The Definitive Guide to Comedy
We’re making progress. Slowly but surely, the conversations are happening. Tough as they may be. As the #MeToo reckoning enters 2018, we’re moving past accusations and denials and toward making amends and making work and life better for us all. Dan Harmon (Community, Rick and Morty) closed 2017 with a …
BOOM BOOM BBQ, the SXSW announcement is here! Read it and laugh… South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals (March 10-19, 2017) has announced the initial list of SXSW Comedy Festival participants. This year, the SXSW Comedy Festival celebrates its tenth edition. Over the last decade, the festival has hosted hundreds …
Over the weekend at Comic-Con in San Diego, the cast of the new edition of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and creator Joel Hodgson announced that their 14-episode revival — funded via a massive $5.7 million Kickstarter campaign — will debut on Netflix in the “not-too-distant-future.” The new cast includes host …
The History Channel debuted its late-night short-form comedy anthology, Night Class, last night with segments from “The Crossroads of History” and “Great Minds with Dan Harmon.” The first “Crossroads” imagines the seminal moment when Adolf Hitler applied for and got rejected by art school in Vienna for the last time …
What’s so special about 11 p.m. Thursdays? Thursdays are the new Fridays, or Must-See TV has shifted from primetime to late-night in 2016, because both the History channel and truTV are jumping into the comedy fray with weekly ventures in the 11 p.m. hour (Eastern/Pacific) that include throwing all sorts …
In the end, ’twas Yahoo! that raised Community from the dead. A last-minute reprieve, as NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures Television’s contracts on Dan Harmon and his cast of Greendale Community College characters would expire at the strike of July 1, 2014, the #sixseasons half of the cult comedy’s self-fulfilling prophecy …
Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an avid fan of the form. “My Pod Week” recaps and reviews the many varied comedy podcasts Flinn listened to or attended live tapings of during the previous week. Enjoy! GETTING DOUG WITH HIGH (Episode 34: Todd Glass …
ICYMI: And apparently I did, as I wasn’t paying close enough attention on Thursday night to the final credits-bumper scene of Community’s fifth-season finale. Which effectively roasted NBC over the coals for all of the failed series it has ordered up in the five seasons while allowing Community’s fate to …
What’s happening in the comedy world these days… You knew it was happening before it happened, but Community creator Dan Harmon is back running his show for the NBC sitcom’s fifth season in 2013-2014. Chris McKenna, who also left before the fourth season, also is returning as an executive producer. …
What’s making news in comedy… Comedy Central has renewed Inside Amy Schumer. Amy Schumer’s sketch comedy series, currently airing on Tuesday nights, will return with a 10-episode second season in 2014. Dan Harmon has confirmed that he’s in talks with Sony Pictures Television to return to the helm of Community …
