The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Randall Otis writes for The Daily Show, and made his network TV debut as a stand-up performing on The Late Show. Otis wishes he were from Atlanta. He’s from Florida instead. And yes, he’s sorry. Even though he’s from a “nice” part of Florida? His parents kept things real for …
Ali Sultan made his network TV debut on last night’s Late Show, and host Stephen Colbert wanted us to know beforehand that Sultan was born in Yemen. Spoiler alert?! Sultan immigrated to America when he was 15. We think.
The Peabody Awards begin announcing recipients of their 2021 honors, and chief among them in the comedy realm, Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso and CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Here are their citations and acceptance speeches, with appearances also from Will Ferrell and Steve Carell! TED LASSO The premise …
With late-night TV productions shut down, and networks airing repeats in their place, some hosts have taken to recording ad hoc monologues from home or remotely to at least give some viewers (and themselves) some comfort during the global pandemic of coronavirus and self-quarantining. Here’s a look at some of …
Hannah Einbinder served up some looks and a jazzy femme fatale of an opening bit on Friday’s Late Show. And then time-traveled through some epic act-outs. Talk about making a memorable first impression for your network TV debut!
Starting Tuesday, Pop TV is giving its morning viewers a chance to catch up on what they may have missed if they went to bed before watching The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS. The encore broadcast airs at 9 a.m. Eastern/Pacific. It’s another step in the Viacom/CBS merger. …
Most late-night talk-show chats are not designed to be newsworthy. Guests agree to come on to promote their new or next gigs, and the hosts are just happy to have a continuous flow of new guests to promote said gigs and fill up airtime and make us laugh or help …
We’re only two weeks into 2020, and already, the broadcast networks have OK’d more spin-offs for bits from their late-night talk shows. First, NBC announced That’s My Jam, hosted by Jimmy Fallon and based off of the viral segments from Fallon’s Tonight Show in which he raps and/or dances with …
Pedro Gonzalez, originally from Bogata, Colombia, shows us exactly how much flavor he has in this performance on Wednesday’s Late Show. Roll the clip!
Kate Willett made her network TV debut on Tuesday night’s Late Show, although she actually recorded this performance back in May (fun facts!). Speaking of fun facts, Willett jokes about how dating loser boys is perhaps less problematic for women these days than it would have been for her mother’s …
