‘Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of...
Frequent comedy collaborators Steve Martin and Martin Short have teamed up for a special at Netflix. On Twitter today (and after some technical hiccups), Steve Martin revealed that the two, who have...
View Article‘The Onion’ to Celebrate Its 30th Anniversary with a Festival Featuring Bob...
The Onion is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a big comedy and arts festival this year. Set to take place in various Chicago venues from Wednesday, May 30th through Sunday, June 3rd, the festival...
View ArticleBill Hader, Rachel Bloom, James Adomian, Scott Aukerman, and Many More Join...
Austin’s SXSW festival returns next month from Friday, March 9th through Sunday the 18th, and the initial lineup for the event was just revealed, including Bill Hader (interviewed by Leonard Maltin)...
View ArticleA Tour of the All-Women Comedy Shows of Los Angeles
Women in comedy are often seen as solitary creatures, like mountain lions or that bird that fell in love with a statue. Female comics are isolated from each other on bookings and can view each other as...
View ArticleSeth Meyers Checks in on Trump and the Opioid Epidemic: “Were You Expecting a...
Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers took some time to check in on what has happened since Donald Trump promised to do something to fight the opioid epidemic – which amounts to...
View ArticleJordan Klepper Defends Alex Jones Against Attacks from “Turd Blossom” and...
In addition to trying to pick a Twitter fight with a teenager who recently survived the Florida mass shooting, Alex Jones has found a new enemy in The Opposition’s Jordan Klepper – or, as Jones calls...
View Article‘Living Biblically’: Biblically Bad
Living Biblically, which premiered Monday night, is the newest multi-cam CBS sitcom that reinforces all of the worst stereotypes about CBS sitcoms. It centers around a white guy (Chip, played by Jay R....
View ArticleBilly Eichner to Make His Standup Special Debut on Netflix
Move over, Steve Martin and Martin Short, because there’s another extremely exciting comedy special happening at Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network has added a standup...
View ArticleGuy Branum’s Memoir ‘My Life as a Goddess’ Is Out in July
Standup and Talk Show the Game Show host Guy Branum has written a memoir. Titled My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir Through (Un)Popular Culture, the book features a foreword by Mindy Kaling and will be...
View ArticleCristela Alonzo’s ‘Golden Girls’ Knowledge Gets Put to the Test on ‘Talk Show...
Cristela Alonzo has a very unique connection to Golden Girls. Unlike most superfans, the show was more than just an obsession to her growing up – it also helped her learn how to speak English. In this...
View Article‘Archer: Danger Island’ Premieres on FXX in April
Season 9 of Archer now has a premiere date on FXX. The network announced today that the new season, titled Archer: Danger Island, is slated to debut Wednesday, April 25th at 10:00pm. Here’s more on...
View Article‘Blair’: TBS Is Lookin’ at Instagram!
In 2014, comedian Mo Welch posted her first comic on her @momowelch Instagram handle. It featured a simply drawn depressive named Blair and read “Spirit Airlines is my ‘Nam'” Two years later, The Daily...
View ArticleZach Galifianakis Makes an Unconventional ‘Conan’ Entrance with Some Help...
To promote the new season of his FX series Baskets, Zach Galifianakis stopped by last night’s Conan and had a great chat with O’Brien and Andy Richter about his kids, fame, embarrassing audition...
View ArticleRIP Barry Crimmins
A month after revealing on Twitter that he’d been diagnosed with cancer and that his prognosis wasn’t a good one, comedian, activist, political satirist, and influential force and leader of the Boston...
View Article‘Ricky Gervais: Humanity’ Premieres on Netflix Later This Month
Back in December, Ricky Gervais announced that he had a new standup special in the works at Netflix called Humanity, and today the streaming network released the trailer. The special was taped at the...
View ArticleThis Week in Comedy Podcasts: ‘Hard Nation’ Celebrates 100 Episodes
The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great...
View ArticleNetflix Adds a Weekly Talk Show Hosted by Hasan Minhaj
Michelle Wolf isn’t the only Daily Show correspondent to land her own weekly Netflix talk show. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network has also added a weekly talk show hosted by...
View ArticleJudd Apatow Is Teaching an Online Comedy MasterClass This Spring
Class is about to be in session with Judd Apatow at the helm. Apatow is the latest celebrity to sign on to teach his own MasterClass, which was announced today. Similar to Steve Martin’s comedy...
View ArticleHere Are This Week’s ‘SNL’ Promos with Returning Host Charles Barkley
Saturday Night Live returns from hiatus tomorrow night with a new episode featuring four-timer host Charles Barkley, and NBC released a round of promos this week to get you excited. Check out a promo...
View Article‘The Opposition’s Jordan Klepper, Tim Baltz, and Kobi Libii Head to CPAC to...
If you’re not familiar with what went down at the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, don’t worry, because The Opposition ran a segment last night that tells you everything you need to...
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