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The Upright Citizens Brigade founders have a knack for announcing big news on the eve of their annual Del Close Marathon, and this year is no exception, as NBCUniversal today revealed it has expanded its working relationship with the UCB4 and their improvising minions to include at least five new …
You’ll hear a lot in the trades and the trade winds from now through pilot season, which starts in earnest in January, all the way up to the cable Upfronts in the spring and the broadcast network Upfronts in May — when TV programmers present their new and returning lineups …
Almost every comedian I know shared a photo and/or an anecdote about Joan Rivers tonight in the wake of her death at 81, a week after she suffered cardiac arrest and stopped breathing during throat surgery. (Read the obituary of Joan Rivers here) Looking at all of these photos shows …
Keith Huang studied improvisation at The People’s Improv Theater and trained at New York City’s other two primary theatrical homes for improv comedy in the 21st century: The UCB and The Magnet. Huang later became an instructor at The PIT, house team performer there, and since 2012, served as The …
Comedy Central has cancelled Ugly Americans. If this is news to you, or even more so, if you didn’t realize this was news, there’s a story behind why you’re just now hearing about the end of the animated series after two seasons. Posted today on the Ugly Americans Facebook page: …
If you thought comedians had launched enough podcasts for there to be a festival just for them, then you’re thinking what the fine folks at The People’s Improv Theatre in NYC were thinking. The PIT announced Monday afternoon it would host “the first-ever, first-annual” New York City Podcast Festival, starting on …
Julie Klausner and Michael Kupperman produced three shorty shorts on video for Super Deluxe, and right about now, you’re thinking, oh, I probably never saw them because I’ve stopped clicking to Super Deluxe, and even when I did, I probably missed it because it never showed up on the home …
The second live episode of Wasp Cove, the soap opera musical set in the 1980s, debuts tonight at Comix (as they say) before a live studio audience. It’s the creation of Julie Klausner and Rachel Shukert, and if last month’s premiere episode was any indication, it’s a footloose and fanciful …
Adult Swim debuts the oddest, yet most delightful new piece of television history tonight as Gemberling becomes Fat Guy Stuck In Internet. First impression? Like a 21st century multimedia version of the camp classic movie of Flash Gordon. In another word: Awesome. Lots of UCB talent represented. The premiere episode, …
Soap opera comedies are all the rage in 2008, aren’t they? We saw the first season of "Horrible People" earlier this year online at My Damn Channel. But how about a live production? That’s where the cast of "Wasp Cove" enters the picture. They’ll put on a show for you …
