The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Whether it was allowing Amy Schumer and friends to take over an episode of The Bachelorette last year, or seeing enough episodes of The Hotwives on Hulu, the folks at ABC’s The Bachelor have finally acknowledged that their 20 seasons of matchmaking is more farce than fantasy. On Monday night, …
In this age of “Too Much TV,” we’re also here in New York City living in the age of Too Much Tuna. Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland are peaking. Their Off-Broadway run at the Cherry Lane Theatre has drawn rave reviews from The New York Times and other comedians, …
As a comedian, Mulaney is much more interested in breaking down the rules of language than he is literal laws of society. Whether it’s an old boss he had while temping who claimed he was “too old to be a duckling, quack quack,” or a woman he passed on the …
“Oh, Hello.” “Gil Faizon & George St Geegland are doing a live show in NYC in Dec.” So says Nick Kroll today, who with longtime comedy partner John Mulaney are mounting an off-Broadway run of their elderly characters from the Upper West Side, making the trek down to the West …
The TCA summer press tour began on Tuesday in Pasadena — an annual parade of TV networks and stars, presenting themselves en masse to the TV Critics Association in hopes that their fall series will be welcomed and shared with rave reviews. Or, at the very least, enough buzz to …
The third annual Funny Or Die Presents Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival 2015 will get a later start in late summer, but run through October and include Aziz Ansari and Amy Schumer as its top-billed stars on all of the dates. Joining Ansari and Schumer for this go-around, a cast of …
The second season of stand-up showcase, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, premieres late-night Tuesday on Comedy Central after @midnight. If you’re lucky in Los Angeles this week, you’ll see co-host Jonah Ray spinning a custom-made sign on the sidewalks. “I was thinking of wearing short-shorts, tank tops and a …
Over the weekend, John Mulaney and Nasim Pedrad closed out the New York Television Festival by sitting down with Grantland’s Andy Greenwald for a Q&A and screening of their new FOX sitcom, Mulaney. The sitcom had the weekend off — pre-empted Sunday night for Game 5 of the 2014 World …
John Mulaney’s new sitcom, Mulaney, is almost upon us. In New York City, billboards and subway ads are everywhere. FOX has put its promotional muscle behind Mulaney. Now it’s up to you, the viewer. To help you make up your mind, check out this special behind-the-scenes preview with clips from …
FOX is not going to let animation dominate Sunday nights any longer in 2014. Sure, there will be three looney toons on the night this fall — Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons and Family Guy. But they’ll be separated by the reigning Golden Globe winner in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, as well as …
