The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Seinfeld first aired on NBC on July 5, 1989, as The Seinfeld Chronicles. Yada, yada, yada and all of these 25 years later, it has raked in more than $3 billion just in syndication! Vulture broke down the math, figuring co-creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David earn $400 million apiece, …
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner has handed over its top speaking slot each year to someone with a link to late-night TV comedy. Does this portend greater things for the future of Joel McHale? Or are they finally considering E! programming as television? Roasted. But first, ladies and gentlemen, the …
Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield did not win the Emmy this year for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, but the 30 Rock finale episode they wrote (“Last Lunch”) that included the “Rural Juror” song did win for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, so that’s got to count for something. …
The phrase “comedy nerd” gets thrown around online so much this decade that you wonder what meaning it still has, and yet, here are two assembled bodies of TV critics to remind us that the nerds have risen up and claimed the party for themselves. What’s popular in America and …
Each year’s return to award season reminds us how comedy and comedians all too often are overlooked, marginalized or otherwise different enough from other performing artists such that, heck, how can anyone win, really? For every victory or nomination at the Academy Awards for individual achievement — screenplays are often …
Hey, Louis CK! Why you got your face in your hand? Chin up! You’re a two-time Emmy winner now! Roll the clip: In other TV awarding TV news, no surprises with the continued love for all things Modern Family, big surprise for Jon Cryer winning in the “Lead Actor” category …
