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Fake TV show The Flare‘s very real new after-show, What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage, now has a co-host and a house band. Stand-up comedian Taylor Tomlinson has joined the fray, while Best Coast will provide the tunes for Savage’s three-ring talk-show circus, which premieres June 30 on FOX. His …
CNN wanted Colin Quinn’s new comedy special to air because of how he splits America down the middle (even suggesting the country follow suit) in his latest hour, Red State Blue State. But Quinn makes a couple of even greater points, perhaps, outside of that central premise. Instead, the comedian …
Jeff Ross is host, executive producer and presumably the star of Historical Roasts on Netflix. But it’s not about him. Nor is about living people, for that matter. Historical Roasts wants us to enjoy seeing dead celebrities brought to task via the modern-day roast format. Does it work? Well… Joke …
Showtime has ordered an eight-episode season of the new half-hour comedy series WORK IN PROGRESS, created by Abby McEnany and Tim Mason. McEnany stars in the series, expected to premiere later this year. Lilly Wachowski (The Matrix, Sense8) will co-write the first season and executive produce with McEnany and Mason. …
Last week, the folks at JFL (Just For Laughs) announced a slew of additional headliners for the annual comedy celebration that takes place each July in Montreal. They included Wanda Sykes, Blake Griffin, Nick Kroll, Fred Armisen, Ronny Chieng, Steve-O, and the return of Jeff Ross’s The Roastmaster’s Invitational, all of …
Insert seriously, no kidding, or a third thing blatantly acknowledging the stark contrast of a comedian getting into politics. Stand-up comedian Ben Gleib, seen regularly on the fourth hour of the Today show but even more regularly as host of Idiotest on GSN, the Game Show Network, has announced his …
Congrats to these comedians announced today as “Up Next” by Comedy Central! Up Next is Comedy Central’s take on New Faces, presented at the cable network’s annual Clusterfest, held each June in San Francisco. And here are the 2019 selections, and the showcases they’ll appear in next month! Friday, June …
The next comedian to debut an Off-Broadway show at the Cherry Lane Theatre is Jacqueline Novak, who’ll bring “Get On Your Knees” to the venue this summer. It’s set for a limited engagement from July 10 through Aug. 18, 2019. Comedian Jacqueline Novak’s GET ON YOUR KNEES is the most …
Greg Morton was a rookie in the NFL when Star Wars first came out in 1977. All these years later, Morton still remembers all the voices, and performed impersonations for his audition on America’s Got Talent. Roll the clip!
America’s Got Talent has returned for another summer on NBC, this time with two new judges in Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough joining Howie Mandel and Simon Cowell. How will this affect the comedians auditioning in 2019? So far, so good for Jackie Fabulous, who quit her job as a …
