The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
The Academy Awards may have snubbed Adam Sandler and Uncut Gems, but perhaps next year, they’ll see fit to award the Sandman and the Safdie brothers with an Oscar for short film for this gem. Goldman v. Silverman is a piece of Andy Kaufman-esque performance art, starring Sandler as a …
Nick Thune returned to The Tonight Show on Monday night to tell some jokes while playing the guitar, and then also got to sit for panel afterward.
The Grammys haven’t found a reason yet to not vote for Dave Chappelle, awarding him his third consecutive win for Best Comedy Album. This one is for the audio recording of his 2019 Netflix special, Sticks & Stones. Sorry, other comedians. You’ll have to hope Chappelle doesn’t release anything new …
Carmen Lynch is dating a guy with a child, and has jokes to share about that, as well as her awkwardly hot life as the child of parents who have been married as long as her boyfriend has been alive. Don’t worry. The math all checks out.
