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NBC will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live with a live special on Feb. 15, 2015. But there also will be a living exhibition for you to check out in person this spring if you’re in New York City. Saturday Night Live: The Exhibition, will debut this spring …
Someone told Woody Allen that all of these bad headlines surrounding Bill Cosby meant it was a good time to come back out into the spotlight? Amazon Studios today announced a deal with Allen for a full season of Untitled Woody Allen Project, a half-hour series and Allen’s first, which he’ll write …
Jeffrey Ross, aka the Roastmaster General, obviously was joking Monday night when he posted this photo to his new Instagram account with the caption: “Hey hey hey!” Or perhaps Ross was half-joking. After all, I was only half-joking when I suggested the very idea of a Comedy Central Roast of …
CBS Entertainment Chair Nina Tassler told TV critics Monday during the TCA Winter Press Tour what most astute viewers probably already had figured out: Stephen Colbert’s edition of The Late Show will kick off this September. Specifically, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015 — the night after Labor Day. The Late Show …
Taylor Negron — stand-up comedian, actor, painter, poet and muse — died Saturday from cancer. Negron was 57. Born Brad Stephen Negron on Aug. 1, 1957, in Glendale, Calif., young Taylor already was performing stand-up comedy and appearing in episodes of The Dating Game by the time he matriculated at …
For their third and final time hosting the Golden Globes, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler let it rip with jokes about civil rights, George Clooney, and oh yeah, Bill Cosby. Roll the clip! As for the actual winners, aka the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s version of the People’s Choice Awards, …
You’ve seen plenty of comedians appear in State Farm TV commercials with Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers, but tonight, you’ll start seeing a comedian without Rodgers, but who looks pretty darn close to him. Meet Tom Wrigglesworth! Wrigglesworth is a comedian from Sheffield, England, who was a finalist for …
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore named its first correspondents, just shy of a week before Wimore and company assume their late-night slot on Comedy Central, airing 11:30 p.m. Eastern/Pacific Mondays-Thursdays after The Daily Show with Jon Stewart beginning Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. They are Shenaz Treasury, Ricky Velez and …
Michael Somerville returned to the Late Show with David Letterman to round out the first full week of 2015. Speaking of rounding out, Somerville joked about trying a no-carb diet, and about his no-love for vegetables. Want more jokes? Roll the clip.
How did Netflix not announce this earlier in the week when it already had the full attention of the TV Critics Association? Regardless… Wet Hot American Summer officially is back in production! The cult favorite film from 2001 has found its cast members reunite a few times since, usually either …
