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Tag: Above Average

IFC will air half-hour collection of Comedy Crib shorts in late-night TV fall 2016
News / TV / Web series

IFC will air half-hour collection of Comedy Crib shorts in late-night TV fall 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 21, 2016

Short-form comedy segments in late-night TV all are the rage now, as IFC becomes the third cable channel to jump into the field, announcing today …

Above Average gets sporty with comedy videos, presenting “The Kicker”
Video / Web series

Above Average gets sporty with comedy videos, presenting “The Kicker”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 28, 2015

Above Average, the original comedy video and webseries channel fronted by Lorne Michaels and Broadway Video (and thus starring plenty of Saturday Night Live cast …

Horatio Sanz, Fred Armisen help launch new Broadway Video outpost for Latino comedy: Mas Mejor
TV / Video

Horatio Sanz, Fred Armisen help launch new Broadway Video outpost for Latino comedy: Mas Mejor

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 30, 2015October 2, 2015

Former Saturday Night Live stars Horatio Sanz and Fred Armisen are helping their boss’s Broadway Video maintain some sense of diversity by incubating young Latino …

Storytime: Maria Bamford’s institutionalization in a psych ward is Above Average
Web series

Storytime: Maria Bamford’s institutionalization in a psych ward is Above Average

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 30, 2015July 30, 2015

What happens if you’re committed to a mental institution for psychiatric evaluation on a 5150 hold for 72 hours? What happens once the psych ward …

Vanessa Bayer and her brother, Jonah, share “Sound Advice” with fun.’s Jack Antonoff at 92Y
Saturday Night Live / Web series

Vanessa Bayer and her brother, Jonah, share “Sound Advice” with fun.’s Jack Antonoff at 92Y

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 10, 2014

The latest episode of Sound Advice with Janessa Slater — Vanessa Bayer’s music chat show parody webseries she produces with her brother, Jonah, for Above …

Jay Pharoah’s Usher parody, “Bad Kisser,” featuring J-Rod and Abbi Crutchfield
Video / Web series

Jay Pharoah’s Usher parody, “Bad Kisser,” featuring J-Rod and Abbi Crutchfield

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 23, 2014

Weird Al may have made the music video parody game on lockdown last week, but it’s a new day, and time for a new parody, …

Jay Pharoah raps about “Problems” in this music video
Video

Jay Pharoah raps about “Problems” in this music video

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 29, 2014

Jay-Z has 99 problems. Jay Pharoah has problems, too. His are, well, mostly about missing Sandra. Starting his summer break from SNL off fresh with …

Judah Friedlander pays off Super Bowl bet to Taran Killam with Times Square apology
Video / Web series

Judah Friedlander pays off Super Bowl bet to Taran Killam with Times Square apology

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 7, 2014

Before Super Bowl XLVIII, Taran Killam and Judah Friedlander waged a public bet over the outcome to launch the new Above Average series, “You Bet …

Taran Killam and Judah Friedlander wager high-stakes Super Bowl XLVIII bet over Seahawks-Broncos
Video / Web series

Taran Killam and Judah Friedlander wager high-stakes Super Bowl XLVIII bet over Seahawks-Broncos

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 1, 20141

Seattle Seahawks or Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII: Who’s your team? The NFL’s 48th Super Bowl title game kicks off Sunday afternoon, and Saturday …

SNL stands for Saturday Night Line in new Above Average webseries focused on SNL’s stand-by line
Saturday Night Live / Web series

SNL stands for Saturday Night Line in new Above Average webseries focused on SNL’s stand-by line

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 21, 2014January 23, 20141

From the official NBC policy, regarding stand-by tickets for fans who want to attend the very live broadcast of Saturday Night Live: Stand-by tickets are …

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