Carol Burnett accepts the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016
by The Screen Actors Guild honored Carol Burnett this year with a Lifetime Achievement Award, introduced by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and escorted to the …
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Most-liked Instagrams for The Comic’s Comic in 2015
You can look back on a calendar year from many different perspectives and points of entry. Your memories flash in front of you. And then …
“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 …
Maya & Marty? Maya Rudolph’s NBC variety series may earn renewal as duo with Martin Short
This just in from reliable source Michael Ausiello at TVLine: NBC has given serious considerations to bringing back Maya Rudolph’s variety show as a series, …
Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch: 2015
Plenty of magazines and websites post slideshows of their hottest 50 up-and-coming stand-up comedians to keep an eye out for before they blaze a trail …
Marlon Wayans comedy/variety series coming summer 2015 to NBC
Last summer, Marlon Wayans presided over a comedy competition on TBS called Funniest Wins. This summer, this Wayans brother is headed to broadcast network TV …
Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis will executive produce The Chris Gethard Show for Fusion
“We love what you do and we’re proud to be a part of it.” — That was Will Ferrell, calling in to the final live …
NBC orders American adaptation of ITV variety series, Neil Patrick Harris to host
NBC has been searching for a new variety series franchise for the past couple of years. Neil Patrick Harris has been looking to front a …
Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch: 2014
Variety has announced its 15th annual list of “10 Comics To Watch,” who’ll be spotlighted and feted at the end of July both in the …
Highlights from the debut of The Maya Rudolph Show on NBC
Can the variety show come back into our lives like a prodigal son or daughter? Can the networks give a variety show more than a …