The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Show, don’t tell. An old rule about writing that applies even more so to television. Why talk about sex when you can show it? Or, if not show it, then at least tease it, put people in varying degrees of comfortable situations regarding it, and have lots of laughs about …
Franchesca Ramsey will join The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore as a new writer and correspondent this week, making her first appearance on Tuesday night’s show. “We’re very excited to have Franchesca and her tremendous skill set join the show. We were just going to hire her skill set, but we …
When Roy Wood Jr. started interning in morning radio and working in his native Birmingham, Ala., he initially thought he might be the next Ricky Smiley. Wood’s determination and hustle, as well as his talent for prank calls, led him on a slightly different path slowly but surely up the …
There’s a moment in the beginning of I’m Your Girlfriend, the new hour stand-up special from Whitney Cummings (and her first for HBO), in which she stops to examine the audience members in the front row for her taping. “I’m shooting my HBO special. No big deal. This has been …
Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer host the popular weekly comedy showcase Crash Test at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles, and for one epic night, they took Crash Test on the road – hosting the show from a tour bus along the streets of Hollywood. Their Crash Test: With Rob …
After a year that saw a lot of talent fly the Comedy Central coop, the cable network is locking down its critical faves — announcing a fifth-season renewal for Inside Amy Schumer and two more seasons for Broad City to get Abbi and Ilana through a fifth season. Moreover, Comedy …
The things you clicked on more than anything else I posted in 2015. Without further ado… 1. Yearbook photos for Louis CK and Matt LeBlanc (as depicted in junior high and high school in Newton, Mass., where they were classmates!), which make any day a great TBT and a chance …
In this age of “Too Much TV,” we’re also here in New York City living in the age of Too Much Tuna. Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland are peaking. Their Off-Broadway run at the Cherry Lane Theatre has drawn rave reviews from The New York Times and other comedians, …
Adam Lowitt joined The Daily Show with Jon Stewart back in 2002 and worked his way up to executive producer and writer, but only Wednesday night did Lowitt make his first full appearance in front of the camera as an official correspondent for the show, now hosted by Trevor Noah. …
The Screen Actors Guild announced its nominees for work done in 2015, and an early congratulations to Sarah Silverman for her stand-out dramatic performance in I Smile Back, where she’s nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. Also impressive to see Netflix, Amazon and Comedy Central …
