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The New York Television Festival has announced the 52 official selections for the 2017 Independent Pilot Competition. They include 31 comedy pilots featuring the talents of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bebe Neuwirth, David Wain, Felicia day, John Early, Kyle Dunnigan, Jemima Kirke, Jamie Kaler, Daniel Kellison, Ian Roberts, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Dot-Marie Jones, …
We may be a month into summer (and two months from Memorial Day already), but it’s never too late for news of a fourth consecutive Oddball Fest by Funny or Die. Especially when they announced today that this late summer’s tour of North American amphitheaters will include headliners Brian Regan, …
The Writers Guild of America held simultaneous award ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles on Saturday night, with Patton Oswalt hosting the Hollywood crowd, and Michael Ian Black presiding over the Gotham nods. If you want to know how L.A. and NYC are different in show business, just …
Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer won the inaugural prize at the Emmy Awards in 2015 for the newly created category, Variety Sketch Series, where it was nominated alongside Drunk History, Portlandia, Key & Peele and Saturday Night Live. The series already had won one Emmy Award at last week’s Creative …
The Television Academy has so many categories and nominees to honor each year that it holds two separate ceremonies, naming winners this past weekend in the Creative Arts Emmy categories — which will air on FXX on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, the night before FOX televises the main 67th Primetime …
Kyle Dunnigan is more than just an award-nominated writer for Inside Amy Schumer. Dunnigan also has magic hands, as he demonstrated during his stand-up performance on Thursday night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. Dunnigan also has his own Christmas album, which he spoke to The Comic’s Comic about last year …
Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an avid fan of the form. “My Pod Week” recaps and reviews the many varied comedy podcasts Flinn listened to or attended live tapings of during the previous week. Enjoy! JUDGE JOHN HODGMAN (Episode 169: Hunter-Gaveler) “If I …
Kyle Dunnigan has been “Craig” almost as long as he has been Kyle. Dunnigan — a stand-up comedian, writer for Inside Amy Schumer, podcaster with Tig Notaro (“Professor Blastoff“) and actor — first appeared as Craig Pullin, Deputy Wiegel’s demented boyfriend on Reno 911! a decade ago. Now Craig has …
Amy Schumer’s new sketch comedy series, Inside Amy Schumer, debuts tonight on Comedy Central — though you already could have watched the premiere episode online (and uncensored) thanks to the cable channel. But first, get to know a little about what you’re about to see from the people who are …
