Catching Up on United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell
by The fifth season of W. Kamau Bell’s award-winning CNN series, United Shades, premiered Sunday night. I wrote a little bit about Bell and his program …
Tournament of Laughs on TBS: The Exceptional 8
Here we have the final eight comedians remaining in the first-ever Tournament of Laughs competition on TBS. Your votes determine who advances and wins. How …
Review: Esther Povitsky, “Hot For My Name” on Comedy Central
This bit by Esther Povitsky about men lusting after “barely legal” teens is out of control, and you shouldn’t have needed recent allegations this summer …
Review: Urzila Carlson, “Overqualified Loser” on Netflix
You know the comedy boom has reached its over-saturation point when, even in the middle of a global pandemic, Netflix forgets or otherwise neglects to …
Review: Jim Jefferies, “Intolerant,” on Netflix
Jim Jefferies is at a career and life crossroads. Aren’t we all in 2020? For Jefferies, though, his personal and professional lives were colliding with …
Review: Hannibal Buress, “Miami Nights” on YouTube
Hannibal Buress has attracted more than 1,177,515 views of his newest comedy special since releasing Miami Nights for free on YouTube two weeks ago. Buress …
Sebastian Maniscalco’s Guest Host Monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Sebastian Maniscalco hosted Wednesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC, and he had some thoughts to share about food shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, …
Whitney Cummings guest host monologue for Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Whitney Cummings guest-hosted Tuesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC, and after reminding us of her D.C. roots with some jabs at her hometown …
Michael Che Launching Sketch Comedy Series for HBO Max
Even a head writer for Saturday Night Live knows certain comedy sketches won’t fly on live television on NBC, even late at night. So Michael …
The CW importing Taskmaster For Summer 2020
Taskmaster is crossing the pond this summer, allowing American audiences this August to get a taste of what comedians and actors are willing to put …