The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Ray Romano, who owes his life on television to David Letterman, will host the CBS tribute to the reigning king of late-night TV on May 4, some 16 days before Letterman signs off one final time as host of the Late Show. David Letterman: A Life On Television will air …
Wait. What now? Humza Arshad is a 29-year-old YouTube comedian in London, born to Pakistani parents and brought up Muslim. He studied performing arts in college and followed that up with drama school. In 2009, Arshad joined YouTube, where his first effort was a five-episode webseries, “Chronicles of Tuttoo,” about …
HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel has added a comedy segment to round out episodes in this spring’s new season, and this week, Chris Rock stepped up to the plate with several minutes of warning and encouragement for baseball. Not just Major League Baseball, but all of it, speaking as …
“My name is Paul Feig. I directed Bridesmaids, The Heat, the upcoming Spy. And it’s an honor to welcome you all. I have such a love of funny women. And funny women in comedy. And anything that lets them showcase what they do, and I think this festival is so …
Nate Bargatze‘s first Comedy Central hour special debuts in a week-and-a-half, and on Tuesday night, he treated us all to a taste of it on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, with jokes about how his wife’s ex-boyfriend made almost everyone uncomfortable on a boat, and about how poorly he …
Amy Schumer and her Inside Amy Schumer writers and producers really upped the ante for season three with some brilliantly brutal satire, biting with wit and laughs while making a very clear point that our culture’s priorities and viewpoints could use a shake-up. Here are the videos and sketches from …
For the first time in two years, MTV is getting back into the late-night talk show arena, announcing a series order with Big Breakfast for Middle of the Night Show, along with a weekly spin-off talker for Girl Code called Girl Code Live. Both announcements came late Tuesday during MTV’s Upfronts presentation …
The trades are abuzz with Netflix’s latest TV series acquisition, even if Netflix hasn’t released the news officially and nobody knows what the new comedy will be called! That’s because it’ll star Aziz Ansari, who co-created the as-yet-untitled sitcom with his Parks and Recreation colleague Alan Yang that has received …
And then there will be 11. Jim Gaffigan announced today that he’s added a date to the end of his 2015 tour schedule, and it’s a biggie — well, the biggest venue in size and prestige to stand-up comedians: New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Gaffigan will perform the MSG …
Whitney Cummings is getting back in front of the cameras by 2016, inking a new deal with HBO for a stand-up comedy special to film this fall and a sitcom pilot based on Maureen Dowd’s book, Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide. Marty Callner will direct the Cummings stand-up special …
