Amy Schumer to film HBO special at The Apollo directed by Chris Rock
by Amy Schumer is about to film her first HBO stand-up special later this month, and Chris Rock will get behind the camera to direct her. …
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Conan O’Brien and Team Coco filming “Conan” at Comic-Con 2015 from Wednesday-Saturday
Conan O’Brien has taken his late-night TV show on the road before, most recently in 2014 to Dallas in conjunction with the NCAA men’s basketball …
Comedy Central greenlights 10 episodes of animated “Legends of Chamberlain Heights”
Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of a new animated series, Legends of Chamberlain Heights, from a veteran of The Simpsons about three high-school freshmen …
E! orders The Comment Section hosted by Michael Kosta
The comments people leave all over the Internet are often done anonymously, but comedian Michael Kosta will be front and center in skewering them later this summer …
Comedy Central’s The Half Hour list, Class of 2015
In recent years, Comedy Central has recorded seasons of The Half Hour stand-up specials in late February in Boston, but things didn’t go according to …
Hulu acquires entire library of Seinfeld episodes
Jerry Seinfeld turns 61 today. Hulu brought Seinfeld out to tell advertisers today that the streaming service had paid Sony Pictures Television a reported $700,000 …
R.I.P. “The Riv,” The Riviera Comedy Club in Las Vegas, Nevada
by The Riviera Comedy Club died tonight* after fighting a lengthy battle with economics. The club is survived by hundreds of mourning comics: Some great, some hacks, some …
David Letterman’s exit interview with The New York Times
Six big takeaways from Dave Itzkoff’s sit-down with David Letterman for The New York Times as Letterman approaches his final month as a late-night TV …
FOX promotes Golan The Insatiable to primetime for summer 2015, recasts main voices
FOX has promoted Golan The Insatiable from its “Animation Domination High-Def” block to become a half-hour primetime series this summer, with the first of six …
Charm City Comedy Festival adjusts schedule to accommodate Baltimore curfew
If any American city could use a charm offensive right about now, it’s Baltimore. And yet, the second annual Charm City Comedy Festival — set …