The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If you missed out on FXX’s #EverySimpsonsEver marathon, or missed watching every episode of The Simpsons the first time it aired, then now you can catch up with any episode, anytime, as FX Networks is unveiling its “Simpsons World” app and experience today. SimpsonsWorld.com asks for authentication this morning, but …
If not for the San Francisco Giants returning to the World Series, I might not have remembered to check up on the annual San Francisco Comedy Competition. It’s not as if the Bay Area’s once-prestigious monthlong comedy contest even wants us to know who won, or who even competed. The …
Jay Leno struck this pose Sunday night while accepting the 2014 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In doing so, Leno evoked the classic imagery of former President Richard M. Nixon, flashing the double V-for-Victory peace signs and declaring “I am not a crook.” …
Artie Lange has been through a lot the past four years; heck the past fourteen years; hell, make it 40. He says as much at the end of his new stand-up special, which premieres at midnight tonight on Comedy Central: “Thank you for not forgetting me, guys. I’ve been through …
The Birthday Boys arrived at IFC last year as a fully-fledged sketch group and TV show with the stamp of approval from Bob Odenkirk, who also made himself the group’s honorary eighth member. For season two, which premieres tonight, The Birthday Boys have recruited several other comedy stars who were …
Freestyle Love Supreme has been racking up individual accolades over the past several years, from Tony and Grammy Awards (In The Heights) to reviving The Electric Company for PBS, to an Emmy (collaborating with Will.I.Am) and multiple other nominations for their stage and screen work. But tonight, you’ll see them …
Just when network television lost faith completely in Saturday morning cartoons and children’s TV, here comes Pee-wee’s Playhouse to the rescue. PeeweesPlayhouseSneakPeek.com will broadcast a special sneak peek, livestreaming four newly remastered HD episodes of classic Pee-wee’s Playhouse starting at 10 a.m. Eastern (7 a.m. Pacific, and whatever time it is where you …
Forgive David Letterman for not nailing the exact sequence of events that transpired during Jenny Slate’s tenure at Saturday Night Live. For whatever happened back then eventually led to a wedding weekend with Slate, her husband Dean Fleischer-Camp, and a voice that launched videos that launched a children’s book series …
Dane Cook has said that his comedy has grown up along with his audiences. The excitement and energy still may be paramount — Cook opens his first filmed stand-up special in four years by letting the crowd at The Venetian in Las Vegas know, “I’m feeling it!” A decade ago, …
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 up to the cable Upfronts in the spring and the broadcast network Upfronts in May — when TV programmers present their new and returning lineups …
