The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television’s Comedy Legends. is happening Nov. 21, 2019, in Beverly Hills. And legends they are, assembling for one night only: Carol Burnett, Norman Lear, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner and Lily Tomlin. “From the hilarious antics of Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, and Lily Tomlin …
The critically-acclaimed revival of One Day at at Time, cancelled by Netflix after three seasons, will continue with a new 13-episode fourth season on Pop TV in 2020. And as part of the deal, the new episodes also will air on CBS after the run on Pop. The original sitcom …
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons is coming to ABC as a 90-minute primetime special, thanks not just to Lear and Jimmy Kimmel, but also Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Brent Miller, and Justin Theroux. Kimmel and Theroux first announced the plan …
Norman Lear is honored that The Kennedy Center has chosen to honor him — alongside Gloria Estefan, LL Cool J, Lionel Richie, and Carmen de Lavallade — for the center’s annual celebration of the arts in 2017. But Lear will skip the traditional pre-show reception at The White House. Thanks, Trump. …
At 94, comedy legend Norman Lear is just now joining the podcast fray with his own talk show, “All of the Above,” which debuted today on PodcastOne. Lear’s first episode welcomed guest Amy Poehler to talk about her upcoming movie with Will Ferrell, The House. Paul Hipp not only wrote …
Whether this becomes a new annual ritual or not, Samantha Bee and her Full Frontal team from TBS put on a heckuva show Saturday night in Washington, D.C., with their first “Not the White House Correspondents Dinner” special. Among the top highlights: A clip reel of comedians taking digs at …
One of Norman Lear’s classic beloved TV sitcoms has new lives breathed into it, as One Day at a Time debuts today on Netflix complete with 13 episodes featuring a new cast in a new setting. Justina Machado stars as Penelope, a newly single mother and military veteran raising her …
Norman Lear is a television legend. Writer, producer and creator of all-time classic sitcoms of the 1970s – including All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Maude. Lear made satire tackling race, class, and gender inequalities and things that matter …
The TV Land Icon Awards 2016 aired on Sunday night, and handed out several new Icon Awards, including an Instant Icon to Cuba Gooding Jr. for his portrayal of O.J. Simpson in the just-concluded FX miniseries, The People vs. O.J. Simpson, and to Debbie Allen the Trailblazer Icon for her …
Does a Good Times reunion sound DYN-O-MITE to you? The surviving original cast members — John Amos (father James Evans, Sr.), Jimmie Walker (J.J.), Bern Nadette Stanis (Thelma), Ralph Carter (Michael) and Ja’Net Dubois (Willona Woods) — have joined in on a united Kickstarter effort to find a movie that …
