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CBS has found not one but two replacements to head this January’s annual CBS Diversity sketch comedy showcase in Grace Parra and Stephen Guarino. Parra and Guarino replace longtime director of the showcase, Rick Najera, whom CBS fired last month after investigating multiple sexual harassment claims against him. Parra and …
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore will be no more after this week. Comedy Central has canceled the late-night satire series after a year and a half. It’s last episode will air Thursday. Wilmore broke the news to his staff this morning. “Even though we’ve given it a year and …
Grace Parra has broken out as a star contributor and panelist for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore since she joined the late-night Comedy Central talker in November 2015. But Parra thought she might just as well have enjoyed a career behind the scenes as a sitcom writer, or perhaps …
The most recent Republican presidential debate began on such an unpresidential note, that even though it happened on Thursday night, all of the late-night comedy shows still wanted to address it come Monday. Most made basic jokes. The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore saw the bigger picture, though. Dick jokes …
Congrats to Grace Parra for getting back into the late-night TV on the regular, as Comedy Central just announced hiring her as contributor for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, starting with a piece to air tonight. Parra joins Ricky Velez, Holly Walker and Mike Yard as current contributors for …
The late-night TV landscape welcomes a new player tonight, as White Guy Talk Show debuts at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on fuse — with one big catch, or make that two: Neither of its co-hosts are white guys! Saurin Choksi and Grace Parra, comedians who coincidentally both grew up in Houston, …
NUVOtv revealed its boldest Upfronts presentation yet today, hot off the acquisition of the FUSE cable channel, with Jennifer Lopez coming to the podium on Monday to announce a programming slate that includes new comedy series and a deal that’ll present several stand-up comedy specials on its cable channel over …
