By Josiah M. Hesse | June 15, 2013 at 1:45 pm | One comment
CHICAGO -- In the absence of a high profile hockey game and a bombastically hyped thunderstorm, day four of Just For Laughs Chicago was a heavily attended night of wildly different styles of comedy. After seeing Seth Meyers, Hannibal Buress and Al Madrigal deliver some palatable...
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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 Dylan P. Gadino | May 9, 2013 at 4:56 pm | No comments
May 10, 12:50 pm ET -- NBC greenlighted a new series from Scrubs and Cougar Town creator Bill Lawrence, reports Deadline. It's called Undateable and it will star Chris D'Elia, who played opposite Whitney Cummings for two seasons of Whitney, which was canceled yesterday.
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 24, 2013 at 11:28 am | No comments
As the Senior Latino Correspondent – or is it the Senior Immigration Correspondent? – Al Madrigal has been at the center of some of the sharpest, most satisfying field pieces on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for the past two years. It took little time for the San...
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By Laughspin Staff | October 1, 2012 at 11:35 am | 2 comments
In the ever-growing spirit of comedy community DIY ethics, All Things Comedy officially launched today. The brainchild of comedians Al Madrigal and Bill Burr, ATC is a comedy network boasting 11 of the most well-respected comedy podcasts, including Burr’s Monday Morning...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | October 6, 2011 at 1:34 pm | No comments
Despite an aggressive Twitter campaign launched Monday by the show's star Hank Azaria and carried on through yesterday -- with most of the cast and even friends of the cast joining in -- NBC has canceled Free Agents. The tweet pleas asking folks to tune in to last night's...
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By Punchline Magazine | May 18, 2011 at 1:03 pm | No comments
Since we broke the news of comedian Al Madrigal's joining The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as its newest correspondent, we've gotten a few e-mails either asking or implying that the move no doubt means second-newest contributor Olivia Munn is no longer a part of the show.
But...
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By Punchline Magazine | May 18, 2011 at 8:03 am | No comments
Comedian Al Madrigal made his debut on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart last night, as Jon introduced him as the show's new Senior Latino Correspondent. Although in the outro, Jon calls him the Senior Hispanic Correspondent. Which is it? We HAVE to know!
Regardless, Al was great...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | May 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm | No comments
Comedy Central just sent out a press release officially announcing what we reported early yesterday morning-- that comedian Al Madrigal is the newest contributor to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His first appearance will go down tonight as he joins Jon in the studio for a...
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