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Showtime’s David Nevins announced today to the TV Critics Association that Stephen Colbert will anchor his own live coverage of 2016 election results on the pay-TV network come Tuesday, Nov. 8. CBS already is pre-empting The Late Show then because CBS News will air its own Election 2016 throughout the evening. …
A foul-mouthed puppet dog has persuaded me to finally sign up for Hulu. Hulu just announced this week it’d end its free streaming service (although you can find some of that programming via Yahoo! in a new deal), putting it more in line with Netflix with $7.99/month (ads) and $11.99/month …
August means all comedy eyes on Edinburgh, at least for those who love one-person shows, madcap eccentrics and a trip to Scotland. Sam Wills, aka “The Boy With Tape on His Face,” aka Tape Face for viewers this summer on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, delivered the official welcoming address to performers …
A rare recording from one of Sam Kinison‘s final stand-up performances, just days before his death at 38 in a 1992 highway crash, has been enhanced and will be heard publicly for the first time this Friday on SiriusXM satellite radio. It’s part of a celebration of Kinison this weekend on the …
Adam Conover not only will “ruin” our culture’s strongly conceived notions of weddings, hydration, dog breeding and movie ratings in season two of his truTV series Adam Ruins Everything, but also will bring his humorous perspective and researchers to bear down on the 2016 election with a special and a …
Thirteen years have passed since Billy Bob Thornton and Tony Cox brought Bad Santa and his little helper into movie theaters near you. Now they’re back in Bad Santa 2, in which they attempt to rip off a Chicago charity. Even “the kid” is back, Brett Kelly all grown up …
Lorne Michaels has orchestrated Saturday Night Live‘s first major purge of veteran cast members in a decade, letting loose repertory players Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah plus featured player Jon Rudnitsky in advance of season 42. Killam and Pharoah were six seasons into the usual seven-season contract cast members sign …
We’re told as young boys and girls to dream big. Be the best you that you can be! Whether you want to become president of the United States, a professional athlete, a movie star or anything and everything in between, in whatever career may pay you enough to support a …
The New York Comedy Festival unveiled its list of headlining acts for 2016, including Tracy Morgan, Marc Maron and Tig Notaro, all performing at Carnegie Hall; Dane Cook, Chris D’Elia, Trevor Noah, Patton Oswalt and Tim Minchin, all at the Beacon Theater; Bill Maher at The Theater at Madison Square …
Variety magazine named Cameron Esposito one of the 10 Comics to Watch in 2016, and there already has been a lot to see of Esposito this year – from her appearances on the big screen in Garry Marshall’s final film, Mother’s Day, to the small-screen on IFC’s Maron, performing stand-up …
