The Definitive Guide to Comedy
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 that its Comedy Crib collection of more than two dozen webseries will begin airing on TV come Fall 2016. The weekly half-hour episodes of Comedy …
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 members, writers and their friends), has launched a new sister site devoted to sports. But here’s the kicker. Wait. Here’s The Kicker. Even Bryan Tucker, …
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 comedians with a new video outpost, to be called Mas Mejor. “There is no real hub for high-quality Latino comedy,” Sanz told AdWeek. Broadway Video …
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 staffers find out you’re great comedian Maria Bamford? What happens once they realize Bamford’s act already includes channeling different voices and personalities? Do they need …
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 Average — finds her misguided media coach Janessa Slater pestering Demi Lovato today. Roll the clip! At the beginning of the week, though, both Bayer …
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, thanks to Saturday Night Live star Jay Pharoah. Pharoah and Above Average (Broadway Video’s digital arm) released the music video just now for “Bad Kisser,” …
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 some new rhymes and beats, here is the music video for “Problems,” by Jay Pharoah. Comes to us courtesy of Above Average, the webseries division …
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 Your Ass,” in conjunction with FOX Sports. Killam picked the Seahawks. Picking the Broncos meant a sad day for Friedlander as he had to pay …
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 Night Live‘s Taran Killam has made a public wager with 30 Rock‘s Judah Friedlander over the outcome. Killam’s siding with Seattle. Friedlander’s a Denver betting …
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 distributed at 7am on the 49th st. side of 30 Rockefeller Plaza on the mornings of the show. You may choose a stand-by ticket for …
