The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Could this be the final season of The Simpsons? The animated FOX sitcom, currently in its 23rd season, finds itself in another tough round of salary negotiations with its voice actors, with 20th Century Fox Television asking the cast to take a 45% pay cut to renew their contracts. That’s from …
George Lopez has found a new gig to replace his late-night TV show on TBS, and it sends him cruising? Carnival Cruise Lines announced this week that it had hired Lopez to become the line’s “comedy curator,” and will rebrand its Punchliner Comedy Clubs as Punchliner Comedy Clubs Presented by George …
Remember when Heineken Light took over an empty lot and billboard in NYC to put on a surprise concert with TV on the Radio? Well, they did done gone and did it again. This time in Chicago. Let’s head to Wrigleyville and check out Broken Social Scene. Sometimes a billboard …
NBC announced today it had ordered full-season commitments for new sitcoms Whitney and Up All Night, leaving the fate of fellow rookie Free Agents up in the air (it airs a new episode Wednesday night, so if you want to support it, then you should watch it!). So what timeslot …
Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time begins its second season later this week on Comedy Central, and to celebrate, the network is sharing three DVDs of Nick Swardson’s stand-up special, “Seriously, Who Farted?” for The Comic’s Comic to give away to three lucky fans. Here’s how we’re going to do it. I’m …
The full cast of Arrested Development reunited Sunday for the first time since FOX cancelled the critically beloved sitcom five years ago — and revealed a bombshell development. While everyone expected to hear news about a long-rumored AD movie, they heard creator Mitchell Hurwitz instead say that the movie would …
“The Nick and Artie Show,” Nick DiPaolo and Artie Lange’s new weeknight sports/entertainment radio talk show, has a name, a timeslot, a logo, a website, a Facebook page, a backing distributor and a launch date: Tonight. Now all we need to know is where we actually can listen to it! …
Dane Cook is among several comedians who have scored pilots and/or development deals with broadcast networks in recent months. Cook, who broke ranks with manager Barry Katz and New Wave a year ago, hasn’t decided what his potential sitcom will be just yet, but he did have a few words …
Comedian, friend and fellow Astoria resident Ted Alexandro decided to take part in the Occupy Wall Street protests at the beginning of this week, and after spending close to 10 hours down there on Monday, headed uptown to perform at the Whiplash show Monday night at the UCB Theatre. He …
Since you all remember Seinfeld, you recall that George Costanza, as played by actor Jason Alexander, went bald over the course of the sitcom’s reign on NBC. Just a few days ago, though, Alexander emerged at a red carpet event with a new head of hair. What gives? This is …
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