The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley, who boast more than 1.1 million Facebook fans for their web series, “I Mom So Hard,” just scored a pilot production commitment out of CBS, a big prize early in the development season. CBS is pairing the duo with producer Rob Thomas (The CW’s iZombie), …
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 …
Saturday Night Live was the biggest show winner last weekend during the “creative arts” portion of the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Guest Actor and Actress nods for both Dave Chappelle and Melissa McCarthy for their guest appearances last season, but W. Kamau Bell, Samantha Bee and James Corden …
A few days before the 50th anniversary of the premiere of The Carol Burnett Show on CBS, the Eye Network has announced plans to broadcast a two-hour primetime special tribute to Burnett and her funny friends, to air this December. The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special will air from 8 …
We’re back from summer break, which means the late-night TV shows are back live, and that means more chances for stand-up comedians to ply their trades on the telly. Great news for Julian McCullough, who mentioned his good fortune on Tuesday’s Late Late Show with James Corden. McCullough also joked …
You know you’ve made it as a comedian when other TV shows let you photobomb them. Especially TV shows that hold someone else’s finances and reputation in the balance. Amy Schumer and her sister, Kim, showed up on TV screens across America on Thursday during Judge Judy. They sat behind …
Tiffany Haddish stole the show Tuesday night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, charming and captivating Colbert from the very start with her dance moves, and then even more with her hammy answers to his questions. This shouldn’t surprise anyone who has seen the new summer movie, Girls Trip, …
When Dave Chappelle hosted Saturday Night Live just after the presidential election, the iconic comedian urged the audience during his monologue to give Trump a chance. Fast-forward to Wednesday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and after six months in office, Trump’s chances have run out. Or have …
CBS All Access, the streaming platform for CBS, has announced its first exclusive sitcom for the network, and it’s an adaptation of an Australian series made by the funny folks at Funny or Die. No Activity will premiere before the end of 2017, bracketing the two chapters of the first …
Maz Jobrani has a new Netflix special coming out next week, and he teased a bit of it Tuesday night on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Jobrani’s parents didn’t come to his school events when he was young, which in retrospect was a good thing, because they were …
