The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Pete Holmes hosted his own late-night talk show on TBS, The Pete Holmes Show, that aired after Conan in 2013-2014. He’s still the host of the very popular podcast You Made It Weird and he’s back in New York City this fall filming an HBO pilot directed by Judd Apatow …
Throwback Thursday came early in the midnight hour, as Wayne Federman returned to 30 Rock to perform for Jimmy Fallon. Federman had toured with Fallon back in 2009 when he was writing for Fallon’s Late Night, and now, he’s back as a guest performer on Wednesday night’s episode of The …
TBS has been impressed with upcoming new sitcom Angie Tribeca for months now — bringing the cast and sneak peek episodes to both SXSW in Austin this March, then NY Comic-Con in October. So it’s not surprising to hear the cable network already has renewed the slapstick cop farce starring …
Just last week, Dana Carvey was playing “Wheel of Impressions” once more with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Now Carvey will find out how amateur impersonators fare, as the former Saturday Night Live star will preside over the new USA Network competition series, First Impressions. USA, …
Comedy Central and The New York Comedy Festival have expanded their annual “Comics to Watch” showcase this year, adding a second night to the events happening next week — and also distributing jokes from the selected comedians via Snapchat and Spotify to give you more ways to watch and hear them. …
Before LeBron James, Dave Hill was the original superstar from Cleveland to become King Of Miami, conquering South Beach in his cable TV series. Since then, Dave has rocked hard for his band Valley Lodge, which performs the theme song for HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, rocks the …
Congrats to Grace Parra for getting back into the late-night TV on the regular, as Comedy Central just announced hiring her as contributor for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, starting with a piece to air tonight. Parra joins Ricky Velez, Holly Walker and Mike Yard as current contributors for …
For his next act, Jon Stewart’s new boss will be the same as John Oliver’s (and Bill Simmons’s, too!): HBO. The pay-cable network announced an exclusive four-year production contract with Stewart today, which will start with the former Daily Show host producing short-form digital content for HBO NOW and HBO …
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 …
The NFL franchise located in Washington, D.C., has appealed the cancellation of six trademark registrations for the Washington Redskins, “one of the most storied franchises in sports, on the ground that the Team’s name supposedly ‘disparaged’ Native Americans under § 2(a) of the Lanham Act.” That’s how the appeal starts …
