The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The American audience in last night’s Tonight Show was very happy to see British stand-up Simon Amstell. Perhaps they knew he’d be up for mocking his queen. Perhaps they knew he’d also be standing up against sexism. Or just perhaps they all expected a happy journey to the middle. As …
You’ll hear a lot in the trades and the trade winds from now through pilot season, which starts in earnest in January, all the way up to the cable Upfronts in the spring and the broadcast network Upfronts in May — when TV programmers present their new and returning lineups …
Jerry Seinfeld spent his Festivus with the rest of us Tuesday night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. And as is his wont, Seinfeld used his first five minutes to deliver a stand-up set. This selection is from a routine he’s been working on about how all of the …
Does this count as a Christmas miracle? Last Comic Standing is back on track for a ninth season probably coming to your TVs in summer 2015, with an actual premiere date and time slot still to be determined by NBC. “We are having final casting showcases in January at the …
At 46, Greg Warren is behind the curve in certain respects. No disrespect to the institutions of marriage and parenthood. With all due respect. It’s just maybe Warren isn’t as behind as you think he is. As he explained in this stand-up performance on Thursday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. …
Kyle Dunnigan is more than just an award-nominated writer for Inside Amy Schumer. Dunnigan also has magic hands, as he demonstrated during his stand-up performance on Thursday night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. Dunnigan also has his own Christmas album, which he spoke to The Comic’s Comic about last year …
Kevin Nealon is in New York City this weekend headlining at Carolines on Broadway. But before that, he stopped in Wednesday night to visit old SNL pal Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show. Nealon also performed stand-up, and in this set, he jokes about buying an electric car when there’s …
Hurry up and wait is a common expression in show business. Now it’s all too relevant to the ninth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, which now has to figure out whether it can return in time for summer 2015 after telling comedians this weekend that production has been put …
In a stunning move, NBC has agreed to free one of its upcoming sitcoms from the clutches of its “drama-heavy” primetime slate to find an audience and grow for at least the next two years on Netflix. Netflix announced Friday night it had picked up Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — starring …
Can you imagine a whole half-hour of Jay Leno’s JayWalking? How about a weekly half-hour of the late Johnny Carson’s Carnac the Magnificent? This is a first: A signature bit from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and now The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon has been spun-off into its own …
