The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Lashonda Lester, a Detroit native named 2016’s Funniest Person in Austin, was supposed to record her first half-hour comedy special for Comedy Central two weeks from tonight in New Orleans. Instead, Lester has died. From Martha Kelly, Austin resident and co-star on FX’s Baskets: “Lashonda was one of the most …
While the FBI and Congress are still trying to figure out what happened in our presidential election of 2016 and who helped the Russians and how much the Russians meddled with us, Samantha Bee already knew. Bee told us all about it months ago, before Election Day. As she reminded …
Jordan Brady, a former (and still) stand-up comedian turned filmmaker, has found a renewed love for comedy a generation after he first entertained audiences in person and on TV with his own reimagining of what porn films should sound like (whether you say “Bow-chicka-bow-wow” or “wow-wow,” you’re quoting his bit). …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
Julio Torres is a comedian originally from El Salvador who’s made it not only all the way to Brooklyn, but also to a writing job on Saturday Night Live. He’ll perform a half-hour special for Comedy Central this year, but first, here’s a short but sweet set from Tuesday’s Late …
Iliza Shlesinger has made no secret of her desire to join the ranks of late-night talk show hosts. Come May, she’ll have her chance, starting with a six-week trial run of Truth & Iliza on Freeform. “I’m so grateful to Freeform for inviting me to create a show that occupies …
I saw Louis C.K. perform at the end of his current tour in Boston and came away from that performance both thankful for the opportunity to see him live in a theater instead of an arena or a drop-in short set at a club, and looking forward to reviewing the …
Red Eye, the late-night comedy and politics roundtable hosted in recent years by stand-up Tom Shillue, has reached its final destination. FOX News confirmed the show was ending this week, to be replaced by reruns. Greg Gutfield originally hosted Red Eye, which aired at 3 a.m. Eastern (midnight Pacific), and …
Comedy Central isn’t making the same mistake thrice. After letting former stand-out correspondents such as John Oliver and Samantha Bee leave The Daily Show for their own starring vehicles on HBO and TBS, Comedy Central will hold onto Jordan Klepper, giving him the plum post-Daily Show half-hour, starting weeknights this …
The Late Late Show with James Corden just celebrated hitting 10 million subscribers for its YouTube channel, and now the CBS late-night talk show is crossing another barrier. The show will cross the pond for a week of shows this June in Corden’s hometown of London. Specifically, broadcasting three special …
