The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Your eyes have not deceived you. Season three of Atlanta has not returned to FX in 2019 like the cable TV network told you it would. But fear not! At the summer TCAs, the FX brass announced they’d reached a deal with Atlanta creator Donald Glover to produce a fourth …
In response to criticism from black women in comedy, flustered and upset that the 10th annual Laughing Skull Comedy Festival couldn’t find room for any of them in its upcoming stand-up competition, here’s an open letter from the festival’s owner and founder, Marshall Chiles. Reprinted in full. To Our Beloved …
Would you believe Saturday Night Live took home the most Emmy Awards in 2017? Weird, right. But without Game of Thrones, or Mad Men, or Breaking Bad, or The Sopranos before them, there was no eligible primetime drama that really caught America’s full attention as much as the news and …
Congrats to Donald Glover, Pamela Adlon, Louis CK and the cast of Veep for joining the illustrious list of winners of The Peabody Awards. CK pulled off a double-win, as he co-created FX’s Better Things and also fully funded and created his own streaming dramedy, Horace and Pete, on his …
An update to my story from last month rounding up the comings and goings of comedy clubs around America… The Atlanta franchise in the Improv comedy club chain reports today that it has found a new home in the upscale Buckhead neighborhood north of the city. Atlanta Improv representatives told …
Childish Gambino and Community fans rejoice, as Donald Glover will return to TV in 2016 in a new role he created as a young rapper in Atlanta. Speaking of which… FX has ordered 10 half-hour episodes of Atlanta. “Atlanta draws on Donald’s considerable talents as a musician, actor and writer …
Earlier this month, Josh Sneed headlined The Punchline Comedy Club in Atlanta. He took a selfie backstage and posted it a few days ago to Instagram, as we all are wont to do in 2015. But as you can see by reading the small print next to Sneed’s face, he …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
Conan O’Brien and Team Coco kicked off a week of shows in Atlanta on Monday night, and they’re ready for some Final Four action. But first, Conan welcomed Earthquake to the stage to perform stand-up. In this set, Earthquake explains how Barack Obama is much better-suited to the job of …
