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On an episode of this season's 30 Rock, characters Jenna and Kenneth conspired with Kelsey Grammer to use a Carvel "black card" to make money. Well, the card is real. Comedian Patton Oswalt has one. And he's giving his away for charity, specifically to raise money for the Los Angeles …
Tonight in Los Angeles, a group of Middle Eastern and South Asian stand-up comics is kicking off a tour that aims to use their own stereotypes for good. Calling it, "FUNATICAL: Taking Comedy to the Extreme‚Äôs We Come in Peace Tour," these eight comedians are hoping that laughter can debunk …
I've been catching up on the first season of Showtime's new dramedy, The Big C, which stars Laura Linney as a middle-aged mother who changes her approach to life upon being diagnosed with stage-four melanoma. It's got a subtle charm to it. But it's no match for "The C Word," …
This is the new Comedy Central logo. This is a video Comedy Central shows to show off its new logo. Any questions? Oh, right. What was the "old" Comedy Central logo? Just look in the top right corner of the video and you'll see it. Comedy Central also announced …
Still trying to get the taste of that SNL with Robert DeNiro out of your mouth? Why are you putting TV shows in your mouth, anyhow? Just replace that memory with a happy one, like, oh, say, DeNiro and Charles Grodin in Midnight Run. See! I just turned your frowny …
This just in from the folks at The Futon Critic: Discovery's Science Channel reportedly has acquired the broadcast rights to An Idiot Abroad, a travel documentary series that Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant produced featuring the misadventures of their frequent foil: Karl Pilkington. The Futon Critic reports that the eight episodes, …
On last night's edition of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert had comic legend Steve Martin on as his guest, and Colbert made darned sure he wasn't going to have to offer a refund to his viewers afterward. Watching his show is free with a cable/internet subscription. But that aside, Colbert …
At the last-minute, defying conventional wisdom that he was heading to the Web, Howard Stern announced this morning that he had signed a five-year contract extension with Sirius/XM, which not only pleased his fans but also the satellite radio business that relies on Stern and his fans to stay afloat. …
Remember when I said that the people who love Saturday Night Live's political cold opens more than anyone else are the people who work in politics? Well, they just put their mouths where their laughs are, picking SNL head writer Seth Meyers to speak at the 2011 White House Correspondents …
The Writers Guild of America announced its TV nominees for 2011 WGA Awards, which will be handed out on Feb. 5, 2011, simultaneously at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the AXA Equitable Center in New York City. Among the things that stick out: Glee and Nurse Jackie …