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Episode #403: Michelle Ortiz
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Episode #403: Michelle Ortiz

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 29, 2022August 29, 2022

Michelle Ortiz was born in Los Angeles but studied all over the world, including the Moscow Art Theatre School, and classical opera in Germany. A …

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

Sean L. McCarthyby 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
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Episode #253: Jill-Michele Meleán

Sean L. McCarthyby 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
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Episode #249: Lyric Lewis

Sean L. McCarthyby 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
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Episode #174: Heather Anne Campbell

Sean L. McCarthyby 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
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The new 2016 cast of MADtv on The CW on finding their roles, and team bonding

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

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

Sean L. McCarthyby 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 …

Episode #46: Artie Lange
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Episode #46: Artie Lange

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 24, 2015January 6, 20161

You’ve heard the gravelly voice of Artie Lange for two decades now, as he’s climbed the comedy ranks from MADtv to Dirty Work, The Norm Show …

MADtv will celebrate its 20th anniversary on TV, but on The CW instead of on FOX
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MADtv will celebrate its 20th anniversary on TV, but on The CW instead of on FOX

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 14, 20152

MADtv debuted on Oct. 14, 1995, 20 years after Saturday Night Live — and though the upstart FOX sketch comedy ensemble never unseated NBC’s SNL in …

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