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Us & Them, the FOX sitcom that adapted James Corden and Ruth Jones’s British hit Gavin & Stacey, only to never air as part of its planned 2013-2014 season, will finally see the light of viewers screens thanks to Crackle. Sony owns Crackle, and Sony Pictures TV made seven episodes …
We placed two stand-up comedians in the final round of America’s Got Talent for 2018, and Vicki Barbolak and Samuel J. Comroe tried to make the most of their moments on live primetime TV on NBC. Barbolak revealed a swimsuit look, jokingly wishing this were a pageant, and told the …
Comedians love credits, even more than barkers outside comedy clubs love misappropriating those credits. Emmy-winning comedian ranks right up there near the top. So congratulations to John Mulaney for his Emmy-winning stand-up special on Netflix, Kid Gorgeous at Radio City. Congrats, too, to Katt Williams and Tiffany Haddish, who not …
While comedy critics and comedians continue to debate the merits of paying the performers at the Upright Citizens Brigade theaters — yes, it remains a healthy debate, along the lines of the old 1970s school versus employer defense once employed by the late Mitzi Shore at The Comedy Store — …
The best comedy on TV in 2018 centers on a female stand-up comedian in the late 1950s. If only reality could imitate art now. But for tonight, congrats to Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which took home five Primetime Emmy Awards — including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress (Rachel …
A favorite of New York City who previously packed the Beacon Theatre for multiple nights, Sebastian Maniscalco is now arena-bound, booking Madison Square Garden for his next tour stop through the Big Apple. He’ll play MSG on Saturday, January 19, 2019. “I told my Father that I was going to …
Mo Mandel is a stand-up comedian who created and executive produces Comedy Knockout for truTV, where comics zing each other and try to win over the studio audience. Before that, he hosted truTV’s BARmageddon and appeared more than 40 times on the panel of Chelsea Lately. You’ve seen him as …
Ah, Sept. 13, 1993. We were all so much younger then. Can you believe nobody knew who Conan O’Brien was, nor did they give him much of a shot of holding onto Late Night after being named David Letterman’s successor? Long before Team Coco. Now they’ve finally wrested the digital …
Comedy Central will kick off a 273-episode, eight-day marathon airing of South Park on Sept. 19, leading up to the Season 22 premiere the following Wednesday night, Sept. 26. For more, click here!
Congrats to Nikki Glaser, named Wednesday as one of the celebrities competing this fall on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars! Glaser will be paired with Gleb Savchenko. Glaser posted yesterday on Instagram: “OH MY GOD YOU GUYS. I’m a cast member of Dancing With The Stars this season! It’s the …
