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Sam Jay: “We The People” at Edinburgh Fringe
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Sam Jay: “We The People” at Edinburgh Fringe

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 23, 2025August 23, 2025

⭐⭐⭐½ I’m not surprised that Sam Jay could put on one of the best stand-up hours at the Fringe (I had Jay’s 2020 special ranked …

HBO, HBO Max Has Renewed Both Sketch Shows By Sam Jay and Michael Che
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HBO, HBO Max Has Renewed Both Sketch Shows By Sam Jay and Michael Che

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 22, 2021July 22, 2021

This May, two similar yet tonally completely different sketch series premiered on HBO and HBO Max from the orbit of Saturday Night Live. And now …

Episode #338: Sam Jay
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Episode #338: Sam Jay

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 17, 2021May 17, 20211

Originally from Boston, Sam Jay is an Emmy-nominated writer and critically-acclaimed stand-up comedian. After being named one of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch in 2018, …

Peacock Orders Series Starring Chris Redd, Sam Jay, Jak Knight and Langston Kerman, plus more comedy details
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Peacock Orders Series Starring Chris Redd, Sam Jay, Jak Knight and Langston Kerman, plus more comedy details

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 17, 2021February 17, 20211

From the winter TCA meeting with TV critics, Peacock announced today a new streaming sitcom that’ll star not only Sam Jay and Chris Redd from …

Sam Jay Scores HBO Weekly Talk Show
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Sam Jay Scores HBO Weekly Talk Show

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 29, 2020September 29, 2020

Sam Jay is getting her own late-night talk show! HBO announced a series order for a weekly half-hour talker from Jay, a Saturday Night Live …

Review: Sam Jay, “3 In The Morning” (Netflix)
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Review: Sam Jay, “3 In The Morning” (Netflix)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 18, 2020August 18, 2020

Until now, Sam Jay had one of the great unheralded voices in stand-up comedy. Sure, she had a great gig writing for Saturday Night Live, …

Variety’s 10 Comics To Watch 2018
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Variety’s 10 Comics To Watch 2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 28, 2018June 29, 2018

Congratulations to this year’s class of “10 Comics to Watch,” as anointed by Variety magazine and toasted in July at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. …

Tight 15s: Netflix orders bunch of new, shorter stand-up specials
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Tight 15s: Netflix orders bunch of new, shorter stand-up specials

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 22, 20181

Netflix made waves two years ago by ramping up production of stand-up specials to almost one per week. Last year, the streaming giant also introduced …

Here is the full writing staff for Season 43 of Saturday Night Live
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Here is the full writing staff for Season 43 of Saturday Night Live

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 2, 2017

Saturday Night Live announced new staff writer hires last week in advance of its 43rd season premiere. But SNL usually doesn’t put out press releases …

Here is the schedule for Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents half-hours for Fall 2017
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Here is the schedule for Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents half-hours for Fall 2017

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 29, 2017August 29, 20171

Formerly known as Comedy Central Presents, and later The Half Hour, Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents… will deliver 13 new half-hours of stand-up comedy from up-and-comers, coming at …

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