A flowchart explaining the differences between 27 broadcast network sitcom pilots in 2016
by Modern Family remains a hit for ABC in its seventh season, and that network has successfully expanded that family sitcom template in the past couple …
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Meet “Maya and Marty in Manhattan” this May, on NBC
There’s something about putting Maya Rudolph and Martin Short on live TV from inside 30 Rock that just works. It did for Rudolph from 2000-2007, …
SNL #41.12 Feel The Bern Enthusiasm with host Larry David, special guests Bernie Sanders, Zoolander 2’s Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson
The madness of another presidential election continues to shine all-star comedy on Saturday Night Live, as even before Larry David hosted this 12th episode of …
JB Smoove recollects his rejected SNL pitches for Seth Meyers
For as much as we think we know about the making of each Saturday Night Live episode, we still don’t get to see the magic …
Episode #56: Roy Wood, Jr.
When Roy Wood Jr. started interning in morning radio and working in his native Birmingham, Ala., he initially thought he might be the next Ricky …
Episode #55: Seth Herzog
Seth Herzog is what Malcolm Gladwell would call a Connector. The Zog seemingly knows everyone in comedy and show business who lives and works in …
Review: Whitney Cummings, “I’m Your Girlfriend” (HBO)
There’s a moment in the beginning of I’m Your Girlfriend, the new hour stand-up special from Whitney Cummings (and her first for HBO), in which …
NBC to celebrate Jimmy Fallon’s second anniversary as Tonight Show host with primetime special, week of shows in Los Angeles
Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show tenure will receive a second-anniversary primetime party on Valentine’s Day, followed by a week of shows broadcast from Universal Studios in …
Iliza Shlesinger’s third performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
For her third appearance performing stand-up on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Iliza Shlesinger went back to catch viewers up on her notion of …
“Oh, Hello” has its moment as Gil Faizon and George St Geegland draw rave Off-Broadway reviews, big names and hit “Late Night” TV
In this age of “Too Much TV,” we’re also here in New York City living in the age of Too Much Tuna. Gil Faizon and …