Employee of the Month (July 2022): Janelle James
by Comedy doesn’t have a Human Resources department, so leave it to The Comic’s Comic to dole out honors and/or discipline accordingly. Our Employee of the Month …
Tag: game shows
Lil Rel to host American Version of ‘Small Fortune’ for NBC
It’s a great spring for Lil Rel Howery. Howery, who co-stars in the Oscar-nominated Judas and the Black Messiah as well as new Netflix hit …
Jay Leno to host reboot of game show ‘You Bet Your Life’
FOX Television Stations has announced the return of You Bet Your Life, set to debut in Fall 2021. The half-hour comedy game show will be …
Comedy game show Funny You Should Ask extends syndication run
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has announced an additional two seasons for its comedy game show Funny You Should Ask, extending its syndication run through the …
Leslie Jones to host primetime Supermarket Sweep game show for ABC
Just days before her first Netflix special drops, Leslie Jones has earned herself another gig in her post-SNL life: Game show host. Jones already has …
Adam Conover to host Nickelodeon game show The Crystal Maze
Nickelodeon has tapped comedian and Adam Ruins Everything host Adam Conover to not ruin its new family game show, The Crystal Maze. The game show, …
CBS adapting a James Corden sports game show for the U.S. with Keegan-Michael Key as host: Game On!
Before James Corden became a late-night staple in America, he was hosting a sports/comedy game show in the U.K. called A League of Their Own., …
Craig Ferguson to host Hustler game show for ABC
Craig Ferguson, who previously hosted Celebrity Name Game from 2014-2017, is back with another game show hosting gig. The Hustler will reunite Ferguson with ABC, …
ABC gives Jimmy Kimmel more airtime with game show “Generation Gap” plus more staging of live classic sitcoms
ABC is doing everything it can to keep Jimmy Kimmel happy in 2019. First, the network is letting Kimmel go “home” to Brooklyn once more …
FOX-owned TV affiliates taking second summer run at late-night “Punchline” comedian joke-off
Two summers ago, FOX gave a trial run to a late-night almost live joke-off among comedians called Punchline. It was kind of like Comedy Central’s …