The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The FCC announced yesterday that it reached financial settlements with several broadcasters for misusing the national Emergency Alert System. You know, those interruptions in which you hear the tones, followed by the announcement that “this is only a test” of the system, but if it weren’t a test, they’d let …
The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television’s Comedy Legends. is happening Nov. 21, 2019, in Beverly Hills. And legends they are, assembling for one night only: Carol Burnett, Norman Lear, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner and Lily Tomlin. “From the hilarious antics of Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, and Lily Tomlin …
After releasing four separate stand-up specials in calendar year 2017 for Netflix and winning two Grammy Awards (thanks to Grammys eligibility years cutting off each September), Dave Chappelle is back with his fifth Netflix stand-up special already! Called Sticks & Stones, we can presume Chappelle isn’t afraid of anyone calling …
Christian Finnegan has reached the ripe old age of 46, which as he explained on The Late Late Show, isn’t quite so ripe any longer. Much like the good-intentioned vegetables you sometimes buy at the grocery store. Roll the clip!
Here’s something new and different. David Spade dedicated a segment of his new late-night show on Comedy Central to a new stand-up comedian. Meet Lara Beitz. Roll the clip! It’s uncensored!
Comedy Central still has one of the 2 Dope Queens lined up for 2020. The network today announced a 10-episode order for a talk show fronted by Phoebe Robinson, featuring one-on-one interviews with headliners across pop culture. “This show will hit that sweet spot between educational and charmingly ignorant,” said Robinson. …
Sorry, Ismo fans. NBC’s Bring The Funny judges Kenan Thompson, Chrissy Teigen and Jeff Foxworthy winnowed the field for this initial comedy competition down in half again on the second round of “comedy clashes.” They chose Erica Rhodes over Ismo. They preferred young Michael Longfellow over Calvin Evans. They sided …
The Tribeca TV Festival, Sept. 12-15, 2019, will mark its year three with a 25th anniversary celebration of Friends, with two episodes curated by executive producers Marta Kaufman, David Crane, and Kevin Bright, who will participate in a post-screening conversation. Other highlights include the series finale of Amazon Prime Video’s groundbreaking Transparent; Tribeca Talks conversations with Hasan Minhaj and …
Soon the world will know the greatness of New Zealand’s Rose Matafeo. HBO Max and BBC Three will partner up to broadcast Matafeo’s next TV project, Starstruck, which she created, writes and will star. Starstruck will follow twenty-something Rose (Matafeo), a millennial in London, juggling two dead-end jobs and navigating the …
Nathan Fielder, whose writing team won this year at the WGA Awards for comedy/variety sketch series for the final season of Comedy Central’s Nathan For You, is heading to HBO. Fielder’s HBO deal includes starring in an upcoming comedy pilot, as well as executive producing an upcoming series, How To…With …
