HBO announces new Rosie O’Donnell stand-up documentary, Tig Notaro stand-up special for 2015
by HBO took its turn before the Winter Press Tour of the TV Critics Association (TCA) on Thursday, and among the premiere date announcements for new …
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R.I.P. Jason R. Chin, iO Chicago instructor and former artistic director
Longtime Chicago improv actor and teacher Jason R. Chin died suddenly Thursday night. Chin was 46. Improv Olympic founder Charna Halpern passed along the devastating …
The unofficial but definitely happening Mr. Show reunion in 2015
Have you been clamoring, wishing and hoping for an onscreen reunion of Mr. Show, the critical cult favorite sketch comedy series that ran on HBO …
Louis CK, Conan O’Brien and Jon Stewart react to the Charlie Hebdo massacre
The cowardly massacre of 12 people, including cartoonists at Paris satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a police officer and bystanders, made all of us in the …
Gunmen massacre in Paris at Charlie Hebdo, French weekly satirical magazine
At least 10 journalists and two police officers were killed today in a massacre launched by multiple gunmen at Charlie Hebdo, a weekly satirical magazine …
Open micer banned from Seattle comedy clubs bashes open mic host with a baseball bat
Comedian Dylan Avila is lucky to be alive and still have his wits about him, after a wannabe open micer who’d been banned from multiple …
Grace Helbig to host weekly primetime comedy talk show for E!, starting April 2015
From YouTube to basic cable, from My Damn Channel to E!, Grace Helbig is headed for primetime stardom in 2015 The Grace Helbig Project is …
Maybe See TV? The month in pilots, script commitments and development deals (Dec. 27, 2014)
You’ll hear a lot in the trades and the trade winds from now through pilot season, which starts in earnest in January, all the way …
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Review: Bill Burr, “I’m Sorry You Feel That Way” (Netflix)
His latest stand-up comedy special eschews color, either literally onscreen or indirectly via color commentary cutaway shots of the audience. Bill Burr’s “I’m Sorry You …
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Review: Pauly Shore Stands Alone (Showtime)
Not even Pauly Shore‘s fans were prepared for how good this new film is. A quarter-century after “The Weasel” popped on MTV and more than …