The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
Halloween marked the 40th anniversary of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Well, it marks the anniversary of the RHPS bombing in theaters. Originally a stage musical, put on by Richard O’Brien in 1973 upstairs in a fringe theater just off of London’s West End, it was put on for a bit of …
Alia Shawkat stars in Search Party, a new comedy TBS has just ordered up for 2016 about “a group of four self-absorbed 20-somethings who come together when a former college acquaintance mysteriously disappears.” Her quartet is rounded out by John Early, John Reynolds and Meredith Hagner. You also see Judy …
Today’s guest is Phil Rosenthal. Everybody Loves Raymond, but we’re still getting to know Phil, the hit sitcom’s co-creator who is leading us around the world thanks to his new food and travel show on PBS, I’ll Have What Phil’s Having. His first season took us to Tokyo, Italy, Paris, …
Gerry Dee has starred for four seasons as the less-than-impressive high school social studies teacher, Mr. D, in the CBC sitcom of the same name. But impressively enough, Dee revealed that he’s sold the American rights to the series to CBS. “It’s like they did with The Office, they’re going …
Conan O’Brien and First Lady Michelle Obama sported black-tie formal wear when O’Brien spoke at the 2013 White House Correspondents Association dinner. The next time they see each other, they’ll just as likely don fatigues — they’re heading out next week to visit U.S. military stationed in Qatar at the …
Ahmed Bharoocha recently turned 30, but he’s still questioning how ceiling fans work, as well as refrigerator ice machines and dinosaur bones. But he knows at least he has it better than cows do. Fly, Ahmed, fly! Here is his debut set on Conan from Thursday night. Roll the clip.
