The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Pardon me for not caring enough about the NBA Playoff this May to watch all of the early-round action, so it only recently came to my attention that Inside the NBA has gone and let Kevin Hart spoof them all on TNT/TBS all in the name of promoting Hart’s movie …
If at first your Saturday Night Live sketch does not succeed in making the cut for broadcast on NBC, try, try again. Or wait until you leave the show and your former colleague and head writer has his own platform — in which case, here’s Late Night with Seth Meyers …
Pilot season doesn’t always make sense, and certainly doesn’t feel like it’s under your control, whether you’re an actor, writer, director or producer. Three months ago, stand-up comedian Cristela Alonzo told The Comic’s Comic that her pilot, based on her own life experiences, “isn’t going forward at ABC for now.” …
First Whose Line is it Anyway? gets a revival courtesy of The CW; then, NBC gets back into the celebrity game-show arena with Hollywood Game Night. What’s next? A full-scale RIOT?! Well, yes, tonight on FOX. That’s the name of the new limited-run summer comedy series, brought to us by …
Ryan Hamilton knows what he looks like, you guys. And as a stand-up comedian, Hamilton knows to come out swinging and takes the first shot at himself, and then some, referring to his permanent smile and how it makes him look more like a comedy club logo than an actual …
At FOX’s Upfronts presentation on Monday, network chief Kevin Reilly confirmed that the long-rumored crossover meeting of Animation Domination stalwarts (and rivals?) The Simpsons and Family Guy would air this September as a special hourlong episode. It’ll be called, simply, The Simpsons Guy. Teaser footage screened showing Bart Simpson and …
FOX is not going to let animation dominate Sunday nights any longer in 2014. Sure, there will be three looney toons on the night this fall — Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons and Family Guy. But they’ll be separated by the reigning Golden Globe winner in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, as well as …
Sara Schaefer may no longer host an MTV late-night talk show, nor may she even live in New York City still. Nevertheless, now we can see her next project whenever we want. It’s a webseries that looks back at her days before becoming a full-time professional comedian and quitting her …
With the PGA Tour back in spring form and the NBA and NHL playoffs in their quarterfinal matchups, it gives plenty of opportunities for comedian Norm Macdonald — late of Comedy Central’s short-lived Sports Show with Norm Macdonald — to offer running analysis and play-by-play commentary via Twitter @normmacdonald. Macdonald …
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 MADE IT WEIRD with PETE HOLMES (Episode …
