The Definitive Guide to Comedy
It’s April 20, or 4/20, and that’s the not-so secret code for stoners everywhere to celebrate, because it’s finally 4:20 everywhere. For a new spin on it, comedian Ron Funches hosts a special spin-off of the popular Food Network competition series, Chopped, called what else, Chopped 420. As of now, …
While Ellen DeGeneres’s daytime talk show has come under fire for fostering a toxic work environment, that’s not slowing down development deals for DeGeneres herself. Discovery announced that the comedian and host will narrate her first documentary for the network’s streaming platform. Endangered will begin streaming April 22 on Discovery+. …
While waiting for VIacomCBS to flip the switch and relaunch CBS All Access as Paramount+, I thought, hey, why not see what’s cooking, so to speak, over on Discovery+? After all, they’re promising 55,000+ real-life TV episodes on the new Discovery+ streaming platform, and if you have Verizon Wireless, you …
A new Discovery channel special, Small Town Throwdown, premieres tonight, sending stand-up comedian Mo Mandel to Appleton, Wisc., and Lubbock, Texas, to see if they really live up to their self-described titles. Is Coalinga, Calif., the smelliest town in America? Is Lubbock the “Most Boring” American town? Appleton the drunkest? …
After some false starts and weird detours, Cash Cab is coming back to TV. Again. With Ben Bailey hosting. Again. But this time, it’ll be on Bravo! Shooting with the tricked-out New York City taxi cab and unsuspecting (or suspecting) passengers begins this summer, with a premiere planned for later …
The Discovery Channel’s new summer ad campaign features a lot of old familiar faces, plus comedian Rob Riggle! Riggle will host a new series for Discovery, Global Investigator, taking him all over the world to explore some of our greatest mysteries, myths and legends. “I couldn’t be happier to be …
After successfully reviving Cash Cab this month with original host Ben Bailey accompanied by celebrity cameos in his NYC taxi cab, the Discovery series has launched an online companion game show, set in an elevator. Cash Lift, hosted by comedians Alex Weber and Zainab Johnson, who surprise hotel guests. They’re …
Stand-up comedian Ben Bailey has won four Daytime Emmy Awards for hosting the game show, Cash Cab, on Discovery. So why would anyone else take the wheel when Discovery revives the series this fall? Exactly. Discovery announced the U-turn today. “Holy #%$&!! Cash Cab is back!!!” Bailey said. “HUGE thanks …
After several years without new episodes, Cash Cab is coming back to Discovery. Perhaps Discovery just wised up, perhaps it’s the knowledge that a version of carpool karaoke also is becoming a new game show called Karaoke Showdown on Spike (soon to be Paramount TV). Whatever the reason, the cable …
Drew Carey and Craig Ferguson have been a part of each other’s TV lives for close to two decades now, as stand-up comedians, sitcom co-stars and variety show hosts. Both funnymen are busier than ever this spring — Carey completed his first dance last night, the foxtrot, on ABC’s Dancing …
