By Jacqueline Trescott, Washington Post | Ellen DeGeneres, the award-winning comedian and talk show host, has been selected by the Kennedy Center to receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Ellen, as she is known to the millions who watch her syndicated talk show, had this to say [...]
By David Bianculli, NPR.org | Johnny Carson walked away from The Tonight Show, after 30 years at the top of the late-night ratings, of his own volition. And except for a few fleeting TV appearances after he retired, he never looked back — and never went back. When filmmaker Peter [...]
By Carl Unegbu, ComedyBeat | As success sometimes brings trouble, so goes the story of the Fox hit comedy GLEE, a big money show that is loved by so many on both sides of the Atlantic. This time the trouble is all in the show’s name itself: Glee. As it [...]
By CBS News.com | Comedian Jon Stewart is broadcasting his “Daily Show” from Tampa, Fla., during the Republican National Convention. The Comedy Central channel said Tuesday that Stewart’s popular “Daily Show” will be taped daily at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts Aug. 28 to Aug. 31 and air [...]
By Dave Itzkoff, New York Times | Having shown that large numbers of people will seek out and pay for a stand-up comedy special that isn’t readily accessible on television, Louis C. K. is now bringing that special to television. FX, the cable channel that is home to Louis C. [...]
By James Hibberd, Entertainment Weekly | NBC has given a series order to a comedy from Glee creator Ryan Murphy that introduces a whole new modern family. The network has greenlit The New Normal, described as a “heartwarming comedy about a blended family of a gay couple and the woman [...]
By Ross Bonaime, Paste Magazine | Comedian, former SNL writer and current 30 Rock scribe Hannibal Buress’ first hour-long Comedy Central special, titled Hannibal Buress: Animal Furnace, is scheduled to air on May 20 at 11:00 p.m. EST. The special includes material about a three-cop jaywalking bust in Montreal, hardcore [...]
By Uptin Saiidi, Newsroom.MTV.com | Last Saturday, NBC ran a re-run of “Saturday Night Live,” but if you thought Kristin Wiig spent her night off from work going to some fancy dinner, throwing back a few drinks and messing around with her friends, you’re…actually right. But it wasn’t all just fun [...]
By Jacqueline Trescott, Washington Post | Ellen DeGeneres, the award-winning comedian and talk show host, has been selected by the Kennedy Center to receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Ellen, as she is known to the millions who watch her syndicated talk show, had this to say [...]
By David Bianculli, NPR.org | Johnny Carson walked away from The Tonight Show, after 30 years at the top of the late-night ratings, of his own volition. And except for a few fleeting TV appearances after he retired, he never looked back — and never went back. When filmmaker Peter [...]
By Carl Unegbu, ComedyBeat | As success sometimes brings trouble, so goes the story of the Fox hit comedy GLEE, a big money show that is loved by so many on both sides of the Atlantic. This time the trouble is all in the show’s name itself: Glee. As it [...]
By CBS News.com | Comedian Jon Stewart is broadcasting his “Daily Show” from Tampa, Fla., during the Republican National Convention. The Comedy Central channel said Tuesday that Stewart’s popular “Daily Show” will be taped daily at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts Aug. 28 to Aug. 31 and air [...]
By Dave Itzkoff, New York Times | Having shown that large numbers of people will seek out and pay for a stand-up comedy special that isn’t readily accessible on television, Louis C. K. is now bringing that special to television. FX, the cable channel that is home to Louis C. [...]
By James Hibberd, Entertainment Weekly | NBC has given a series order to a comedy from Glee creator Ryan Murphy that introduces a whole new modern family. The network has greenlit The New Normal, described as a “heartwarming comedy about a blended family of a gay couple and the woman [...]
By Ross Bonaime, Paste Magazine | Comedian, former SNL writer and current 30 Rock scribe Hannibal Buress’ first hour-long Comedy Central special, titled Hannibal Buress: Animal Furnace, is scheduled to air on May 20 at 11:00 p.m. EST. The special includes material about a three-cop jaywalking bust in Montreal, hardcore [...]
By Uptin Saiidi, Newsroom.MTV.com | Last Saturday, NBC ran a re-run of “Saturday Night Live,” but if you thought Kristin Wiig spent her night off from work going to some fancy dinner, throwing back a few drinks and messing around with her friends, you’re…actually right. But it wasn’t all just fun [...]
By Wenn.com | Robin Williams wowed comedy fans in Hollywood Wednesday night when he stepped onstage at a tiny, back-room comedy club and asked if he could perform a stand-up routine. The funnyman, who occasionally hits the road for big-venue comedy shows, tested out new material on 40 lucky comedy [...]
By Reuters | Late-night TV comedian Jimmy Kimmel admits he is anxious about headlining his first White House Correspondents Dinner this coming Saturday, and his self-confessed lack of insight into Washington doesn’t help calm his nerves. The star of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” told Reuters his interest in politics is [...]
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