By Laughspin Staff | April 19, 2013 at 12:50 pm | No comments
You may already know that veteran comedian and Conan writer Deon Cole landed his own television show on TBS. Well, today is first-promo day. We’ll let Cole tell you more about his show, Deon Cole’s Black Box, premiering Monday, June 10 at 10 pm ET.
Be sure to...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 17, 2013 at 3:54 pm | One comment
Comedian Theo Von, a three-time guest essayist for Laughspin, has inked a deal with TBS to host its new hidden-camera show Deal With It. The network describes the Howie Mandel-produced reality series like this:
…unsuspecting members of the public will be secretly dared to...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 3, 2013 at 12:13 pm | 2 comments
UPDATE -- 12:35 pm ET: Laughspin can independently confirm that Byrne did get into an altercation with a cab driver, wherein he sustained a broken jaw. Production, we're told, will resume in six weeks or less. We want to wish Byrne a speedy recovery.
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When comedian...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 1, 2013 at 11:37 am | 2 comments
As uncertainty lingers around the futures of Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon, late night hero Conan O’Brien has secured his role as the flagship name of TBS comedy programming. The network announced today that Coco has renewed his contract through November of 2015, guaranteeing...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | September 5, 2012 at 11:59 am | One comment
Comedian Steve Byrne’s well-received TBS sitcom Sullivan & Son has been re-upped for a second season. Averaging more than 2.5 million viewers every Thursday at 10 pm ET, it seemed a no-brainer for the comedy-centric cable network to allow for a sophomore season.
Along with...
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By Samantha Simon | July 12, 2012 at 1:00 pm | No comments
TruTV is upping their programming with a new show starring Shaquille O'Neal. The retired NBA star will host Upload With Shaquille O'Neal alongside comedians Gary Owen and Godfrey-- plus a guest star each week.
Much like Tosh.0, the show will feature a selection of the finest...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 10, 2012 at 6:15 pm | One comment
Conan O'Brien's empire is expanding! Veteran comedian and Conan writer Deon Cole has landed a deal to host Deon Cole's Black Box on TBS, home to Coco's late-night show.
"[Cole] will invade America's televisions each week to provide his take on some of the most outrageous...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | March 20, 2012 at 9:48 pm | No comments
It was reported three days ago that Tom Papa had inked a deal with TBS to shoot a show pilot titled Naked Truth. The former host of NBC's The Marriage Ref will facilitate conversations between himself and three other comedians, Deadline reported. But we can exclusively reveal...
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By Jake Kroeger | March 13, 2012 at 9:40 am | No comments
Many comedians strive to make people from all sorts of backgrounds laugh, but an incredibly small percentage of them actually achieve that. Amongst them is the Ian Edwards. From six seasons on Punk'd to writing on Saturday Night Live to crushing it on stand-up stages everywhere...
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