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Kyle Kinane arrived on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon hot off of a new Comedy Central album and special, but he’s also just come to accept turning 38. Not only did Kinane joke he didn’t think he’d make it this far, but now that he has, he also has …
NBC aired two ads during the Super Bowl for Saturday Night Live’s upcoming SNL40 40th anniversary special, and in doing so, revealed a lengthy list of former hosts, musical guests and cast members confirmed for the reunion party. Of course, Lorne Michaels always loves to keep some celebrity cameos a …
Despite proclamations last year that “pilot season” was dead or dying, it’s alive and well as we head into the final week of January 2015. After wrapping up a busy December in development deals, the world of “Maybe See TV” for the broadcast networks and cable channels has heated up. …
Sebastian Maniscalco is happy to be done with the holiday season. Not that spending the night with relatives is any easier or less stressful for him than staying in a hotel. They both have their disadvantages, as Maniscalco explained on Thursday’s episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers. Roll the …
Nick Guerra may have made an even better first impression with NBC than he thought. Last summer, you saw Guerra shine in his early auditions for Last Comic Standing. Last night, NBC announced he’d won the network’s separate contest, called StandUp NBC (formerly Stand-Up For Diversity). His prize is a …
NBC has announced the 10 finalists for the first edition of the network’s NBC Playground, an open competition to seek out new voices for primetime broadcast sitcoms. Entries that advanced after submitting initial introduction videos, sitcom pitches and the required application are: Jeff Galante (Los Angeles) Tyler Hall (Brooklyn) Melissa …
Iliza Shlesinger has a new stand-up hour-plus debuting this weekend on Netflix, and to celebrate/promote it, the former Last Comic champ performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Now that Shlesinger is in her 30s, she’d like to be more serious about her dating experiences. Now if only she …
Phoebe Robinson made her debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Thursday, and lets us know what it was like to meet her boyfriend’s white family. More importantly, perhaps, Robinson wants to reinforce for us the point of interracial dating — it’s not about answering cultural questions, but about …
If the Saturday primetime reruns of edited classic episodes of NBC’s Saturday Night Live have only made you more interested in diving down the rabbit-hole of 40 years of SNL, then please turn your attention to VH1 Classic. Starting Jan. 28, 2015, VH1 Classic will kick off a 19-day, 433-hour …
NBC will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live with a live special on Feb. 15, 2015. But there also will be a living exhibition for you to check out in person this spring if you’re in New York City. Saturday Night Live: The Exhibition, will debut this spring …
