By Laughspin Staff | March 20, 2013 at 11:45 am | No comments
Cedric the Entertainer, part of The Original Kings of Comedy, has been named the new host of long-running game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Cedric will take over for Meredith Vieira who will leave after the show’s current season. “With his deep roots as a successful...
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By Billy Procida | July 2, 2012 at 10:28 am | 3 comments
If you don't know the name Walter Latham, you surely know his phenomenal work. His producing resume includes The Original Kings of Comedy, Queens of Comedy, Martin Lawerence's Runteldat, Chris Rock's Bring the Pain, and P. Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy. The Brooklyn native was...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | April 18, 2012 at 11:05 pm | No comments
This June, Cedric the Entertainer will return to network television for the first time since his run on the Steve Harvey Show. It's all happening around a Hot in Cleveland spinoff called The Soul Man, wherein Cedric plays a former R&B superstar who is now employed as the pastor...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | September 15, 2011 at 11:53 pm | No comments
This could be Cedric the Entertainer's biggest year yet. The man is hosting a popular prime time network game show -- It's Worth What? on NBC -- is working on no less than two movies and recently launched his own line of high-end head wear called Ced What?
And now, we're...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | August 30, 2011 at 9:33 pm | 2 comments
Veteran comedian Cedric the Entertainer has accomplished a great many things during his career; he was one of the four Original Kings of Comedy, has acted in and voiced a seemingly countless number of movies and is currently the host of the prime time NBC game show, It's Worth...
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By John Delery | June 13, 2011 at 4:57 pm | No comments
Anyone rushing to the patent office to protect your idea for a game show that combines Antique Roadshow with The Price Is Right, take a breather: NBC beat you to the window.
Beginning July 12, comedian Cedric the Entertainer will host It’s Worth What?, “a game show,” the...
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By Brendan McLaughlin | January 6, 2010 at 4:09 pm | 2 comments
Comedians Carlos Mencia and Cedric the Entertainer have inked sitcom deals with the ABC network.
Mr. Mencia’s show will center on a his life in a large immigrant family. Mr. The Entertainer’s show will focus on his character, a retired baseball player working as a radio...
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By Brendan McLaughlin | September 10, 2009 at 11:08 am | No comments
They say the days of success in stand-up leading to big time deals could be on the decline. However, Comics on Screen, a new documentary airing on the Starz network, tells the stories of a handful of comedians who got their lucky breaks in Hollywood through live comedy.
The...
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