The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Does this look like a guy about to be eliminated from Last Comic Standing? No. And I don’t mean JB Smoove, either, because he’s the host. But DC Benny thought he’d have a safe time cruising into the final seven or farther in this eighth season of Last Comic — …
Steve Harvey thought it best to sit out the 2014 Daytime Emmy Awards (that’s a photo, above, of him presenting at the 2013 ceremony, back in the olden times when the event was televised) this weekend, and so the livestream did not have the chance to reward him in person …
NBC’s reboot of Last Comic Standing debuts Thursday with a two-hour premiere and the promise of mentors for the top 10 finalists picked from the 100 invited stand-up comedian contestants. Wanda Sykes, one of the Last Comic executive producers, will show up on camera as one of the mentors for …
What’s next for Chelsea Handler on TV in 2015? After posting this photo of herself on Instagram, with her dog and paperwork bearing the CBS logo and the caption “business meeting,” Handler clarified her position Wednesday with a Tweet: “I have never had nor will have any desire to take …
When David Letterman announced his intention last week to retire from the Late Show on CBS and all of the late-night TV wars that have come with his career, everyone who had access to the Internet posted a Top 10 List of possible replacements for him. Many even went with a …
In case you missed it…Ellen DeGeneres was too sick to show up for work for the taping of Friday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so she called in an Ellie to substitute. Ellie Kemper, as seen on The Office and Bridesmaids, and soon to star in a new NBC …
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Improvisation comedy club’s opening in New York City (since closed in NYC, though The Improv chain has expanded to Los Angeles and currently in 22 other cities), the club has a new documentary out via EpixHD, The Improv: 50 Years Behind The …
Talk about hitting two birds with one stone cold photo. Who Say what now? That’s Jim Carrey this morning, posting a promotional shot of himself with newly minted Emmy winner Jeff Daniels as they revive their Dumb and Dumber characters — Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne — for the Farrelly …
Kate McKinnon has many stand-out impersonations she has showcased already on Saturday Night Live, but the one with the biggest profile (especially in comedy) is comedian and talk-show queen Ellen DeGeneres. On today’s episode of Ellen (The Ellen DeGeneres Show), DeGeneres finally welcomed McKinnon to her show. Of course, she …
Nominations came out last night for the 55th annual Grammy Awards, to be handed out Feb. 10, 2013, on CBS. In the Best Comedy Album category, we have: UPDATED Feb. 10, 2013: WINNER! Blow Your Pants Off, Jimmy Fallon [Warner Bros. Records/LoudMouth Entertainment] Cho Dependent (Live In Concert), Margaret Cho [Clownery Productions, Rocket Science] …
