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Alison Leiby is a writer and comedian who started her own showcase at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City called It’s A Long Story. Leiby’s story is still being told. In TV, it has included late-night writing on staff for Comedy Central’s The President Show, and The …
About that title. Ilana Glazer means it literally, telling the audience early in her first stand-up comedy special that The Planet Is Burning, adding: “and the mean dinosaurs in office just don’t seem to mind.” But that’s not the central message, nor the main focus of her solo hour. As …
A year after Amazon Prime Video announced its intentions to compete for stand-up comedy by filming New Faces at Montreal’s Just For Laughs, the plan is starting to become clearer. The first Amazon Originals stand-up special, Jim Gaffigan; Quality Time, will premiere Aug. 16, 2019. The following Friday, Aug. 23, …
Broad City may be over. Wait. It’s over?!? In Abbi and Ilana’s Broad City, a new Comedy Central mini-doc, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer retrace their steps from the very first webisode through to the fifth-season series finale on Comedy Central, complete with rare backstage footage and interviews with Paul, …
Broad City will end in 2019 with its fifth and final season, but Comedy Central wants you to know it’ll remain in business with Broad City’s creators and stars. Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson signed a ‘first look’ deal to develop series not only with Comedy Central, but with all …
In case you missed it, here’s a little bit of what went down at Comedy Central’s first-ever Colossal Clusterfest festival in San Francisco over the weekend. Courtesy of a 90-minute TV special on Comedy Central, hosted by Chris Hardwick, with highlights from network programming like Broad City, Problematic with Moshe …
Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs have stepped up from Broad City to the big screen. Aniello directs and co-writes Rough Night with Downs, which sees “five best friends from college (played by Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer, and Zoë Kravitz) reunite 10 years later for a …
Jhpiego is an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University that works to bring quality health care services to women around the world. Many comedians have supported the agency’s causes, and at a “Laughter is the Best Medicine” Gala last month, the agency recognized Comedy Central President Kent Alterman and actress Julie …
That moment when Abbi and Ilana get so big with Broad City that they can attract a former First Lady and current presidential frontrunner to the show. “You know of me?” Ilana Glazer asked Hillary Clinton when Clinton called to her by name in this week’s episode on Comedy Central, …
After a year that saw a lot of talent fly the Comedy Central coop, the cable network is locking down its critical faves — announcing a fifth-season renewal for Inside Amy Schumer and two more seasons for Broad City to get Abbi and Ilana through a fifth season. Moreover, Comedy …
