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The viewing audience has spoken! Their votes last night put stand-up comedian Tom Cotter through to the finals of the 2012 season of NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Cotter, a 48-year-old who won the Seattle competition in 1994 and Boston’s contest in 2004, is the first comedian to reach the finals …
Get ready for another long-running multi-camera sex-laden sitcom from Charlie Sheen. His FX series, Anger Management, has secured its 90-episode back-order after hitting its contractual ratings targets for its first 10-episode season. FX made the announcement Wednesday. We don’t know what pre-determined ratings target the show needed to hit to …
The Republican National Convention, delayed by Tropical Storm Luther’s path through the Gulf of Mexico and past the coast of Tampa as an impending hurricane, should restart officially tonight. President Obama’s “angry translator,” Luther — as portrayed by Keegan-Michael Key in this recurring sketch from the Comedy Central series Key …
The FOX NFL Sunday crew won’t have to face impersonations of themselves this fall. FOX announced during halftime of Sunday’s 49ers-Broncos game that Rob Riggle will take Frank Caliendo’s place on the network’s weekly pre-game show, beginning with the first Sunday of the NFL regular season on Sept. 9. Caliendo …
Head east from Maine and over to Nova Scotia, and there ye shall find the funniest people in all of Canada who made TV and movies in 2011. So sayeth the 2012 Canadian Comedy Awards, which gave out six awards to Halifax-based sketch group Picnicface last night during the award …
How committed is IFC to expanding its comedy brand of “Slightly Off, Always On?” The cable channel now has an Adopt-A-Comic program! First new member of the IFC family for 2012? Chris Gethard, one of the stalwart improv comedians and stand-ups from New York City’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. “This …
Eddie Murphy may or may not ever follow through on his promise to make a comeback to the stand-up comedy stage. But one thing is certain to happen in 2012. Thirty years after Eddie Murphy became a superstar through his comedy performances as a stand-up (the concert film, “Delirious”), movie …
Hot off a 2011-2012 TV season that finds him up for two Emmy Awards, Michael J. Fox has used his heat to win him a new sitcom series with NBC — the place where he earned his big break a generation ago as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties. Fox’s …
Nickelodeon announced yesterday that it has set an Oct. 1, 2012, launch date for its new NickMom comedy programming block, to air nightly from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on its Nick Jr. cable channel. An online companion site and blog already is up and running at www.NickMom.com. In addition to …
ABC News and Nightline gave Marc Maron its profile treatment last night. Roll the clip! video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
