MADtv – The Comic's Comic

All of the Stand-Up, SKetch and Improv Comedy on HBO Max at Launch

by Sean L. McCarthyMay 27, 2020May 27, 20201

HBO Max is here! What does that mean for comedy fans? I’m talking live comedy fans of stand-up, improv and sketch right now, and not …

Episode #253: Jill-Michele Meleán

by Sean L. McCarthyApril 1, 2019April 1, 2019

Jill-Michele Meleán’s mother’s Irish, and her father’s Bolivian. But she grew up in Miami surrounded by Cubans. All of which makes her White Latina, the …

Episode #249: Lyric Lewis

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 4, 2019March 4, 2019

A classically trained theater major who grew up in New Orleans and Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Lyric Lewis took her degree from Syracuse and headed straight …

Episode #174: Heather Anne Campbell

by Sean L. McCarthyOctober 2, 2017

Heather Anne Campbell is one of America’s great improvisers. She has studied under the legendary Del Close in Chicago, performed overseas with Boom Chicago in …

The new 2016 cast of MADtv on The CW on finding their roles, and team bonding

by Sean L. McCarthyAugust 2, 2016

MADtv‘s revival happened quickly. Four months ago, The CW announced it’d reboot the old FOX late-night sketch comedy series from the 1990s and 2000s, with …

The CW’s MADtv revival announces new cast members, premiering in primetime July 2016

by Sean L. McCarthyJune 15, 2016June 15, 20161

This just in! The CW’s revival of sketch comedy series MADtv has found its cast. And they are…Carlie Craig, Chelsea Davison, Jeremy D. Howard, Amir K, …

The CW rebooting MADtv with new cast as primetime series, but there’s also another new MAD show in the works!

by Sean L. McCarthyApril 11, 2016April 13, 20161

The CW’s MADtv 20th anniversary reunion special this January wasn’t a one-off. Far from it! The network announced today it has ordered eight new hours …