The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Last summer, Marlon Wayans presided over a comedy competition on TBS called Funniest Wins. This summer, this Wayans brother is headed to broadcast network TV on the same channel his older brother Keenen Ivory Wayans is seen on as a judge for Last Comic Standing. No contest. No, really. No …
Those who can’t succeed on a newfangled streaming TV service should go back to the drawing board and try regular cable TV instead. It worked like a charm for Denver-based comedy trio, The Grawlix, who just received a 10-episode series order from truTV for their sitcom, Those Who Can’t, which …
The “feud” between Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and the WWE’s Seth Rollins came to a head Monday night on the pro wrestling’s live RAW telecast, as Rollins mocked Stewart with a fake “Daily Show” set, only to have the satirical news anchor show up and kick him right in the …
Netflix has announced premiere dates for its upcoming slate of original series and stand-up comedy specials including the long-awaited reunion of Wet Hot American Summer, as a miniseries prequel (WHAS: First Day of Camp) on July 17. Just take a look at the confirmed cast: The streaming service also has …
The late-night TV landscape welcomes a new player tonight, as White Guy Talk Show debuts at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on fuse — with one big catch, or make that two: Neither of its co-hosts are white guys! Saurin Choksi and Grace Parra, comedians who coincidentally both grew up in Houston, …
Larry David starred in a fictional Broadway production as part of his HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, but he’s really starring on Broadway for the first time this month in a play he wrote that’s already a box-office smash, Fish in the Dark. And so, Charlie Rose got David to …
With the series finale wrapped for Parks and Recreation, and at 10:59 p.m. on a Tuesday at that, NBC no longer has any claim on Thursday nights — or any night, really — as Must-See TV for sitcoms. The only network with a successful comedy programming block, as the definition …
FOX News announced late Thursday that Greg Gutfield, the former lad mag editor who launched the cable network’s late-night talker, Red Eye, in 2007, would leave the program to develop a new one-hour weekend show in primetime for the Republican-leaning news/opinion channel. Gutfield already also is a co-host on weekday …
Before Parks and Recreation, before SNL, before the Upright Citizens Brigade set up shop in New York City, Amy Poehler was a fresh-faced college grad studying with the rogue improv mastermind Del Close and performing with The Second City. In 1995, Poehler and Close starred together in a pilot called …
When Adam Devine burst into our national consciousness — not just through his starring role in Comedy Central’s Workaholics, but also through a national ad campaign and a plum role in the singing feature film Pitch Perfect — I was far from the only person to notice how Devine reminded …
