By Laughspin Staff | May 16, 2013 at 11:10 am | One comment
When I first saw a television commercial for the initial season of Small Town Security, I thought, “Cool! AMC has dived into the comedy game by creating a hilarious series about bumbling, wannabe police officers.” Upon further inspection, however, I learned this wasn’t the...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | May 15, 2013 at 2:14 pm | No comments
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...
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By Zach Buckner | May 15, 2013 at 1:35 pm | No comments
Who’s not honoring Stephen Colbert -- and unfortunately everyone on the Laughspin staff and all of you reading this -- now? I’m sorry to break the news to all of you, but none of us (including Colbert) made this year’s Maxim’s Hot 100. I know, I know, heartbreaking. But...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | May 15, 2013 at 11:59 am | 2 comments
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....
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By Dylan P. Gadino | May 14, 2013 at 11:01 pm | No comments
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...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 14, 2013 at 9:40 pm | No comments
After eight years and the creation of what seems like an endless list of characters Bill Hader will be leaving Saturday Night Live. This weekend's season finale will be his last episode. "It was a hard decision, but it has to happen at some point. It got to a point where I said,...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | May 13, 2013 at 12:42 pm | No comments
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...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 13, 2013 at 11:37 am | 3 comments
Last week found comedy fans buried in a flurry of network television news, what with the announcements of new show pick-ups and current show cancellations. And this week, we’ll begin to hear about each network’s new fall programming schedules. Since we’re interested in...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 13, 2013 at 10:42 am | One comment
Kristen Wiig made her triumphant return to Saturday Night Live after she tearfully left the show one year ago. As the SNL's host she didn’t disappoint, deftly weaving between new characters and reviving some of the old favorites like the Target Lady, Kat from "Garth and Kat"...
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