interned on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and then performed stand-up on the show two years later? Ali …
Chris Charpentier on Jimmy Kimmel Live
You wouldn’t know by looking at Chris Charpentier on the TV, but the comedian is 34 years old and stands 5-foot-5. And oh, yes, he …