Frankie Shaw’s SMILF jumps from Sundance short film to Showtime series
by Frankie Shaw’s short film, SMILF, won the jury award at the Sundance Film Festival a couple of years ago and garnered further interest from Showtime. …
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Here are your celebrity panelists for the 2016 reboot of Match Game on ABC
Match Game finally is back. The 2016 version, premiering Sunday June 26, 2016, on ABC, began taping new episodes in America for the first time …
HBO announces new Rosie O’Donnell stand-up documentary, Tig Notaro stand-up special for 2015
HBO took its turn before the Winter Press Tour of the TV Critics Association (TCA) on Thursday, and among the premiere date announcements for new …
Margaret Cho on Joan Rivers: “Putting the fun back in funeral”
An excerpt from Margaret Cho’s experience at the memorial service for Joan Rivers, held Sunday in New York City: The temple was huge and packed …
Before They Were Famous: 19 Stand-Up Comedians Who Performed on A&E’s An Evening at the Improv
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Improvisation comedy club’s opening in New York City (since closed in NYC, though The Improv chain has …
Review: “Women Aren’t Funny,” a documentary
Are women funny? Are you funny? That’s a fairer, more legitimate question. In a new documentary by stand-up comedian Bonnie McFarlane, shot with her husband, …