The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Starting tonight…Tiffany Haddish and co-host Deon Cole will be your hosts for a weekly weekend double-feature of movies and conversations on TBS. Friday Night Vibes kicks off with guests Snoop Dogg and Tina Knowles Lawson, plus screenings of Creed and Creed 2., as they chat about Juneteenth and Father’s Day …
Deon Cole, who earned a writing gig on Conan based on his stand-up debut there, then later became a recurring character on black-ish, put out his first Netflix hour last year. As I wrote then in Decider: As Cole has done in past performances, he breaks out his joke book …
After reviewing so many hourlong comedy “specials” over the past couple of years, it’s so refreshing to see some of my favorite stand-up comedians putting out half-hours for Netflix. All killer, no filler. You can read my review of Netflix’s The Standups on Decider. Here are quotes from each of …
BET may have leaked word early about the network’s upcoming new late-night talk show hosted by former Nightly Show head writer/correspondent Robin Thede (and executive produced by Chris Rock), but BET actually has a whole slate of late-night programming coming later in 2017. Among the offerings: A variety show fronted …
Just when you thought Netflix couldn’t possibly announce more comedy specials, here’s news of a new slate of half-hour stand-up offerings the streaming giant will produce next week. Nikki Glaser, Deon Cole, Beth Stelling, Nate Bargatze, Fortune Feimster, and Dan Soder will tape their first half-hours for Netflix next week in …
TBS has been impressed with upcoming new sitcom Angie Tribeca for months now — bringing the cast and sneak peek episodes to both SXSW in Austin this March, then NY Comic-Con in October. So it’s not surprising to hear the cable network already has renewed the slapstick cop farce starring …
There are so many places to see stand-up comedy on TV and online during this digital comedy boom, that it certainly has become difficult to know what credits even matter any longer. As Grant Pardee notes in a piece today for Paste Magazine: “It was funny to see Madonna perform …
Deon Cole is the newest member of Team Coco to earn his own weekly TV show about pop culture, as he’ll be hosting Deon Cole’s Black Box. It debuts Monday June 10, 2013, on TBS. Here’s a sneak peek inside his box!
As the resident black comedian on Conan’s writing staff, Deon Cole took it upon himself to defend Katt Williams on last night’s show. Although by defend, Cole meant to prove that even he has a right to become more famous by taking his “crazy” public. Because that’s how you really …
Every four years, the two major political parties in the United States of America meet in late summer to make formal their nominees for president and vice president, set party platforms, and mostly just party. As recently as a generation ago, the conventions held at least a modicum of drama …
