The Definitive Guide to Comedy
This is not an April Fool’s joke. Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment, a streaming service in its own right, is taking on Sony’s assets from its streaming service, Crackle, and creating a joint venture called, well, Crackle Plus. OK. It still sounds like a prank. But it’s not. “Crackle …
Us & Them, the FOX sitcom that adapted James Corden and Ruth Jones’s British hit Gavin & Stacey, only to never air as part of its planned 2013-2014 season, will finally see the light of viewers screens thanks to Crackle. Sony owns Crackle, and Sony Pictures TV made seven episodes …
Crackle announced it’s taking on Rob Riggle’s Jet Ski Academy, a new original comedy series with eight episodes following Riggle’s investment in the academy. Riggle will write and EP the series, as well as star in it. “Crackle is the perfect home for my Jet Ski Academy,” said Riggle. “We have big …
Mark Feuerstein co-created, produces and stars in the new CBS sitcom 9JKL, which is loosely based on his real-life experience moving back to NYC to live next to his parents and brother while starring for eight seasons on the USA drama Royal Pains. Feuerstein began acting as a student and …
Netflix has new stand-up specials already this month from Jen Kirkman, Jim Gaffigan, Neal Brennan, Cristela Alonzo and Bill Burr, with specials forthcoming in 2017 from Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Amy Schumer and Louis C.K., who taped his over the weekend in D.C. So why not Jerry Seinfeld, too!?! Netflix …
Jerry Seinfeld booked two new comedy dates with Margaret Cho today. One for all of us with Internet access, and one just for the crowd upset with one of Cho’s shows last month at the Stress Factory in New Brunswick, N.J. TMZ got its hands on an email the Stress …
Netflix helped take home multiple honors in the annual pay-to-play Webby Awards, with Funny or Die, CollegeHumor and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon also bringing in wins for their 2015 online efforts. Netflix’s special achievement victories came courtesy of Chelsea Peretti, named outstanding comedy performance for her stand-up special, …
Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t need Crackle nearly as much as Crackle needs him. But the upstart webseries-turned-streaming provider is backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which just so happened to back Seinfeld’s hit sitcom and made billions of dollars to go around. So when Seinfeld needed a vehicle to get back on …
The 4th Annual Streamy Awards were handed out last night, in a live ceremony hosted and also presented online by Streamy Award winners and touring friends Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart. Here is their opening monologue. Congrats to all of the winners, listed below. Channel, Show or Series – Overall …
Jerry Seinfeld hasn’t been like you for decades now. Even if you are, like him, a stand-up comedian. Even if you are, like him, making your own webseries. Case in point: As Seinfeld promotes his upcoming fourth season of his webseries, Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, he does so via …
