NBC Orders Two Lilly Singh Variety Specials
by NBC isn’t going to let Lilly Singh languish in late-late-night all by herself. The network has ordered two primetime episodes of Sketchy Times with Lilly …
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Watch Carol Burnett accept the first Carol Burnett Award from the Golden Globes (and read her acceptance speech)
“Does this mean I get to accept it every year? But you know, my first love growing up was the movies. I’d see as many …
Review: “2 Dope Queens,” many dope perspectives in HBO variety series
Turning a podcast into a TV special, let alone a four-part series, doesn’t make sense for most podcasts. But 2 Dope Queens isn’t any podcast. …
TV Academy modifies definitions of two Variety Special categories for 2018
The Television Academy announced some minor modifications to categories in its annual Emmy Awards, and one of the new changes for 2018 does impact the …
CBS to celebrate 50th anniversary of “The Carol Burnett Show” with a primetime reunion and tribute special
A few days before the 50th anniversary of the premiere of The Carol Burnett Show on CBS, the Eye Network has announced plans to broadcast …
BET’s full late-night revamp for 2017 includes Deon Cole game show, 50 Cent variety show and more
BET may have leaked word early about the network’s upcoming new late-night talk show hosted by former Nightly Show head writer/correspondent Robin Thede (and executive …
A few thoughts about the Maya & Marty premiere on NBC
“What is this?” Both Martin Short and Kenan Thompson both asked variations on that question during the opening monologue for the debut episode Tuesday night …
Meet “Maya and Marty in Manhattan” this May, on NBC
There’s something about putting Maya Rudolph and Martin Short on live TV from inside 30 Rock that just works. It did for Rudolph from 2000-2007, …
“Best Time Ever” is over at NBC, but Neil Patrick Harris may live to showcase again
Neil Patrick Harris brought the primetime variety show back to broadcast network TV. But when NBC already had one successful live variety showcase in primetime …
Back to Beijing: The NYT Magazine profiles comedian Joe Wong’s return to China
In 2013, comedian Joe Wong returned to China after living in the United States for close to two decades — first graduating from Rice University …