Schitt’s Creek sweeps, and more from the 2020 Emmy Awards
by Schitt’s Creek went out with a bang and a clean sweep of the comedy categories at the 2020 Emmy Awards, with wins for Catherine O’Hara …
Tag: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
When live comedy shuts down in a pandemic, what then?
When the nonprofit Comedy Gives Back held town hall meetings last month in New York City and Los Angeles at The Stand and Hollywood Improv, …
Episode #276: Josh Gondelman
Josh Gondelman is a writer and comedian who currently writes and produces comedy for Desus and Mero on Showtime. Before that, Gondelman spent five years at HBO’s Last …
Here’s that ironically meta message from Bill Cosby from a 1984 “Fat Albert” episode about people in prison
“All of those people who are in prison right now were kids once, just like you. They went to school. They had girlfriends, boyfriends. They …
Peabody Awards honor Hasan Minhaj, Issa Rae, John Oliver, SNL, Mrs. Maisel
Congrats to Hasan Minhaj, Issa Rae, John Oliver, and the staffs at SNL and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, for you’re all now Peabody Award winners! …
Pence parody book has a happy ending
When John Oliver’s announced his staff at HBO’s Last Week Tonight had made a parody of a children’s book about Vice President Mike Pence’s family …
West Virginia judge dismisses coal magnate’s lawsuit against HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
John Oliver has beat back a defamation lawsuit filed against him and his HBO show, Last Week Tonight, by Murray Energy Corporation coal magnate Robert …
The weekly late-night TV talk show writing staffs for Fall 2017
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Two weeks ago, I rounded up all of the writing staffs working on America’s nightly late-night TV …
HBO renews Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for three seasons, through 2020
Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is up for another Emmy Award this Sunday for Outstanding Variety Talk Series, and whether it wins or …
W. Kamau Bell, Samantha Bee and James Corden take home Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Saturday Night Live was the biggest show winner last weekend during the “creative arts” portion of the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Guest Actor …