The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Adult Swim announced a special one-off series finale on March 7 for Delocated, starring Jon Glaser. Sarah Silverman will kick off the second annual Wayne Federman International Film Festival when it returns to CineFamily in Los Angeles from Feb. 28 through March 2. Wayne Federman’s …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Over the holidays, ABC announced it would air original episodes of Happy Endings and Don’t Trust the B in Apt. 23 on Sunday nights as well as Tuesdays. That didn’t last long. No more Sundays for both sitcoms. Instead, the 10 p.m. Sunday …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… FX has ordered a fifth season of The League, with 13 more episodes to kick off during Fall 2013. Adult Swim has renewed the animated series adaptation of Black Dynamite for a second season. Ten episodes to come in about a year from …
It took how many years for GoDaddy.com to figure out how to sell its domain-name hosting services in a truly sexy way? Just kidding, GoDaddy. Just kidding. Because that’s normally what their TV spots do, leading you to think there’s going to be some sexy “unrated” content online after you …
Community fans, take note. Your comedy-nerd leader, Dan Harmon, will be back creating TV just for you soon enough. Adult Swim has ordered 10 episodes of Harmon’s new animated creation, Rick and Morty. It’ll debut late nights in late 2013 or early 2014. Rick and Morty follows a brilliant inventor (Morty), his …
Say what you will about whether Tim & Eric’s Adult Swim series was an “Awesome Show” or a “Great Job” or something else altogether. Their show within a show, Dr. Steve Brule’s “Check It Out” — starring John C. Reilly — is pretty genius. And now you can own the …
In case you missed it late last night, Adult Swim aired The Greatest Event in Television History. At least that’s what Adam Scott and his wife, Naomi, titled it. The 11-and-a-half-minute special showed Scott and Jon Hamm re-creating — shot for shot — the opening credits to the 1980s detective …
The Javits Center west of midtown Manhattan once again plays host this weekend to the annual New York edition of Comic-Con. While pop culture in the form of blockbuster movies and network TV has taken a lot of the shine away from comic books, Comic-Con — both the main San …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Jeff Dunham’s new ventriloquism special, Minding The Monsters, played to 5.02 million viewers when it premiered Sunday night on Comedy Central. Comedians Daniel Sloss and Sam Morril have signed with New Wave Entertainment’s Maureen Talan for management. They join Gary Gulman and Andrew Norelli …
Maria Thayer co-stars in Chris Elliott’s ridiculously over-the-top cop show parody Eagleheart, which airs its second-season finale tonight on Adult Swim. It should return for a third season. But what if it doesn’t?!? That’d mean Thayer would have to start auditioning again for new roles. She has plenty of experience …
