The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Six big takeaways from Dave Itzkoff’s sit-down with David Letterman for The New York Times as Letterman approaches his final month as a late-night TV host (and for a seventh, how about this photo from Damon Winter that reveals Letterman has wall of stacked paper cups along his dressing-room mirror …
FOX has promoted Golan The Insatiable from its “Animation Domination High-Def” block to become a half-hour primetime series this summer, with the first of six episodes premiering Sunday, May 31, 2015, at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT. As part of the promotion, the network also has recast the main voices, with Rob …
If any American city could use a charm offensive right about now, it’s Baltimore. And yet, the second annual Charm City Comedy Festival — set to begin Wednesday and run through Sunday in Baltimore — has been forced to scrap and/or move several of its shows this week due to …
SAG-AFTRA has issued a “no-contract, no-work” order against L. Plummer Media, which is currently filming both Comedians of LA for Esquire and Living With Funny for the Oxygen Network simultaneously. The actors’ union notes that the production is for “a single series, produced by a single company — L. Plummer Media …
David Krumholtz will become an elderly widow for laughs later this year, as IFC announced today it has ordered eight half-hour episodes of his sitcom, Gigi’s Bucket List. The series stars Krumholtz as Gertrude Rotblum (“Gigi”), a 76-year-old woman who discovers a previously unknown bank account in her husband’s will …
FOX’s new digital comedy development ventures received a boost today with the announcement that high-school soap opera parody Filthy Sexy Teen$ would receive an eight-episode order from Fullscreen. It’s one of several projects coming from Keith Quinn and Jonathan Stern, but unique in that it already aired a one-off pilot for Adult …
Busy times for the estate of the late great stand-up comedian Bill Hicks. Tonight across America, cineplexes are hosting a special one-night-only screening of the comedian’s 1992 special, Relentless, plus a half-hour of exclusive interviews and clips curated by Bill’s older brother, Steve. Comedy Dynamics Presents: Bill Hicks, is presented …
Netflix helped take home multiple honors in the annual pay-to-play Webby Awards, with Funny or Die, CollegeHumor and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon also bringing in wins for their 2015 online efforts. Netflix’s special achievement victories came courtesy of Chelsea Peretti, named outstanding comedy performance for her stand-up special, …
All Craig Ferguson had to do to earn some Emmy recognition was leave late-night TV behind for the daytime (relatively speaking) of game shows. Ferguson won Outstanding Game Show Host at the 2015 Daytime Emmy Awards, handed out over the weekend, for his stint in syndication in charge of Celebrity …
President Barack Obama has proven himself so great at delivering his remarks each year at the White House Correspondents Dinner, the only reason you hear about the comedian delivering the keynote after him is when he or she bombs. Which means Cecily Strong did great! Especially considering she entered the …
