The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Paul Mecurio is seen every night by audiences of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, as he warms them up before the CBS cameras turn on for taping. Mecurio graduated from law school and started out on Wall Street, though, before ever discovering his passions for comedy and getting a big break by selling …
He may be remembered today as the one man who kept Sean Hannity in check for 13 years, or even as a radio talk-show giant before and after that, but Alan Colmes was at heart a stand-up comedian. Colmes died today, after recently taking a hiatus at the end of …
Comedy Central really didn’t like seeing Stephen Colbert bring back The Colbert Report‘s version of “Stephen Colbert” and the “Word” last week to The Late Show on CBS. So much so that Viacom’s lawyers stepped in to make sure it wouldn’t happen again. On Wednesday night’s episode of The Late …
Desperate times call for desperate measures. The Emmy Awards announced nominees last week for the first time in some 16 years not naming Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert. On Monday night, both returned to late-night TV in glorious measure. Stephen Colbert teased Stewart’s appearance on The Late Show, but it …
American hero “Stephen Colbert” closed out his nine-year run of hosting The Colbert Report with one final edition of “The Word,” by cheating death (sorry, Grimmy), by inviting a who’s who of who’s that to sing along with him to the tune of “We’ll Meet Again,” and then by flying …
We knew that “Stephen Colbert” would interview President Barack Obama on Monday night’s The Colbert Report, but we didn’t know that Obama would upstage Colbert even earlier into his episode, taking over just as Colbert was about to deliver “The Word” segment. As the president said, “How hard could this …
With only eight shows left, “Stephen Colbert” is going out with a bang on Comedy Central these next two weeks, starting tonight with a field trip to Washington, D.C., to sit down with President Barack Obama. It’s been a long, strange, wonderful trip with The Colbert Report. And we’re all …
The top comedy writers on TV for 2014 were stand-up comedians, according to the Emmy Awards. Take that, comedy writers. In a telecast light on filler, viral videos or much in the way of surprises, the Emmy wins for Louis C.K. (writing, comedy series) and Sarah Silverman (writing, variety special) …
“Mazel Tina!” That’s an appropriate title for the episode that won Bob’s Burgers its first Emmy Award over the weekend. Harry Shearer, long known but never properly celebrated for his voice work on The Simpsons, also earned his first individual Emmy during the Creative Emmys ceremonies, held separately a week …
Here are your nominees for 2014 Emmy Awards in TV comedy. Will update with more categories and breakdowns, but for now, congrats to all! Making a big splash this year definitely is Netflix, with its decision to Orange Is the New Black in comedy earning the streaming site a series …
