The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If it’s too much of a rush to judgment to review Late Night with Seth Meyers after its debut, then how about two weeks later? And yet, here Meyers was with his executive producer Mike Shoemaker on Saturday afternoon at SXSW for a panel “Inside Late Night with Seth Meyers,” …
In case you missed it, last night’s episode of comedy game show @midnight on Comedy Central featured a potential spin-off for you daytime TV viewers. Move over, Chris Hardwick. Meet Chad Softwick, host of @midday. And he thinks pointing is rude, so instead of POINTS!, he hands out hugs and …
Forrest MacNeil doesn’t review food, books or movies. “I review life itself,” he declares. Which, in tonight’s debut episode of Review with Forrest MacNeil on Comedy Central, means reviewing stealing, addiction and prom. In that order. It’s the first starring vehicle for Andrew “Andy” Daly, whom you may have seen in …
Nobody asked about Windsor. And yet, time after time in a conference call on Monday, George Lopez made references to what he’d endured the night before a stand-up comedy gig last week in Canada. It seemed timely enough to remind reporters that he is not a saint. After six seasons …
The American Comedy Awards are back in a new format and on a new network (NBC), announcing the nominees on Wednesday night with voting open to you through March 18, 2014. UPDATED: The awards were handed out May 8, 2014 (not the 15th as pictured above). HERE ARE THE WINNERS …
Chelsea Handler kicked off her “Uganda Be Kidding Me” stand-up comedy and book tours simultaneously Tuesday with a full day of promotional rounds in New York City, starting with ABC’s Good Morning America, taping an interview on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and following that at night with …
Conan O’Brien will host the 2014 MTV Movie Awards in April, announcing on Tuesday night’s Conan that he’d landed the gig “after eight years of intense negotiations.” Roll the clip!
The third time was the proverbial charm for the comedians who just earned a 10-episode sketch comedy series order today from TruTV. Friends of the People — Kevin Barnett, Jennifer Bartels, Jermaine Fowler, Lil Rel Howery, The Lucas Brothers and Josh Rabinowitz — will debut their series this summer on …
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has a new correspondent, and his name is Jordan Klepper. Klepper files his first on-air report tonight, “live” from “Ukraine.” And here that is/was! Comedy Central’s news parody program lost two correspondents late in 2013 to other shows — Al Madrigal is co-starring in NBC’s …
If you feel like you’re missing out on pilot season, do not lose all hope. Comedy Central once again is putting out $7,500 and a potential development deal in the waters for writers and producers through a contest via The New York Television Festival. If you’ve got a scripted-comedy format …
