The Definitive Guide to Comedy
There’s a classic episode of Cheers in which U.S. Postal Service employee Cliff Clavin finally finds the opportunity to make the most of his trivial knowledge as a contestant on Jeopardy!, only to blow it all up by giving what he feels is a correct question to a vague answer …
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 …
AMC’s most-talked about shows get talk shows about them. History Channel’s Pawn Stars is letting its viewers compete with its pawn-shop stars in trivia games for their prized possessions. And it’s tapped comedian Christopher Titus to host the half-hour game show, Pawnography, which will air its first 10-episode installment, starting …
Before you sit down to watch another episode of The Price is Right this morning, sit back and take a second look at yesterday’s episode of the celebrated game show from all of the angles. That’s right. The show, hosted by Drew Carey, gave viewers a chance to watch the …
Connecticut is a long way from Hollywood. Too far, it appears, for Cedric The Entertainer to handle a bicoastal life as host of syndicated game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire, star of TV Land’s The Soul Man, and pursue other projects. So he has quit the game show. …
GSN announced today that stand-up comedian Ben Gleib will host at least 40 episodes of a new game show for the cable network based on the popular mobile app game, “Idiot Test.” The game pits two pairs of contestants with pre-existing fan rivals of one sort or another against each …
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 …
Not pictured: Kevin Allison and Todd Holoubek The nine other members of sketch group The State did reunite on the cable TV on Monday night and into the early hours of Tuesday past midnight for Comedy Central’s comedy game show, @midnight (for which Thomas Lennon is an executive producer). Michael Showalter, Kerri …
This is the funniest Christmas video you’ll see today, if not all season. Billy Eichner, host of Funny or Die’s Billy on the Street on FUSE, welcomed Amy Poehler to join him in New York City’s Flatiron district to see if anyone would sing Christmas carols with them. For a dollar. Any takers? …
Can game shows conform to the rules of the road online? A new series, Money Where Your Mouth Is, debuted this week on Hulu, hosted by Jay Mohr and sponsored by Campbell’s Chunky soup. It’s only 15 minutes long. And since it’s Hulu, you will see the ads. The format …
