The Definitive Guide to Comedy
IFC made its first-ever Upfronts presentation to TV advertisers last night in New York City, and confirmed that it had ordered a 10-episode season for comedian Marc Maron based on the independent pilot he had debuted at the 2011 New York Television Festival. This marks the second new series IFC …
With a new production studio almost ready to go…My Damn Channel unveiled a new online look today and also announced its plans for My Damn Channel LIVE, a new live weekday comedy show hosted by Beth Hoyt that will debut at 4 p.m. Eastern, March 28, on YouTube. Hoyt will …
If you’re in Boston or New York City this week, then you can join in the fun as two different comedy festivals kick off tonight and run through the weekend. The PIT hosts the first-ever NYC Improv Festival from March 21-24. Festival organizers have described their mission: “Over the past …
NBC’s Best Friends Forever doesn’t debut on the primetime TV schedule until April 4, 2012. But the network has made the first episode available online now for you to catch a sneak preview of the midseason series. This formula worked well last fall for FOX with New Girl. Let’s see …
Look. I know this isn’t the actual table. But still. The Onion’s editorial staff is facing a move this spring to Chicago to meet up with HQ (and The AV Club and advertising/sales staff to cut costs), so they’ve begun putting their New York City office supplies up for bid …
Three still makes a trend in modern journalism trendspotting, right? Regardless, Aziz Ansari has just become the third stand-up comedian who appears on TV and tours in theaters — his “Buried Alive” tour begins in April — to decide to release his latest stand-up special directly to fans via his …
Back in the day, stand-up comedians repeated their sets on multiple TV appearances. Because. Well. We didn’t have the Internet to save these performances for posterity (or as long as these individual Web-hosted video sites and channels exist). It’s rarer now. If you missed Dana Gould two months ago on …
Stevie Ryan has a compelling screen presence and an ability to impersonate many of today’s pop stars and celebutards that populate the basic cable landscape, so her transition to TV with Stevie TV on Vh1 makes sense. Three episodes into its first season, it’s also apparent that Ryan and co-creators …
The first season of Key & Peele has been such a delight that it’s not surprising that Comedy Central quickly renewed the sketch comedy series for a second season. Actually, perhaps that is surprising, considering Comedy Central’s recent track record on sketch. Check out this sketch from last week’s episode. …
What’s a one-sided freestyle rap battle look like? It looks something like this. King Supernuts (Victor Varnado) and Shockwave (Chris Sullivan) took to the streets of New York City and took on anyone and everyone whose paths they crossed. No contest! Varnado and Sullivan do host an actual freestyle comedy …
