The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The most recent Republican presidential debate began on such an unpresidential note, that even though it happened on Thursday night, all of the late-night comedy shows still wanted to address it come Monday. Most made basic jokes. The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore saw the bigger picture, though. Dick jokes …
Winning a prize at the New York Television Festival might not put your independent TV pilot on the air immediately, but it definitely will put you on the map and on the radar for the executives and showrunners who are looking to hire the next great voice. Even just before …
With $30 million in box-office receipts from her first weekend as the star/writer of her first feature film, Amy Schumer‘s ascent to the A-list level of star status has not been lost on anyone, including Schumer. Nor has she lost sight of her funny friends who helped her and stood …
The third annual Funny Or Die Presents Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival 2015 will get a later start in late summer, but run through October and include Aziz Ansari and Amy Schumer as its top-billed stars on all of the dates. Joining Ansari and Schumer for this go-around, a cast of …
Robert Smigel and Jon Stewart once again have assembled a great collection of comedians, comedic actors and funny people to help raise money for programs that support families with autism. It’s called Night of Too Many Stars and has raised more than $18 million since 2006. I’ve already detailed at …
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 …
Ted Alexandro began his comedy career as part of a duo, with Hollis James. Two decades later, Alexandro and James are back working together, collaborating on the fun new webseries, “Teacher’s Lounge.” It also reunites them in old familiar roles, with Alexandro teaching music and James as the janitor of a …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they’re comedians? No, that’s not it. It is a fact, though, that America’s biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
Comedy Central’s third season of The Half Hour, its solo stand-up showcase series, kicks off this Friday night — and this morning, the network sneaked us all a peek at all 14 comedians to come this summer. If you missed it on the TV, you can watch The Half Hour …
For a third consecutive year, Comedy Central will head to Boston to tape half-hour specials for stand-up comedians. The Half Hour boasts 15 new specials to air in 2014. So who’s recording half-hours this year? UPDATED: You can secure free tickets to watch The Half Hour tapings in Boston from …
