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Stand-up comedian Shane Gillis became the shortest-ever tenured member of Saturday Night Live‘s cast on Monday, as the NBC series announced it had cut ties with Gillis, mere days after announcing his hiring. From an SNL spokesperson on behalf of Lorne Michaels: “After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided …
Josh Gondelman is a writer and comedian who currently writes and produces comedy for Desus and Mero on Showtime. Before that, Gondelman spent five years at HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, earning multiple Emmys and other awards for his work on the writing staff. Much before that, before his comedy career took …
W. Kamau Bell won another Emmy Award for his CNN program, United Shades of America! Hannah Gadsby and Rachel Bloom both won their first Emmys! Here’s a full list of comedy-related winners from this weekend’s two-night celebration of the Creative Arts Emmys, aka all of the Emmy Awards they didn’t …
America’s second least favorite Donald Trump took the hot seat, as Alec Baldwin allowed Comedy Central to fete and feast upon his personal and professional career. And just as Comedy Central surprised Bruce Willis last time with an appearance by his ex-wife, Demi Moore, this time around, they trotted out …
Rachel Bloom has won the Golden Globe and a couple of critic’s choice awards for acting in her CW series, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and now that the show is done, she also has her first Emmy Award, too! Bloom, Adam Schlesinger and Jack Dolgen won for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics …
Congratulations to Hannah Gadsby, who tonight won the Emmy Award for writing for a variety special for her 2018 comedy, Nanette. It’s Gadsby’s first Emmy! She and the other stand-up comedians nominated for the Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) lost that category to Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From …
SNL is stacking the cast for season 45, gearing up for an election year and a potential changing the guard. The show announced the additions of Chloe Fineman, Shane Gillis and Bowen Yang as featured players. SNL season 45 opens live on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, with guest host Woody …
Noah Gardenswartz just got married, you guys! (To comedian Ester Steinberg!) Before they jet off on a honeymoon, Gardenswartz got in one more gig, performing on Wednesday’s Late Late Show, where he joked about how bachelor parties are different at 35 than they are at 25, and how living in …
There he is, Ryan Niemiller, smiling in the middle of the photo with the other acts advancing tonight to the finals of America’s Got Talent 2019. Niemiller, the only comedian in this year’s finals, survived thanks to live voting during tonight’s show from viewers. Here’s his set from Tuesday night’s …
Last night saw the final five comedy acts perform for the title of NBC’s first-ever Bring The Funny competition. Online voting ended 12 hours ago, but we’ll have to wait until next Tuesday, Sept. 18, to discover who wins the $250,000 grand prize and a slot performing at the 2020 …
