The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If you think that replacing the Hoff with the Howie Mandel might have helped the cause for comedic acts in this season of NBC's America's Got Talent, then you would be right. The final 48 were selected last week (and again tonight in a repeat), and this year, several acts …
My friend in comedy journalism over at The Hollywood Reporter, Georg Szalai, reported this afternoon that MySpace had hired Randi Siegel to take over management of the MySpace Comedy realm. After first making its mark as a social networking site for musicians and bands, MySpace branched out years ago to …
NBC's seventh season of Last Comic Standing begins tonight with the first of several episodes in which America gets to decide who moves on and survives past the final 10. Unless, of course, you believe in conspiracy theories and want to figure out who executive producer Barry Katz is managing …
It's been a very good few days for comedian H. Jon Benjamin. Last week he earned an Emmy nomination for his voice-over work as Sterling Archer in FX's Archer, which already has been renewed for a second season. Today, Comedy Central announced that Benjamin would be appearing as himself (or …
For years, Doug Benson has invited his funny friends to take the stage in a showcase that allows Benson to sit, either on the side of the stage or sometimes in the front row, and interrupt the performance to take it into a different direction, go on a tangent, or …
Each year, SF Sketchfest honors a comedic performer or group with a tribute. For 2010, the honoree was Conan O'Brien, but he couldn't make his Jan. 17 date due to, well, didn't you hear his January was kinda pre-occupied? With his summer schedule fairly clear, O'Brien and SF Sketchfest have …
A few months ago, I saw Colin Quinn work out his newest one-man show, an hour-plus in which he laid out evidence of how America might be past its peak as the global superpower, in a way that makes you think about how past empires, and not just the Romans, …
With Jay Leno "enjoying" his worst Tonight Show ratings in years, and also getting shut out on the Emmy nominations while Conan O'Brien — who had to submit on his own behalf since NBC was no longer behind him — earned four nods, Leno tried to be self-deprecating about it …
Craig Kilborn left his CBS late-night talker, The Late Late Show, in August 2004 in what he called an "early retirement." But Kilborn — much like the athletes he covered in his years as an ESPN sportscaster, and played against in basketball when he was a student — has a …
The 2010 Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced on live TV (and also Ustream, because it's 2010 now, so even the TV people recognize that people are watching their TV online) this morning. Nomination announcer Sofia Vergara did get a nod herself in the supporting actress category for her work …