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  • May 21, 2018

    So You Want to Accuse Someone of Stealing Your JokeIn a business where you’re only as good as your material, joke theft is one of comedy’s high crimes. Just make sure the joke’s not on you.

  • Nov. 14, 2016

    Check Out the Trailer for Michael Che’s Netflix Standup Special, ‘Michael […]Here’s the trailer for Michael Che’s upcoming Netflix standup special, Michael Che Matters, in which he “unleashes on anything and everything […]

  • Aug. 11, 2016

    Check Out ‘The Onion’s New Web Series, ‘Sportology’The Onion has just unveiled its newest web series, a four-part look at the world of athletics called Sportology. Here’s the synopsis:The […]

  • Aug. 11, 2016

    This Week in Comedy Podcasts: ‘Kevin McDonald’s Kevin McDonald Show’ […] 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. […]

  • Aug. 10, 2016

    ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ to Air Live Episodes After the […] Stephen Colbert finally found his groove as host of CBS’s Late Show with his run of live episodes airing after the Democratic and Republican […]

  • Aug. 10, 2016

    Fox Cancels Sketch Show ‘Party Over Here’ After One Season Fox has cancelled the Lonely Island-produced sketch show Party Over Here after one season. The late night show, which starred Jessica […]

  • Aug. 9, 2016

    The ‘Bad Santa 2’ Red Band Trailer Shows That Yes, This Santa Is Still […]If you thought the sequel to Bad Santa would take a left turn and change the general moral character of its protagonist, well, sorry to […]

  • Aug. 8, 2016

    Here’s the First Trailer for Tig Notaro’s Amazon Series ‘One Mississippi’Here’s the first trailer for One Mississippi, Tig Notaro’s autobiographical series for Amazon executive produced by Louis CK. It’s based on the […]

  • Aug. 5, 2016

    Seth Meyers Takes A Closer Look at Donald Trump’s Very Fun WeekDonald Trump’s complete meltdown continues to provide plenty of fodder for late night hosts, especially Seth Meyers, who seems positively giddy […]

  • Aug. 4, 2016

    Rebel Wilson Is Starring in a Gender-Swapped ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ […] Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is the latest 80s movie to be remade with a gender swap for modern audiences. The classic Steve Martin and Michael […]

  • Aug. 4, 2016

    This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Lauren Lapkus and the Doughboys Pay Tribute […] 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. […]

  • Aug. 3, 2016

    This ‘Seinfeld’ 9/11 Spec Script Is Insane and IncredibleImagine a pitch-perfect spec script for the classic sitcom ‘Seinfeld’… set in the days after 9/11.

  • Aug. 3, 2016

    Kenan Thompson Picks His Favorite Sketches from ‘SNL’ Season 41Here’s SNL’s Kenan Thompson talking about his favorite moments from the past season of the show. Much like everyone else, his first choice is […]

  • Aug. 3, 2016

    Hannibal Buress Announces Huge ‘Hannibal Montanabal Experience’ Standup […] Hannibal Buress just announced an enormous US tour slated to kick off this fall. Entitled “The Hannibal Montanabal Experience,” the tour […]

  • Aug. 2, 2016

    Funny or Die Just Laid Off 37 People Some sad news out of LA today: Funny or Die just laid off 30% of their staff, a total of 37 people, in a restructuring that new CEO Mike […]

  • Aug. 2, 2016

    2016 Brooklyn Comedy Festival to Feature Reggie Watts, Vanessa Bayer, […]The Brooklyn Comedy Festival has just announced its lineup for 2016, with the fest slated to run from August 22-28th at various venues across […]

  • Aug. 2, 2016

    Seth Meyers Took a Closer Look at Donald Trump’s No Good, Very Bad WeekendIt’s been a bad few days for ol’ Donald, which means it’s been a great few days for late night hosts. Seth Meyers took advantage of Trump’s […]

  • Aug. 2, 2016

    Samantha Bee Dove Deep on the DNC Last NightOn last night’s Full Frontal, Samantha Bee dove deep into every part of last week’s DNC, from the speeches to the protests to the difficulty […]

  • Aug. 1, 2016

    ‘Documentary Now!’ Is Kicking Off Season 2 With a ‘War Room’ Parody Called […]IFC’s excellent Documentary Now!, Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, Seth Meyers, and Rhys Thomas’s loving parody of documentary films, is coming back […]

  • Aug. 1, 2016

    TruTV Orders ‘Bobcat Goldthwait’s Messed Up Stories’ to Series TruTV has ordered a new scripted series from Bobcat Goldthwait with the working title Bobcat Goldthwait’s Messed Up Stories. According to the […]

  • Aug. 1, 2016

    TBS Orders a New Comedy Pilot from ‘Bored to Death’s Jonathan Ames TBS has placed an order for pilot World’s End from writer Jonathan Ames, the creator of HBO’s Bored to Death (and author of a number of […]

  • Aug. 1, 2016

    The Simpsons Are Voting for HillaryThe Simpsons doesn’t come back for its 28th (!) season until September 25th, but that didn’t stop Al Jean and company from releasing this clip […]

  • Aug. 1, 2016

    Eric Andre’s ‘Rapper Ninja Warrior’ Is Absolutely BrilliantHere’s a little bit of barely controlled chaos from the upcoming season of The Eric Andre Show: Rapper Ninja Warrior, where rappers must make […]

  • Aug. 1, 2016

    Wyatt Cenac’s ‘People of Earth’ and Alia Shawkat’s ‘Search Party’ Are […]Over the weekend, TBS set the premiere dates for two of its new original comedies slated for this fall. First up is Wyatt Cenac’s People of […]

  • Aug. 1, 2016

    John Oliver Covered the Ups and Downs of the DNCLast week’s Democratic National Convention was packed with speeches, off-stage protests, and drama galore. Catnip for John Oliver, who took a […]

  • July 29, 2016

    The ‘SNL’-Packed ‘Brother Nature’ Is Coming This Fall Brother Nature, a movie originally announced as Brother in Laws and shot back in 2014, is finally coming out this fall. Produced by Lorne […]

  • July 29, 2016

    Anna Faris Is Writing a Memoir Called ‘Unqualified’ Memoirs by famously funny ladies are all the rage these days, what with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, and Amy Schumer all pulling in […]

  • July 29, 2016

    Colin Jost and Michael Che Talked About Working with Trump on ‘SNL’ with […]Michael Che has the best response to people mad about Trump hosting SNL last season: “People got mad at us for having Trump on the show, but […]

  • July 29, 2016

    Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer Celebrated Hillary’s Nomination from 1776 […]On last night’s live post-DNC Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Broad City stars Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer appeared as 1776 second […]

  • July 28, 2016

    Check Out the First Trailer for Funny or Die and go90’s ‘Tween Fest’Streaming service go90 teamed up with Funny or Die to create their first big comedy series, Tween Fest, and its first trailer was just […]

  • July 28, 2016

    Kristen Wiig and Zach Galafianakis’s ‘Masterminds’ Is Finally Coming Out […]We saw the first trailer for Masterminds well over a year ago, at which point it was slated for release in the summer of 2015. Clearly, that […]

  • July 28, 2016

    ‘Ballers’ Is Very Popular and Is Coming Back for a Third Season Ballers, HBO’s sporty Entourage replacement starring Dwayne Johnson and Rob Corrdry, has just been renewed for a third season. The comedy’s […]

  • July 28, 2016

    This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Jane Lynch Does ‘WTF’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. […]

  • July 28, 2016

    Colin Jost and Michael Che Did a Live ‘Weekend Update’ From the DNC Last […]Colin Jost and Michael Che are in Philly for the DNC this week, and last night at midnight they did a special version of Weekend Update live on […]

  • July 28, 2016

    Seth Meyers Took a Closer Look at Bill Clinton’s Speech and Trump’s […]On last night’s Late Night, Seth Meyers took A Closer Look at the second night of the DNC, including speeches from Howard Dean, Meryl Streep, […]

  • July 28, 2016

    Viacom Forbid Stephen Colbert from Bringing Back ‘Stephen Colbert,’ So He […]Apparently, Viacom was not pleased that Stephen Colbert brought back “Stephen Colbert” and his famous segment “The Word” last week during their […]

  • July 27, 2016

    Netflix Renews Maria Bamford’s ‘Lady Dynamite’ For a Second Season Netflix announced today at the Television Critics Association that it has picked up Maria Bamford’s delightfully weird sitcom Lady Dynamite […]

  • July 27, 2016

    Starz Is Making an American Adaptation of ‘Peep Show’ Peep Show, one of the best and most celebrated British comedies of the past decade, is getting remade to remove all of those pesky accents. […]

  • July 27, 2016

    Colin Jost and Michael Che Talked to the Various Crazy People at the DNCThere’s nothing like a political convention to remind you that the people most invested in politics are all totally nuts. While most people […]

  • July 27, 2016

    Stephen Colbert Interviewed the Cartoon Version of Hillary ClintonOn last night’s live Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Stephen took Bill Clinton’s line about how Hillary’s opponents created a cartoon version […]

  • July 27, 2016

    Seth Meyers Has a Message for Bernie-or-Bust Die-HardsSeth Meyers debuted a new segment on Late Night last night called “Hey!” He used it as an opportunity to give some real talk to folks who […]

  • July 26, 2016

    Paul Feig’s Making a Movie About Supermodels Stranded in a Chilean […]Ghostbusters Director Paul Feig has his next project lined up: a comedy called Supermodel Snowpocalypse based on a true story of a group of […]

  • July 26, 2016

    Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Is Returning to Hulu with ‘Triumph’s Summer […]Triumph’s first election special for Hulu, Triumph’s Election Special 2016, was excellent, so naturally he’s coming back for more. It was […]

  • June 30, 2016

    Because the Internet Is Bad, We Are Launching a Daily Newsletter Reading the high-quality content of a Good Website™ like this one sure is hard these days. Checking a homepage every day feels like an […]

  • Mar. 14, 2016

    Joe Swanberg’s New Comedic Netflix Anthology Series Will Feature a Pretty […] Joe Swanberg, mumblecore king and writer/director of such movies as Drinking Buddies, Hannah Takes the Stairs, and Kissing on the Mouth, has […]

  • Mar. 14, 2016

    The ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Season Two Trailer Is HereThe second season of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is a mere month away, with the whole thing dropping on April 15th. Here’s the first […]

  • Mar. 14, 2016

    John Oliver Broke Down the Messy, Complicated Fight Over Apple’s EncryptionThe fight between Apple and the US government over the encryption of iPhones is a tricky one. Making it a pretty perfect subject for a deep […]

  • Mar. 7, 2016

    Behold, What One Has Got to Believe Is the Final ‘Community’ Gag Reel Yahoo’s foray into original streaming shows, with them producing a sixth season of Community, was pretty much a complete disaster for the […]

  • Mar. 7, 2016

    Jenna Fischer to Play Matt Leblanc’s Wife in New CBS Pilot The Office’s Jenna Fischer has signed on to the CBS pilot I’m Not Your Friend, joining Friends’ Matt Leblanc. The show is about “a contractor […]

  • Mar. 7, 2016

    Check Out the Trailer for Seeso’s Standup Competition, ‘New York’s […]Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Seeso series New York’s Funniest, which features some hosting duties by SNL’s Michal Che and Leslie Jones. […]
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