The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Last week’s episode of Saturday Night Live was so solid, they couldn’t possibly carry that momentum into the final show of 2014, could they? Well, no. But the Christmas-week theme did mean they could pull out some more stops in the names of special all-star SNL alumni cameos, some pandering …
Trick or treat! IFC has a Halloween treat—a first look at Portlandia’s fifth season! In this clip, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are a goth couple celebrating the most goth thing they could possibly do: Plan their own funerals, obviously. What to include, what to include, though? How about body-dragging jackals, shrieking …
Last month, under an assumed name, Fred Armisen took over the stage at The Comedy Cellar for about an hour and did something that’d be out of character for anyone who’s not as accustomed to being in character as Armisen. The SNL and Portlandia star and sometime bandleader for Late …
Here are your nominees for 2014 Emmy Awards in TV comedy. Will update with more categories and breakdowns, but for now, congrats to all! Making a big splash this year definitely is Netflix, with its decision to Orange Is the New Black in comedy earning the streaming site a series …
Can the variety show come back into our lives like a prodigal son or daughter? Can the networks give a variety show more than a just a single backdoor pilot episode to make itself at home with us? Whichever question is the better one, we did get to see the …
Season finales of Saturday Night Live are more often than not equal parts graduation and reunion for each year’s class of cast members. Even more so, when a former cast member of SNL returns home to host. This year, this 39th season, came to a close with even more at …
If at first your Saturday Night Live sketch does not succeed in making the cut for broadcast on NBC, try, try again. Or wait until you leave the show and your former colleague and head writer has his own platform — in which case, here’s Late Night with Seth Meyers …
IFC is hosting its annual Upfront event and party tonight in New York City, but announced at high noon today two new series, a new award program, two series renewals and even more in development for 2014-2015. “IFC began the year with significant momentum that continues to accelerate,” said Jennifer …
If it’s too much of a rush to judgment to review Late Night with Seth Meyers after its debut, then how about two weeks later? And yet, here Meyers was with his executive producer Mike Shoemaker on Saturday afternoon at SXSW for a panel “Inside Late Night with Seth Meyers,” …
In the third season of IFC’s lovably quirky sketch comedy series, Portlandia, Fred Armisen showed off his impersonation of legendary Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra in a sketch lampooning the idea of a punk musicians’ home becoming a historic landmark. In Portlandia’s fourth season, which premieres Thursday, Jello Biafra himself …
