The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Conan O’Brien announced on Monday night’s Conan that he and his Team Coco crew would bring their TBS late-night talker back to Chicago this June for a week of tapings that coincides with the 2012 TBS Just For Laughs Chicago comedy festival. O’Brien thus fulfills the promise he made during …
The Windy City is becoming more and more a traditional annual stop into America for Just For Laughs, as the biggest comedy festival organization has teamed up for a fourth straight June with TBS on Just For Laughs Chicago. They announced the initial slate of headlining shows for June 12-17, …
It may be pilot season in Hollywood for the networks, but cable operates on its own schedule, and TBS announced on Friday that it had ordered a 10-episode first season for Steve Byrne’s sitcom, Sullivan and Son, to premiere this summer. Byrne told his Facebook friends: “Hey everyone! I wanted to …
Owen Smith is an actor and writer on the TBS reboot of Are We There Yet?, but he showed off his stand-up comedy chops the other night on Conan. Occupy Wall Street’s racial turnabout is fair play, as is gay marriage and marriage vows. Think about it. Or just listen …
As you already may have heard, Team Coco is returning to New York City for four live tapings of Conan on TBS this fall. But how do you procure yourself tickets to one of these Conan NYC tapings? Well, it’s an online lottery (the system SNL also uses). With some catches. …
Something old, something new from Baron Vaughn on last night’s episode of Conan. Not to worry, though: nothing borrowed, nor nothing blue. Wait. Is somebody getting married in this item? No. Just fun with words. Words with friends. I like the part when Baron Vaughn is on my TV. Roll …
Hugh Moore performed on last night’s Conan. I’m pretty sure he was sober. But as Moore acknowledged, he has learned that he’s funny when he’s drunk, too. He also wondered why we don’t have cheaper cars in this economy, how you clean a historic statue and what the guy who …
To hear everyone tell it, you’d think TBS has serious issues with its late-night TV lineup, what with the cancellation of Lopez Tonight after only two seasons, and the steep decline in viewership for Conan as it nears the end of its first year on basic cable. In May, Conan …
Another member of this year’s “new faces” from Montreal hit the late-night TV circuit last night, as Sean O’Connor shared his uncomfortable sexual journey with the viewing audience on Conan. O’Connor recently moved from New York to Los Angeles to write for Sports Show with Norm Macdonald. Also, I just …
Thursday’s episode of Lopez Tonight was supposed to feature actress Raven and stand-up comedian Auggie Smith. But after TBS announced on Wednesday that it was pulling the plug on George Lopez’s late-night show rather than grant Lopez and his crew a full third-season order, Lopez ripped up the script and …
