The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Ahir Shah is a British comedian who was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017 and 2018. He has turned his 2019 touring show, DOTS, into his first proper televised comedy special, which debuted on HBO Max in 2021. Shah sat down with me over …
This May, two similar yet tonally completely different sketch series premiered on HBO and HBO Max from the orbit of Saturday Night Live. And now we’ll be able to see what Michael Che and Sam Jay have to say with a second season! Today HBO Max announced the renewal of …
Last summer, comedian Amy Schumer used pandemic quarantine to her advantage, learning to cook as part of a Food Network series with her husband, Amy Schumer Learns to Cook. This summer, Schumer is spinning off that notion for even more adventures in a new series for HBO Max. HBO Max …
Rose Matafeo is a comedian, writer and actor from New Zealand who began her comedy career at age 15. In 2018, her stand-up show Horndog won the top comedy prize at the Edinburgh Fringe, and she subsequently recorded Horndog in posterity for HBO Max in 2020. She has become a …
Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello began collaborating as comedy and life partners after meeting in 2007 at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and Magnet Theater in New York City. Their early efforts included a webseries for Broadway Video’s Above Average Productions and a one-man show, The Paul Downs Experience, …
Here’s your first look at what could be Chappelle’s Show for a new generation. It’s THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE! The new six-episode Max Original comedy series THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE premieres May 6. This groundbreaking new original comedy series uses sketches and vignettes to illustrate what it feels like to experience various …
The longest-running late-night host in TV is saying goodbye in 2021. Sort of. Conan O’Brien’s CONAN will end its TBS run in June 2021. But O’Brien will keep making TV, with a new weekly series forthcoming on HBO Max. Here’s the press release! After an extraordinary 28 years as a …
Sam Jay is getting her own late-night talk show! HBO announced a series order for a weekly half-hour talker from Jay, a Saturday Night Live writer who just released her debut stand-up special on Netflix. The untitled series will debut in 2021 on HBO, and stream on HBO Max. “Sam …
Taping began today for the upcoming The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion special. The 30th anniversary reunion includes star Will Smith as well as series regulars Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid and Alfonso Ribeiro, plus recurring co-star DJ Jazzy Jeff. As previously announced, the special will be a funny and heartfelt night full …
They’re still making comedy specials during the COVID-19 pandemic, just now at drive-in movie theaters! Last night, Colin Quinn and his funny friends filmed a special for HBO Max at the Skyline Drive-In in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on the East River waterfront with views of the Manhattan skyline behind them. Among …
