The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Finding a sincere, sit-down interview with David Letterman is about as rare as finding one with the late Johnny Carson. Which, if you follow Letterman’s career as closely as he has followed Carson’s, makes perfect sense. Almost. But this year, the Kennedy Center Honors have honored David Letterman — the …
NBC’s Community doesn’t return to the TV airwaves until Feb. 7, 2013, so the sitcom’s fourth-season Christmas episode might seem a little out of season when it reaches a TV or computer screen near you. So star Joel McHale is here before Christmas with a special message and a sneak …
Arsenio Hall and The Arsenio Hall Show are returning to a TV channel near you in 2013 — specifically Sept. 9, 2013. Even more specifically, as previously reported, CBS TV Distribution and Tribune Broadcasting have syndicated the late-night talker in most of America, including WPIX in New York City, KTLA in …
Are Fallon and Higgins our generation’s Abbott and Costello? Who is Billy Crystal? A.D. Miles is doing what? I don’t know…Jerry Seinfeld? What is one of the most famous comedic dialogues of all-time? No, what is A.D. Miles, head writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Answers to all of …
BBC America announced Wednesday that it’s giving Chris Hardwick and his Nerdist colleagues a promotion — a full, regular season of hourlong episodes of The Nerdist comedy variety show for 2013. “As a huge fanboy of nerd culture stuff, we at the Nerdist Podcast gush about the things we love constantly, …
Jerry Seinfeld is the cover subject of this weekend’s New York Times Magazine, in which the 58-year-old comedian and mega-millionaire is profiled and studied to see why a 58-year-old comedian and mega-millionaire would continue to write jokes and tell jokes in front of people on a regular basis. If you’re …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… FX has ordered a fifth season of The League, with 13 more episodes to kick off during Fall 2013. Adult Swim has renewed the animated series adaptation of Black Dynamite for a second season. Ten episodes to come in about a year from …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Paramount has announced a release date for Anchorman 2, and it’s exactly a year away: Dec. 20, 2013. Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner are all back aboard for the sequel, Adam McKay once again directing. Judd Apatow’s …
Nick Kroll’s new sketch comedy series, Kroll Show, debuts Jan. 16, 2013, on Comedy Central. Warm up for that, and warm up for the holidays with a customized Christmas (or Hanukkah) drink! Comedy Central’s official holiday greeting for 2012 is an interactive party with Kroll’s character, Bobby Bottleservice, as he …
The cast and crew of Comedy Central’s hit Workaholics reported yesterday that Jet Set Hudson, who played a recurring character on the series, has died. The L.A. Department of Coroner confirmed to E! News that Hudson was found dead in his car in front of a gas station shortly after …
