The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jay Jurden made his TV debut last night on The Tonight Show, and came out as what show business describes as everyone’s “black best friend.” He’s also got other revelations to share, so roll the clip.
Dulcé Sloan moved to New York City to work on The Daily Show, but as she related in this performance on Monday’s Conan, Sloan isn’t happy about living in America’s biggest city. Not that living in East L.A. was easy for her as a single woman, either. Roll the clip. …
Comedy Central announced a collaboration today with All Things Comedy to produce a documentary about Patrice O’Neal. O’Neal died in 2011 at the age of 41. Michael Bonfiglio, who directed Gary Gulman’s new HBO documentary special, The Great Depresh, as well as Jerry Seinfeld’s Jerry Before Seinfeld for Netflix, will …
Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe are an award-winning writing and directing team based in Los Angeles. They became friends and collaborators while performing together in New York City on an Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre sketch team called Onassis. They formed Gulp Splash Productions in 2015. Since then, they have written and produced three …
As the new Joker movie becomes a bonafide smash hit at the box office, it’s not only become a continued topic of conversation, but also a tourist attraction for one particular site in The Bronx. Leave it to Desus & Mero to break it down in the boogie down, as …
HBO Max, launching in spring 2020, has ordered the documentary Expecting Amy (working title) from Amy Schumer. The unfiltered documentary follows the comedian and actress during an extraordinarily difficult pregnancy while touring to prepare for a stand-up special. She delivered both earlier this year; Growing, on Netflix, in March; baby boy Gene Attell …
Stephen Colbert, who took over The Late Show from David Letterman in September 2015, will stay where he’s at through at least 2023. CBS announced a new three-year contract extension with Colbert keeping him til August 2023. “Stephen Colbert is one of the most entertaining, influential and relevant voices in …
To kick off this year’s crop of half-hour stand-up specials, which premiere on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, Comedy Central will stream 24 hours of stand-up from the previous two decades of half-hours live on its YouTube channel. In all, the 24-hour live stream will feature a curated playlist of over …
Will Ferrell, who recently launched his own podcast under the guise of Anchorman’s Ron Burgundy, is now ready to assemble his own comedy podcast team. Ferrell announced a new deal with iHeartMedia to launch Big Money Players Network. “The iHeartPodcast Network has been such a pleasure to work with. I love …
Craig Ferguson, who previously hosted Celebrity Name Game from 2014-2017, is back with another game show hosting gig. The Hustler will reunite Ferguson with ABC, where he got his big break with a supporting role on The Drew Carey Show. The Hustler will begin production later this fall, with an …
