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After thriving through another Comedy Central Roast — this time of Justin Bieber — “The Roastmaster” Jeffrey Ross stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live and talked about his next trick, which already has been recorded for posterity. Ross taped his next Comedy Central stand-up special before an audience of inmates at …
IFC will get into the rink by year’s end, ordering up eight half-hour episodes of Benders, a sitcom about an amateur hockey league executive produced by Denis Leary and his Apostle colleagues Jim Serpico and Tom Sellitti. Production starts this spring, with an air date of late 2015. Serpico and …
At least the jokes that made it to broadcast on Comedy Central, that is. In order of appearance, here were the best jokes from the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber: Pete Davidson. “Wow. Ludacris and Snoop Dogg are here. If I was 38, I’d be freaking out right now!” .@PeteDavidson …
At their Upfront presentations to advertisers today, the Esquire Network and Oxygen announced a first-ever joint project that will feature companion reality series shooting and airing at the same time on both cable channels — one showing the lives of stand-up comedians, the other showcasing the lives of the women …
Are you ready for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah? Comedy Central made it official this morning, naming Noah — a new correspondent on The Daily Show — to replace Jon Stewart as the show’s host after Stewart steps down later this year. Noah, a South African stand-up comedian who hosted …
For the coming three nights and two days, funny women will gather not only to celebrate their various styles of performing comedy but also to share their experiences in making their voices heard — and perhaps most importantly, move the conversation forward instead of rehashing old, already-decided debates about whether …
Jason Jones, 43, joined The Daily Show in September 2005, and as Jon Stewart joked while feting Jones on Thursday night — his last as a correspondent — he was the “show’s beefcake” in the beginning. Here’s the show’s tribute to Jones, as broadcast last night on Comedy Central: But …
Toupee or not toupee. That is the question. Whether or not you’re surprised at the news that Jason Alexander will replace Larry David on Broadway this summer in David’s play, Fish in the Dark — you’re not surprised, how could you be surprised, seriously, since Alexander’s most famous role came …
NBC ultimately decided to greenlight a 13-episode straight-to-series commitment for a sitcom that went off the air 18 years ago on another network because: a) They were so enamored of Craig T. Nelson’s work as patriarch of the Braverman clan for six seasons on Parenthood, which just wrapped on the …
NBC will give Wednesday nights a try for sitcoms late this summer, announcing the Aug. 5 debut pairing of Mr. Robinson and The Carmichael Show in the 9 p.m. Eastern/Pacific hour. Mr. Robinson stars Craig Robinson as a version of his bad self who sings and plays keyboards in the funk band Nasty …
