Comedy nerds or just plain nerds: Critics Choice Awards fete Louis CK, Patton Oswalt, Big Bang
by The phrase “comedy nerd” gets thrown around online so much this decade that you wonder what meaning it still has, and yet, here are two …
Tag: The Daily Show
John Oliver’s first episode as guest host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
“Let’s just all acknowledge for a moment that this is weird. It looks weird. It feels weird. It even sounds weird. It sounds weird to …
David Letterman offers John Oliver advice on late-night TV show hosting, interviewing
John Oliver made his first appearance last night on Late Show with David Letterman. After talking about the differences between comedy in the UK and …
John Oliver to host The Daily Show during Jon Stewart’s summer hiatus to write, direct movie prompted by TDS segment
If Jon Stewart looks and sounds a bit more British this summer, that’s because John Oliver will be playing the role of “Jon Stewart” in …
David Letterman’s audience-free monologue for Hurricane Sandy
As the advancing winds and rain of Hurricane Sandy began hitting New York City and the Tri-State area on Monday, the storm forced the cancellation …
Comedy Central to air election campaign TV ads blasting CNN and FOX News
Comedy Central won the battle for late-night viewers under 35 years old during the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Now they’re looking to take it …
The late-night TV wars of 2011: Winners and losers
With late-night TV pretty much done for the year (everyone’s airing repeats or is pre-empted for holiday programming for next week’s final week of 2011), …
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Occupy Comedy: Jeffrey Ross roasts, Jamie Kilstein goes “undercover,” John Oliver is the 98%
Some of the people who have joined the Occupy Wall Street movement in NYC and other cities across America may be ridiculous, but the movement …
Samantha Bee named Canadian Comedy Person of the Year at 2011 awards
The 2011 Canadian Comedy Awards were handed out last night in Toronto, with The Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent Samantha Bee named Canadian Comedy …
Remembering 9/11 and comedy: What’s your story?
Living in New York City, it’s difficult to get through a September 11 without thinking about what happened that day in 2001, and yet I …