The Definitive Guide to Comedy
A lot of big names in comedy familiar to past editions of the New York Comedy Festival will be returning to headline the 2011 edition this coming November. Louis C.K., Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais, Bill Maher, Wanda Sykes, Russell Peters, Kathy Griffin and Norm Macdonald are among the …
The Onion‘s website, https://www.theonion.com, has begun testing a new system that charges for accessing more than five pages per month online. But wait! It doesn’t apply to you if you’re in America. Or if you visit The A.V. Club, The Onion‘s non-parody arts-and-entertainment section. Sean O’Neal tried to ease readers …
Comedy Central is producing a “Comics to Watch” showcase for the second consecutive year this November as part of the New York Comedy Festival. Comedy Central probably already does have a short list, but it’s not short enough just yet, so they’re holding two auditions this Wednesday and next (Aug. …
Aug. 14 is an odd date to launch a sketch TV show, let alone one revolving around only one sketch player, but that’s what FOX has decided to do with In The Flow with Affion Crockett, starring one Affion Crockettt as a variety of characters both known and unknown. It …
Developing… The Katt Williams home page asks in big bold all-caps: “WILL KATT EVER DO STAND-UP AGAIN?” The truth, however, is that he was supposed to be performing all this weekend at the Ontario Improv in southern California. Supposed to be performing. What really happened? Williams performed Friday night, and …
This morning at the TCA Summer Tour, FX announced to TV critics that the cable network not only already ordered renewals for Louis CK’s Louie (for season three) and Wilfred (for season two), but also had made a deal with the cast of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia for seasons …
Earlier this week, Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, Inc., announced that its late-night talker Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen had earned a two-season renewal for fall 2011 and fall 2012 (seasons six and seven) in the largest CBS markets of New York City (WCBS), Los Angeles (KCBS) and Chicago (WBBM). The …
After four years, Louis CK and Dane Cook finally got to sit down and hash out the debate among comedy fans — and themselves — about whether or not Cook had lifted three of CK’s jokes. Cook had told me in a 2007 interview that he most certainly hadn’t (even …
The Fine Brothers — Benny & Rafi — have taken a break from making kids react to viral videos to revisit their childhood and that seminal Saturday morning series of the 1990s, Saved by the Bell. They did done gone and turned it into a old-timey video-game experience, “16-Bit Saved by …
Today during the TCA summer tour for America’s TV Critics Association, Showtime announced it had ordered 10 half-hour episodes of a comedy interview series, Laughing Stock, hosted by David Steinberg and executive produced by Steve Carell. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Steinberg, who turns 69 on Aug. 9, hosted …
