The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Team Coco House is setting up shop in Chicago from Feb. 14-15, 2020, to entertain and celebrate NBA All-Star weekend. Team Coco House will be taking over Chicago’s Bottom Lounge. Here’s the schedule: Friday, Feb. 14 7:00p – Team Coco Presents a special “Up & Up” hosted by Moses Storm …
Country music and lifestyle television network, Circle, has launched, Stand Up Nashville!, a hilarious new comedy series shot before a live audience at Nashville’s legendary Zanies Comedy Club. Airing on Friday nights, each episode of Stand Up Nashville! features a well-known comedian host as well as four up-and-comers. “Circle is all about programming that’s …
Bert Kreischer, improv? Yes, and that’s the plan for Kreischer’s new Netflix series, Cabin, an adaptation of Martin Petit’s Les Pecheurs. What’s it all about? After years on the grind, Bert Kreischer sets out on a purifying retreat to a remote cabin. But Bert only has one speed. Joined by …
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has announced an additional two seasons for its comedy game show Funny You Should Ask, extending its syndication run through the 2022-23 season. Hosted by Jon Kelley, the daily half-hour strip features a panel of comedians who interact with contestants for cash and big laughs. It …
Some two and a half years after comedian Hari Kondabolu exposed The Problem With Apu, the actor who voices the Indian immigrant convenience store owner on The Simpsons says he’s finally going to stop doing that. Hank Azaria revealed that news during the winter TCA press tour. “All we know …
Steve Martin and Martin Short, longtime comedy pals and touring mates, will head back to TV, or rather, Hulu, for their next project. Hulu announced at the winter TCA press tour a straight-to-series order for a murder mystery comedy starring the duo. But will there be a third amigo? The …
It’s Personal with Amy Hoggart will premiere Wednesday, February 26 at 10pm on truTV. The series stars British comedian Hoggart, spinning off from her role as a correspondent on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS (Bee exec produces here). Here’s the trailer, which might fill the hole in your comedy heart left behind by Nathan …
Earlier this month, NBCUniversal finally let us in on what’s coming to the new Peacock streaming service this year. OK. Hold onto your hats. Peacock will launch in stages: April 15 just for Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex Customers, then July 15 nationwide. And it’ll include payment tiers, from free …
Comedy Central is keeping Daniel Tosh around for another four seasons and more, with a new overall deal that includes at least 80 more episodes over four seasons of Tosh.0, plus a first-look deal for new scripted and unscripted development for Tosh as well as other talent. That means Tosh.0, …
Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim are coming back to Adult Swim in 2020 with a new multi-camera sitcom spoof, and they’re already celebrating with a live tour that just got back to the States from Australia. Beef House has five men (Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Ron Auster, Ben Hur, Tennessee Luke) and Eric’s wife, Megan, living under one roof. Each …
