The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Comedy Central is adding to its 2013 slate of series with three new orders, as Anthony Jeselnik, Amy Schumer and Ben Hoffman all will be leading their own shows next year. “These three shows have one thing in common, and I dare viewers to watch every single episode to find …
EPIX announced today it’d showcase comedy each month with a new motto, “EPIX Comedy Unbound,” which kicks off Saturday night with the debut of Jim Norton’s latest special, “Jim Norton: Please Be Offended.” Future specials will air on the last weekend of the month. Upcoming later in 2012: An All-Star …
Louis CK has done what proved so difficult two decades ago for Pearl Jam: Set up and establish a successful independent ticketing system for touring. Of course, a lot has changed with technology since the 1990s, and Pearl Jam wasn’t able to build a website back then with implements in …
Want to know what the future of entertainment will look like? Intel’s Brian David Johnson does, so he recently paid a visit to the Laugh Factory in Hollywood and asked club owner Jamie Masada. Masada offers a tour of the club and shows off facilities where they videotape the stage …
At least two stand-up comedians will vie for your votes and a chance at a million-dollar prize in this summer’s seventh edition of America’s Got Talent. Tom Cotter and Jacob Williams moved through to the final 48 in the “Vegas Week” episode that aired last night on NBC. Cotter, 48, …
Rory Scovel returned to Conan on Monday night for some more stand-up. Though he didn’t have Jon Dore by his side to confuse and amuse the audience with their two-man overlapping routines, Scovel did have a beer bottle and a character that the viewers didn’t even know wasn’t him. Got …
After roasting celebrity tabloid fodder-seekers such as Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump, Comedy Central is going back to comedians for its 2012 Roast, announcing it’ll air a Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Barr on Aug. 12, 2012. And it already has a Twitter hashtag: #RoseanneRoast. No announcement yet on who’ll …
Chad Daniels performed on Conan last night, and revealed some intimate details about his personal life — but made sure to measure his words “very carefully.” He’ll also take advantage of when his daughter isn’t so correct with her word choices. Let Daniels explain it to you. Roll the clip! …
When comedians win on The Celebrity Apprentice, they really do win. Following the lead of Joan Rivers, whose Trump-fest victory a couple of years ago coincided with her comeback as depicted in her riveting documentary, Arsenio Hall has followed up his win in the Trump TV boardroom by announcing a …
It has been a couple of summers since we last saw NBC’s Last Comic Standing, so perhaps this is as good a time as any to see how the past seven seasons of primetime stand-up comedians are faring in the public view. Who has an actual following after the cameras …
