Comedy Headlines for 06/07/13
by What’s happening in the comedy world these days… Joan Rivers turns 80 on June 8, and she and her daughter Mellissa will be part of …
Tag: HBO
HBO going to Northern California for two new comedy series
HBO’s current original comedy stable revolves around Girls and Veep. They’ll be rejoined by a double dose of guys by 2014. The pay-cable network has …
Push and Believe! Comedy Central greenlights first-ever “dramatic comedy” series, “Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!”
Comedy Central has swooped in and grabbed another comedy series from the development plans of another cable network, ordering 12 episodes of Brody Stevens: Enjoy …
72nd Peabody Awards honor Lorne Michaels, Louis C.K., D.L. Hughley, Lena Dunham
The 72nd annual Peabody Awards recognized several comedies from 2012 and cited Lorne Michaels for his career accomplishments in comedy. From the University of Georgia …
Louis C.K. has it both ways in his meta-narrative trailer for “Oh My God” HBO special
Louis C.K. gets to have his HBO trailer and mock it, too, in this clip promoting his latest stand-up comedy special, “Oh My God,” premiering …
Title Card Tales: Mike Royce’s Snowpants Productions
by End cards or “vanity cards” as they are known derisively/accurately, are those logos and nonsense that flash at the end of TV shows for two …
Comedy Headlines for 1/28/13
What’s happening in the comedy world now… FOX shut down production on Ben & Kate over the weekend. The network earlier last week announced it …
Comedy Headlines for 1/23/13
What’s happening in the comedy world now… ABC has pulled Don’t Trust the B in Apt. 23 from its primetime schedule. Eight episodes remain unaired! …
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2013 Golden Globes comedy winners, highlights
In case you missed it, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler performed brilliantly as co-hosts of the 2013 Golden Globes awards ceremony. So much so that …
From Funny or Die to Sundance to Comedy Central series: The history of “Drunk History”
Drunk History isn’t the first webseries to become a TV series, but it is among the more celebrated ones to make the jump. Comedy Central …