The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 …
Los Angeles-based comedy content provider Earwolf announced last night that it is adding three new shows to its podcasting network, completing a regular weekday rotation of comedy talk shows. The first new addition, ‚ÄúWho Charted? with Howard Kremer,‚Äù debuted today. Kremer, aka Dragon Boy Suede, hosts a look at the …
As first reported here on The Comic's Comic more than a month ago (!), MTV announced today that comedian Whitney Cummings will host this year's New Year's Eve coverage from Times Square to ring in 2011 with the cast of MTV's Jersey Shore. The network also announced that Flo Rida …
Ever wonder about the people you see in late-night TV talk-show sketches? Who are they? Where do they come from? What's it like? Do you get to hang out in the green room? Comedian Grace Helbig, who performs Wednesdays with improv house team Borealis at The PIT in New York …
Last year, the Sundance Film Festival awarded its top short film prize to Funny or Die's "Drunk History" featuring Will Ferrell, Don Cheadle and others re-enacting Jen Kirkman's drunken story about Lincoln and Douglass. In 2011, it looks as though several other comedians and comedy entries are keeping it short …
Congrats to stand-up comedian Godfrey, who not only is shooting his first one-hour stand-up special for Comedy Central in January, but also signed a deal with FOX to develop a half-hour animated series based on his routine and life. Deadline reports that Bernie Cahill, Jordan Tilzer and Kenya Barris will …
Whenever you've heard over the past two years that MySpace is doing something new, you likely rolled your eyes, shrugged your shoulders, or otherwise made a figurative whatever at the gesture. You'd moved on, to Facebook, to Twitter, to Tumblr. But this time is different! No. Really. Just take a …