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Remember the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards? The 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards Did!

by Sean L. McCarthyJuly 19, 2021July 19, 2021

Congrats and kudos to the comedy writers who put together that memorable ceremony for the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards, in those relatively halcyon days …

Borat, Desus and Mero Win Big at 2021 WGA Awards

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 22, 2021March 22, 2021

Congrats to the following comedy writers who came home (even if they already were at home for the virtual ceremony) with awards this year from …

Congrats to the 2020 WGA Awards winners

by Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 3, 2020February 3, 20201

It was a big weekend for women in comedy at the 2020 Writer Guild Association’s awards festivities, held as usual in both New York City …

Just For Laughs fetes Kevin Hart, Jim Jefferies, Hasan Minhaj, Amanda Seales, “Big Mouth” with 2019 awards

by Sean L. McCarthyJuly 15, 2019July 15, 2019

We’re only a week away from the comedy industry’s annual confab in Montreal for Just For Laughs, and JFL has announced which big stars the …

Golden Globes will honor Carol Burnett with her own namesake award

by Sean L. McCarthyDecember 11, 2018December 11, 2018

Carol Burnett has won lifetime achievement awards from the Screen Actors Guild, the Peabody Awards, the Mark Twain Prize, Kennedy Center Honors and the Presidential …

Here are your Writers Guild Award nominees from 2018

by Sean L. McCarthyDecember 7, 2018

Congrats to all the hard-working scribes out there getting the most out of their WGA memberships! Here are the comedy-related nominees this year. 2019 Writers …

Rose Matafeo wins best comedy show at 2018 Edinburgh Fringe

by Sean L. McCarthyAugust 27, 2018

Congratulations to Rose Matafeo, the New Zealand comedian who has won the 2018 Best Comedy Show Award at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe for her monthlong …