By Dave Emrich | August 15, 2011 at 11:49 am | No comments
Daniel Tosh will be at the helm of yet another Comedy Central project, but this time he won't be in front of the camera as he is on the wildly popular Tosh.0. The network has greenlighted a new, original animated series called Brickleberry, centered around "a group of...
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By Carrie Andersen | August 15, 2011 at 9:37 am | One comment
Dan Levy is a contemporary renaissance comedian-- if there is such a thing. With the ability to seamlessly transition from stand-up stage (including his own half-hour Comedy Central special), to TV hosting duties to Web series production and acting to writing for network...
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By Dave Emrich | August 12, 2011 at 2:04 pm | 2 comments
If all goes according to plan, multi-faceted comedian Demetri Martin will join a long, successful tradition of animated comedy at Fox, which boasts The Simpsons, Family Guy and most recently Bob's Burgers. According to Deadline, Martin is finalizing a deal with the network,...
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By Carrie Andersen | August 11, 2011 at 3:48 pm | One comment
If the Colbert Super PAC’s official government papers weren’t enough to convince you that the organization is legit, maybe these new videos will convince you. This week, the organization released its first two TV ads, debuting with “Episode IV: A New Hope,” asking Iowans...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | August 11, 2011 at 12:08 pm | No comments
Quickly-rising comedian Anthony Jeselnik, who most recently garnered wide attention with his stellar performance at Comedy Central's Roast of Donald Trump in March as well as a killer set on Conan last month (see video below), has landed a development deal with the network....
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By Dylan P. Gadino | August 11, 2011 at 11:47 am | No comments
If you're thinking to yourself, hey, the first part of that headline is old, we don't blame you. For the third time, Comedy Central has chosen Family Guy creator and proven wise ass Seth MacFarlane to host one of the network's always-highly-rated roasts, according to EW.com....
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By Daniel Berkowitz | August 11, 2011 at 10:35 am | 2 comments
Comedian Lavell Crawford made a name for himself when he finished in second place on season five of Last Comic Standing. Crawford has parlayed that exposure into tremendous success. He recently filmed an episode of Comedy Central's ratings monster Workaholics, and has been a...
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By Fred Farris | August 8, 2011 at 7:39 pm | One comment
Comedy Central announced today an exclusive multi-platform deal with Weird Al Yankovic, the most prolific comedy recording artist of all time. The deal consists of three main prongs-- the first of which is the world premiere of Weird Al' Yankovic Live! - The Alpocalypse Tour....
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By Fred Farris | August 6, 2011 at 8:45 am | No comments
Peter Parker has been placed in a pine box - or maybe not, but isn't alliteration fun? Anyway, Parker has indeed kicked the can and the choice to replace him is causing quite a nerd stir on the Interwebs. A new half-Hispanic, half-Black Spider-Man makes his debut in the...
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