The Definitive Guide to Comedy
When people talk about the longest-running TV shows in American history, will they remember to mention Whose Line Is It Anyway? Before August 1998, improvisational comedy wasn’t even really seen on television. Certainly not as the main attraction. But on Aug. 5, 1998, Whose Line made the move from British …
The CW announced at the TCAs over the weekend that it’s going to keep the make-em-up funnies coming for at least another year, ordering 24 more half-hour episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway? to air in 2015. The improvisational comedy “game show” made its return last year with a …
Only two weeks into its revival, Whose Line Is It Anyway? not only has proven to be a hit for The CW, but it’s also revived the broadcast network’s hopes to program actual sitcoms and other comedy series on its dial. The CW announced late Monday it had ordered a …
Who’s ready for some new Whose Line Is It Anyway? anyway? The short-form improvised comedy game show that’s not really a game show but just a good half-hour of make-em-up fun returns tonight (8 p.m. Eastern/Pacific) on The CW. Aisha Tyler has replaced Drew Carey as the host, but the …
For a special preview for its summer reboot on The CW, Whose Line Is It Anyway celebrates one of its new sister shows, the rebooted Beverly Hills, 90210. Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie are back to come up with song titles for Wayne Brady to make up lyrics in this …
The greatest unanswered question in short-form improv will return to TV this summer as The CW has revived the game show that’s not a game show (unless you consider improvised comedy a game), Whose Line is it Anyway? Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie will return, too, as primetime …
