Iconic comedian Carol Burnett will receive the 16th Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein announced today. "From her television program and appearances, as well as her performances on Broadway and in film, Carol...
Having already established herself as a renaissance woman, Aisha Tyler has given us yet another reason to love her-- she’s added music video producer to her long list of achievements. The new Silversun Pickups video – for the song “Simmer” -- just went live on YouTube,...
This week Mike and I round-up the new comedies hitting the major networks this fall, plus news on Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers, Bill Hader and more. And you get to hear a new track from comedian Mike Lawrence's new album, a favorite bit from SNL character Stefon and listen to a...
Regardless of how big of a comedy nerd you are, there's a good chance you've never heard of comedian Trevor Noah— but that has more to do with location than it does with his skill level. And, anyway, that’s about to change. Born, raised and currently living in Johannesburg,...
Comedian Rob Delaney is not just a guy who's really funny on Twitter and who is writing a book and who has his own hour-long stand-up special and who takes naps in his car and who is tall. He's a guy with his own fucking board game. A board game. I have no idea what's going on...
For the past few years, Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival has established a stellar industry conference that runs simultaneously during the last few days of the month-long event. Set to run from July 25 through July 27, the Just For Laughs ComedyPro conference will...
We’ve already seen the new fall comedy lineups from NBC, Fox and ABC, and today CBS – the network with the traditionally highest comedy ratings – revealed theirs, including four new sitcom offerings which star the likes of Anna Faris, Will Arnett and Robin Williams....
ABC today announced its upcoming fall schedule— and with it, five shiny new comedies starring the likes of Jeff Garlin, Rebel Wilson and Malin Akerman. Since Mondays on ABC will be all about the drama, we’ll skip to Tuesdays, which finds two new comedies – The Goldbergs at...
As is usually the case each year, NBC's new schedule contains the most new comedies of all the major networks, with only two – Parks and Recreation and Community – returning. And just like last year, despite the release of its new programming, Community is nowhere to be...
