The Definitive Guide to Comedy
You’ve seen Academy Award winning actors and actresses in TV ad campaigns, perform stand-up comedy, guest host sketch shows and award shows. But until now, you’ve never seen someone go from Oscar to game show host. Jamie Foxx will host Beat Shazam this summer on FOX. Foxx, who broke through …
Becoming an aunt has provided Emily Heller with the proper perspective on both her parents’ capacity for love, as well as her abilities in comparison with her nephew. In Heller’s most recent stand-up performance on Monday’s Conan, she observed why certain children have to be kept on leashes, and how …
MTV2 today announced a new slate of late-night Friday programming built around comedians and hip-hop, including the first TV series from World Star Hip Hop, a sketch comedy series, and a special live season of Uncommon Sense hosted by Charlamagne Tha God. “These new shows from two of the noisiest …
Longtime comedy agent Rich Super is bringing his Super Artists into The Gersh Agency’s fold. Gersh announced the moves today. Super’s clients are coming with him, as his Super’s colleague Valentijn Sloot and the comedians he reps and books. “We are thrilled to have both Rich and Valentijn working with us,” …
At Showtime’s session late Monday with the TV Critics Association (TCA) winter press tour, the pay-cable network also unveiled a premiere date and a new trailer for I’m Dying Up Here, a fictional adaptation of the true tales of comedians trying to make it in 1970s Los Angeles — when …
Jay Pharoah’s post-SNL career is off to a hot start! Showtime announced on Monday that it’s ordering his pilot for White Famous to series. The series, based in part on Jamie Foxx’s personal experiences as an up-and-coming comedian and actor, stars Pharoah as rising star Floyd Mooney who wonders how …
Where are they now? Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck is the official spokesperson for TD Ameritrade, but in this commercial that celebrated the end of 2016, it’s not Luck but comedian Aaron Glaser in a Luck jersey. Surprise. You may recall Glaser got run off of social media and seemingly …
How were the 2017 Golden Globes for you? Aside from the actual winners (see who won the Golden Globes here), it seems most people kept talking about Meryl Streep’s acceptance speech for her lifetime achievement award, while those who wonder about the humor inherently expected at the Globes focused on …
Colin Quinn is the godfather of contemporary New York city comedy in more ways than one. After his first TV break as the sidekick on the 1980s MTV game show, Remote Control, Quinn helped usher other comedians onto TV as host of Caroline’s Comedy Hour on A&E, then a generation …
One of Norman Lear’s classic beloved TV sitcoms has new lives breathed into it, as One Day at a Time debuts today on Netflix complete with 13 episodes featuring a new cast in a new setting. Justina Machado stars as Penelope, a newly single mother and military veteran raising her …
