The Definitive Guide to Comedy
VRV has made a name for itself as a streaming service built on anime, partnerships with niche networks such as Rooster Teeth and Shudder, and outcasts from the late, great Seeso. Now comes Live from WZRD, a webseries that manages to offer a little something for each of VRV’s fan …
When Will Smith emerged in the 1980s as a rapper and sitcom star, there was no denying his comedic sensibilities. Some three decades later, though, the idea of performing stand-up comedy still scared The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air enough that he had it on his “Bucket List,” which he crossed …
The Comedy Central Originals YouTube channel officially went live today. It’s where you can now find all of the network’s webseries and digital one-off content. Coinciding with this CC-change, the network also announced it’s premiering Emily Heller’s first one-hour special, Ice Thickeners, this Friday exclusively online via the recently launched …
After successfully reviving Cash Cab this month with original host Ben Bailey accompanied by celebrity cameos in his NYC taxi cab, the Discovery series has launched an online companion game show, set in an elevator. Cash Lift, hosted by comedians Alex Weber and Zainab Johnson, who surprise hotel guests. They’re …
If you’ve already binged both seasons of Lady Dynamite and desperately need more Maria Bamford on your screen, then Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and God bless us everyone, for Ave Maria Bamford is here! The Bammer stars in a new 12-part holiday webseries for Topic (executive produced by Daniell Powell …
“It was 2007, and at this point, the Internet was basically just a place for perverts to talk dirty to each other,” says writer/director Adam McKay. “It was rubble,” added comedy star Will Ferrell. “It was just a vast field of rubble.” Enter Saturday Night Live alums McKay and Ferrell, …
Kevin Hart is ready to let you in on what the comedy star has planned for his new funny video hub, LOL Network. Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Network, in partnership with Lionsgate, will debut Aug. 3, 2017. The streaming video service will feature original, unscripted programming from Hart, plus others …
After hemming and hawing with me about starting up the ol’ video podcast/talk show again, Norm Macdonald is going ahead and releasing his comedy wolves this summer. Norm Macdonald Live returns with new weekly episodes, beginning July 25, 2017, on YouTube and Amazon Prime, via Jash. Roll the teaser clip, …
YouTube’s official Upfronts presentation this morning featured several new exclusive webseries fronted by A-list celebrities, including Ellen DeGeneres, Demi Lovato and Kevin Hart. Hart will star in What The Fit?, a comedic fitness show appearing exclusively each week on Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Network channel on YouTube. He’ll join famous …
Don Rickles had completed his 10-episode webseries, Dinner with Don, for AARP Studios before he died on Thursday at the age of 90. The series finds Rickles sitting down in restaurants with the likes of Sarah Silverman, Zach Galifianakis, Jimmy Kimmel, Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler, as you can see …
