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Did you know that Cartoon Network's Adult Swim has moved up the premieres of new episodes of Delocated to Thursday nights, ahead of what now are repeats on Sundays? Weird, right. That's what the Delocated blog says. News to my DVR. I'll top that with this: Jon Glaser received a …
At the screenings for his stand-up concert film, Hilarious, Louis CK was more than generous with his time and sincerity in answering questions from fans in the audience afterward this week at the IFC Center in New York City. He talked technically about the making of the film, about his …
ABC's Shark Tank, the intriguing reality TV series that allows aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch their next great business ideas to a panel of wealthy tycoons who decide whether to invest in their ideas, is returning for a second season in 2011. So why is comedian Jeff Foxworthy joining the panel …
I don't know how many comedy sites or pop-culture blogs you read in any given day — for me, it can be numbing to see the same item/video regurgitated all over the place in the minutes and hours after a publicist sends out the mass email, while for you, you …
If MTV didn't give Nick Swardson a chance to say much yesterday, then Comedy Central is making up the difference and then some in a new promo for his upcoming sketch comedy series, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time. It debuts Oct. 12, 2010. The series. Not this clip. It debuts now! …
Just a couple of months ago, Andy Haynes, a Seattle stand-up comedian who now lives in New York City, was a "New Face" at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. Overnight, Haynes made his network TV debut telling jokes on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Counted multiple applause …
NPR's Fresh Air remembered Robert Schimmel today by replaying 14 minutes of the interview Terry Gross conducted with the late comedian in March 2008. There's something about hearing Gross ask Schimmel to describe merkins on NPR, and then hearing her giggle as he did so, that's comforting today. NPR used …
The New Yorker magazine released the schedule for its 2010 festival today, and there are a few big highlights for comedy fans, and that's not even counting ESPN's Bill Simmons, or a vampire panel that has Stephen King talking with the screenwriter for the Twilight series! Talks you might be …
The finalists from season seven of NBC's Last Comic Standing begin a North America tour tonight in Chico, Calif. Great news for Felipe Esparza, Tommy Johnagin, Roy Wood Jr., Mike DeStefano and Myq Kaplan, as well as fans of these comedians who'd like to see them live in a city near …
TRL isn't coming back to MTV, but something kinda sorta like it is, and you came this close to seeing two stand-up comedians host it! The Hollywood Reporter reported overnight that MTV would debut "The Seven" as a live weekday afternoon show broadcast from Times Square in the 5 p.m. …