The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Maria Thayer co-stars in Chris Elliott’s ridiculously over-the-top cop show parody Eagleheart, which airs its second-season finale tonight on Adult Swim. It should return for a third season. But what if it doesn’t?!? That’d mean Thayer would have to start auditioning again for new roles. She has plenty of experience …
Comedy Central is adding to its 2013 slate of series with three new orders, as Anthony Jeselnik, Amy Schumer and Ben Hoffman all will be leading their own shows next year. “These three shows have one thing in common, and I dare viewers to watch every single episode to find …
EPIX announced today it’d showcase comedy each month with a new motto, “EPIX Comedy Unbound,” which kicks off Saturday night with the debut of Jim Norton’s latest special, “Jim Norton: Please Be Offended.” Future specials will air on the last weekend of the month. Upcoming later in 2012: An All-Star …
Louis CK has done what proved so difficult two decades ago for Pearl Jam: Set up and establish a successful independent ticketing system for touring. Of course, a lot has changed with technology since the 1990s, and Pearl Jam wasn’t able to build a website back then with implements in …
At least two stand-up comedians will vie for your votes and a chance at a million-dollar prize in this summer’s seventh edition of America’s Got Talent. Tom Cotter and Jacob Williams moved through to the final 48 in the “Vegas Week” episode that aired last night on NBC. Cotter, 48, …
After roasting celebrity tabloid fodder-seekers such as Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump, Comedy Central is going back to comedians for its 2012 Roast, announcing it’ll air a Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Barr on Aug. 12, 2012. And it already has a Twitter hashtag: #RoseanneRoast. No announcement yet on who’ll …
When comedians win on The Celebrity Apprentice, they really do win. Following the lead of Joan Rivers, whose Trump-fest victory a couple of years ago coincided with her comeback as depicted in her riveting documentary, Arsenio Hall has followed up his win in the Trump TV boardroom by announcing a …
It has been a couple of summers since we last saw NBC’s Last Comic Standing, so perhaps this is as good a time as any to see how the past seven seasons of primetime stand-up comedians are faring in the public view. Who has an actual following after the cameras …
I don’t know what’s happening over at MTV, but something is definitely happening over there. The cable channel has announced a new weekly late-night comedy series starring podcast partners Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer called The Nikki and Sara Show, slated to debut in early 2013. The initial order is …
The improv groundhog saw Del Close’s shadow, which means, somehow, someway, we’re experiencing the Del Close Marathon six weeks early this year! That’s one of the new new things to make DCM14 different from its 13 predecessors. For one thing, DCM14 is bigger than ever! The improv comedy marathon has …
