The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What’s happening in the comedy world these days… You knew it was happening before it happened, but Community creator Dan Harmon is back running his show for the NBC sitcom’s fifth season in 2013-2014. Chris McKenna, who also left before the fourth season, also is returning as an executive producer. …
The 72nd annual Peabody Awards recognized several comedies from 2012 and cited Lorne Michaels for his career accomplishments in comedy. From the University of Georgia and handed out since 1941, the George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious service by broadcasters, cable and Webcasters, producing organizations, and individuals. …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… FOX shut down production on Ben & Kate over the weekend. The network earlier last week announced it had pulled the rookie sitcom from the primetime schedule. Thirteen episodes aired. HBO has renewed Lena Dunham’s Girls for a third season, as previously reported …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… The inaugural NYC PodFest, Jan. 12-13, 2013, has announced its full lineup for live broadcasts at The PIT, which shall include “How Was Your Week” (Julie Klausner), “RISK!” (Kevin Allison), “The Dork Forest” (Jackie Kashian), “Dave Hill’s Podcasting Incident” (Dave Hill), “The Jeff Rubin …
Lorne Michaels has several TV productions in addition to his mainstay, his bread and butter, his original creation, Saturday Night Live. 30 Rock. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Up All Night. Portlandia. What’s left? The Web. Broadway Video, Michaels’ production company, debuted its Above Average channel on YouTube this summer. The …
Joe Bodolai, a former Saturday Night Live writer and producer for Kids in the Hall who also wrote the first draft of the Wayne’s World movie with Mike Myers, was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel on Monday. TMZ reported that cleaning crews and police found him with antifreeze …
“I didn’t want to let Lorne down.” That’s Darrell Hammond, the longest-tenured member ever on Saturday Night Live, telling CNN in a new interview about how he answered the call of SNL’s Lorne Michaels to perform his celebrity and political impersonations on live TV, even when, in at least one …
