The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Tom Green has enjoyed a lengthy career on the fringes, and sometimes the cutting edges, of broadcast comedy, from his cable access show in Canada, which begat an MTV talk-show, and for the past three years, an Internet-based chat show filmed from his home in Southern California. But now Green …
Atom.com, which became part of Comedy Central and the MTV Networks family in 2008, announced it's getting a bit more TV love from its broadcast partners this spring — a third season of its half-hour "Atom TV" on Comedy Central at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday mornings (or overnight Mondays), and also …
When the clock strikes midnight tomorrow night, and Friday blends into Saturday, TV viewers tuned into HBO will think they're time-traveling Lost-style, as psychedelic 1960s music leads you into a computer room from the early 1980s, and "host" Ed Haligan gives you your orientation to what's about to happen to …
Scotland gave birth to curling, so I thought it somewhat appropriate that I was watching Winter Olympics curling action yesterday when I spoke with Scottish stand-up comedian Danny Bhoy. Well, somewhat appropriate. "Let's both decide that's not a healthy way to start the morning," Bhoy said. How's this for a …
Aziz Ansari is a much bigger name in comedy today than he was a year ago. I'm not sure if I can say what made that happen more — Ansari's co-starring role on the NBC primetime sitcom Parks and Recreation, or his scene-stealing turn as hip-hop comedian Raaaaaaaandy in Judd …
It's always amusing to see comedians get a chance to show us the inner workings of show business. How do you get a TV show on the air, anyhow? What's a pitch meeting like? In this clip from The Sarah Silverman Program, Silverman herself depicts an executive. I believe the …
We're told from conventional wisdom that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But if you're a comedian, the most important meal of the day doesn't always happen this early in the morning. In fact, the most important meal of the day may be even better when combined …
From 2007-2009, Carolines devoted one night per week in March to its own form of "March Madness" as 64 stand-up comedians paired off in timed competitions before a live audience. That's happening again this coming March, with one major difference. The guys who brought "March Comedy Madness" to Carolines — …
The Wrap reported today that FX Networks has decided to push the launch date for Louis CK's new comedy series, Louie, from April 1 to an unspecified date in June, allegedly so it can coincide with the next season of Denis Leary's Rescue Me as its lead-in. The FX site for …
If you do not subscribe to pay cable's HBO network, or even if you do, but cannot wait until Friday to see the animated debut of The Ricky Gervais Show, or the second-season premiere of Life & Times of Tim, for that matter, well, no worries, friends. For a sneak …