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Zach Galifianakis has his first starring TV vehicle! FX just ordered Baskets, a half-hour, single-camera sitcom starring Galifianakis, and co-created by Galifianakis, Louis C.K. and Jonathan Krisel. You’ll have to wait until 2016 to see it, though. FX’s announcement today said the first 10 episodes will go into production in 2015, …
This is republished with permission by the author, Adam Newman. https://vimeo.com/79174128 To any stand-ups submitting for a Comedy Central Half Hour this year (or any future years), I thought this might be helpful. This is the time of year when comedians are starting to put together submission tapes (it’s a …
We’re ever so much closer to crowning a new winner on America’s Got Talent as this ninth season launched into semifinal action last night. NBC threw a big ol’ BBQ party inside 30 Rock to celebrate, inviting the remaining contestants, judges and select media to dig in, hoe down and …
If there were any doubt about Chelsea Handler’s standing in show business or in late-night TV, then her live one-hour finale episode of Chelsea Lately on E! should put that to rest, too. Dozens of stand-up comedians who have benefitted from her nightly panels came back to pay homage to …
The top comedy writers on TV for 2014 were stand-up comedians, according to the Emmy Awards. Take that, comedy writers. In a telecast light on filler, viral videos or much in the way of surprises, the Emmy wins for Louis C.K. (writing, comedy series) and Sarah Silverman (writing, variety special) …
For all the grief I’ve given Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen for airing repeats five nights a week for the past seven years… Our long national nightmare of seeing Harland Williams stuck in his 2007 style are over! Comics Unleashed taped a batch of new episodes last week. Including Williams. …
The most important, timely stand-up special of 2014 has come from Katt Williams. Forget the opening with the hype man saying “let’s get ready to chuckle!” and the smoke and the dancing girls and the set of thrones and his pimping jacket. Beyond all the pomp, the circumstances of this …
Comedians David Spade, Nick Swardson and Brody Stevens are joining a group of celebrities and NFL on FOX guys to play fantasy football, and you’re invited to watch them, starting this weekend on Fantasy Football Uncensored on FOX Sports 1. Swardson already started trash-talking on Twitter: “I’m going to win …
Twenty-five years of The Simpsons has passed before our eyes, and it’s about to happen again — all in a row, all at once. The FXX complete marathon of The Simpsons — complete with The Simpsons Movie airing in sequence of when during the series it arrived in cinemas — …
You want to be able to quote his inspirational movie lines back to him, to step on a desk and shout to him, “O Captain! My Captain!” You want to be able to hug him close and tight and never let go, telling him, “It’s not your fault.” And then …
