The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The annual New York Television Festival (NYTVF) announced the winners Saturday night in 12 categories of its Independent Pilot Competition as well as 20 development deal winners from various cable channels, studios and digital network partners. “We had a fantastic week with more events, projects, deals, and overall artist and …
Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an avid fan of the form. “My Pod Week” recaps and reviews the many varied comedy podcasts Flinn listened to or attended live tapings of during the previous week. Enjoy! YOU’RE THE EXPERT (Live at the Eugene Mirman …
For his next to last trick, The Amazing Johnathan stunned a crowd in Las Vegas last week by saying goodbye to his performing career and announcing he has less than a year to live due to a failing heart. The comedy magician who was huge in the 1980s and performed …
At least one of the three rom-com sitcoms that bowed on network TV this September will not have a happy ending, nor even a Merry Christmas. ABC cancelled Manhattan Love Story over the weekend. The single-cam starred Analeigh Tipton and Jake McDorman as lead couple Dana and Peter, whose inner …
Jim Carrey is back 20 years later with the sequel to Dumb and Dumber this fall, so is 52 the new 22? Can you handle his physical comedy better now that distance has made your hearts grow fonder for it? Can I come up with another mixed metaphor for how …
Craig Ferguson’s final night hosting The Late Late Show on CBS will come Dec. 19, just shy of Christmas. CBS just announced his successor, James Corden (as seen in Ferguson’s framed photo), will take over The Late Late Show with James Corden starting Monday, March 9, 2015. So, what about …
Acting, charity work, and handsomeness. All of those things, plus a stand-up bit from Louis C.K., on this new special installment of “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis” and his guest, Bart Pit. Er. Brad Pitt. Yeah, that’s the fella. Roll the clip!
The “Greatest Generation” won a world war, had to drink pulp in their orange juice and couldn’t download a book into their hands within seconds. So how great were they, really? One of my faves, Gary Gulman, performed on Tuesday’s Conan and put all of that and some more technological …
This won’t be the last week you’ll be seeing Laughs on your TV late on a Saturday night. The stand-up showcase created by Steve Hofstetter is wrapping up a 13-week tryout in 11 FOX TV markets nationwide (airing at midnight Saturdays in New York City and Los Angeles up against …
National Geographic enjoyed having the guys from RiffTrax take over their cable TV airwaves on April Fool’s Day that they’ve invited Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett back for two more RiffTrax Total Riff Off specials to air in primetime this December. RiffTrax told The Comic’s Comic the …
