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Oct. 12, 2016
The Cathartic Power of Coker and Stratton’s ‘Trump Bros’ Comedy duo James Coker and Marshall Stratton are real good at making fun of rich people and, in this hopefully soon-to-be-squashed Age of […]By Luke Kelly Clyne
Oct. 12, 2016
Demetri Martin Explores the Mysteries of the Universe in ‘Our Fascinating […]Demetri Martin recently teamed up with Funny or Die and go90 for an eight-part series called Our Fascinating Planet, and Funny or Die recently […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 12, 2016
Why Fallon and Corden Are the True Heirs to Johnny Carson (Whether You […] When people talk about the state of late night, one of the more complaints is against the so-called “consumer comedy” that hosts like Jimmy […]By John Hugar
Oct. 12, 2016
Justin Sayre’s Gay Agenda Writer, comedian, and performer Justin Sayre has been named one of the “Funniest People in Brooklyn” by Brooklyn magazine and among “LA’s 16 […]By Isaac Kozell
Oct. 12, 2016
‘Their All Losers’ and Other Joke Edits Donald Trump Made for His 2011 […]The Huffington Post has a new piece out this week that takes a look back on the 2011 Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump, and it includes some […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 12, 2016
Nick Kroll and John Mulaney Bring ‘Too Much Tuna’ to ‘Late Night’Nick Kroll and John Mulaney were the scheduled guests on last night’s episode of Late Night in Washington DC, but they were replaced by […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 12, 2016
Beck Bennett and Emily Blunt Enjoy Some Fake Pizza in This Week’s ‘SNL’ […]Emily Blunt makes her SNL hosting debut this weekend with musical guest Bruno Mars, and NBC recently released the first round of promos […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 11, 2016
Mel Brooks, Ali Wong, and More Are Headed to the 2017 Riot LA Comedy […]Los Angeles’s annual alt comedy festival Riot LA takes place in January, and today the initial lineup of headliners was announced. The festival […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 11, 2016
Seeso Orders ‘There’s… Johnny!’ Series Set in 1972 from Paul ReiserPaul Reiser is headed to Seeso with a brand new comedy. The streaming network announced today that it’s ordered an eight-episode series created […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 11, 2016
‘Sesame Street’ Isn’t Just the Best Kids’ Show Ever, it’s Also Genuinely […] When you become a parent, or at least an involved parent (fuck you, mom! You were never there for me!), your life and priorities and rhythms […]By Nathan Rabin
Oct. 11, 2016
Rob Delaney Is Raising Money for Opponents of the ‘Spineless Shit Loaves’ […]No matter how terrifying, bigoted, or hypocritical Donald Trump and his supporters get this election season, comedians are still finding ways […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 11, 2016
Evaluating Trevor Noah’s First Year Behind the ‘Daily Show’ Desk It’s been a little over a year since Trevor Noah began the daunting task replacing Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show. Noah had the […]By John Hugar
Oct. 11, 2016
Netflix Orders a Spanish-Language Comedy from Mexican Filmmaker Manolo CaroNetflix just ordered a new comedy series to its slate. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network has given a 13-episode order […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 11, 2016
How Arturo Castro Put Everything He Had Into His Dreams Before landing his breakout role as Jaime on Broad City, Arturo Castro often had to choose between buying a Metrocard or a […]By Ian Goldstein
Oct. 11, 2016
‘Spy’ Magazine Is Back for the Final Month of the Presidential CampaignSpy magazine has made a glorious but limited return to cover the election. Spy co-founder Kurt Andersen announced today that the magazine has […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 11, 2016
Seth Meyers Takes ‘A Closer Look’ at the Trump Tape Fallout on ‘Late Night’Late Night kicked off its week of shows in Washington DC last night, and during the “A Closer Look” segment Seth Meyers examined the fallout […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 11, 2016
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Samantha Bee Goes in on the Leaked Trump Tape Like a Bitch on ‘Full […]Here’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee covers the Access Hollywood tape of Donald Trump and Billy Bush that leaked […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 10, 2016
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Is Back with a New Hulu Election SpecialSome of the very best coverage of this year’s presidential race has come from Robert Smigel as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, and thankfully […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 10, 2016
I’m Tired of Being Cast as Young Russell Crowe, by Sam Pasternack It’s been happening since I was born, when a panicked casting director busted into the maternity ward. She was looking for a newly born baby […]By Brian Boone
Oct. 10, 2016
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The Inevitable ‘Bad Moms’ Spin-Off ‘Bad Dads’ Hits Theaters Next SummerBad Moms is finally getting the all-male spin-off it deserves. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a spin-off of Bad Moms – which premiered […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 10, 2016
‘Fugitive Waves’ Found the Heart of Taylor Negron’s Life in His Saved […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. There is a melancholy magic to the […]By Nathan Rabin
Oct. 10, 2016
Morgan Murphy Is Developing a Comedy About Two Brothers at ABCWriter and comedian Morgan Murphy (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, 2 Broke Girls) has a new show in the works at ABC. According to Deadline, the […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 10, 2016
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Watch a Sneak Peek from Christopher Guest’s ‘Mascots’ Featuring Jane Lynch […]Christopher Guest’s new movie Mascots debuts on Netflix this week, and today the streaming network released a clip from the film featuring Jane […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 10, 2016
Patton Oswalt Stars in Weezer’s New Music Video ‘I Love the USA’If you’re running low on patriotism today thanks to last night’s presidential debate, Weezer recently teamed up with Patton Oswalt to replenish […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 10, 2016
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The Evolution of Iliza Shlesinger Iliza Shlesinger is changing. In the past year the 33-year-old comedian and only woman to win Last Comic Standing has evolved comedically, […]By Isaac Kozell
Oct. 10, 2016
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John Oliver Responds to the Leaked Donald Trump Tape: ‘Fuck Billy Bush’Last Week Tonight might have taped before last night’s presidential debate, but thankfully it taped after Friday’s leaked Donald Trump tape, […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 10, 2016
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Are You Not Entertained?: Lin-Manuel Miranda Sings His Way Through ‘SNL’ Another week, another batch of insane political scandals for SNL to cover – at this point, Trump’s basically delivering the scripts himself. […]By Samantha Pitchel
Oct. 10, 2016
Follow Splitsider on Instagram!If you prefer to get your comedy news through pictures rather than an email newsletter or a bunch of pesky words on a website, you’re in luck, […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 7, 2016
Season 8 of ‘Archer’ Will Take Place in 1947During a recent podcast interview, Archer creator Adam Reed revealed that his plan is to end the show after season 10 and that he had some […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 7, 2016
Jacqueline Novak Is Trying to Just Not Give a Fuck The day before the taping of her Comedy Central Half Hour (which premieres tonight at 12:30), Jacqueline Novak, New York-based standup […]By Isaac Kozell
Oct. 7, 2016
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Here’s the First Trailer for Dana Gould’s IFC Horror-Comedy ‘Stan Against […]Back in February, IFC ordered a new show written and executive produced by Dana Gould called Stan Against Evil, and today the network released […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 7, 2016
Talking to @merrittk About Formulas, Furries, and Phrasing Merritt k is a writer and podcaster. Her first book, Videogames for Humans, is an exploration of contemporary interactive fiction and was […]By Jenny Nelson
Oct. 7, 2016
Comedy Central Renews ‘@midnight’ Through 2017Chris Hardwick’s @midnight is sticking around for at least another year. Comedy Central announced today that it’s renewed the late night show […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 7, 2016
The Best Bits of Wisdom from Tim Heidecker’s ‘Office Hours’A few fun facts about Tim Heidecker: He’s vehemently anti-fireworks. He doesn’t pick favorites. He sometimes makes his own iced coffee. His […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 7, 2016
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Listen to a Preview of Hannibal Buress’s Earwolf Podcast ‘Handsome Rambler’Earwolf just added a new podcast hosted by Hannibal Buress. The beautifully titled Hannibal Buress: Handsome Rambler hasn’t premiered its first […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 7, 2016
Tom Hanks to Host ‘SNL’ on October 22nd with Musical Guest Lady GagaSaturday Night Live just announced another season 42 host. On Twitter today, the show confirmed the previously reported news that Emily Blunt […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 7, 2016
David Letterman on Trump: ‘If I Had a Show, I Would Have Gone Right After […]If you’re curious how David Letterman might have treated Donald Trump if he still hosted The Late Show, The New York Times recently spoke with […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 7, 2016
Ronny Chieng Calls Fox News Reporter Jesse Watters an ‘Ignorant Sack of […]Fox News has been facing lots of well-deserved backlash this week since The O’Reilly Factor aired an extremely racist segment in Chinatown by […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 7, 2016
Andy Daly Brings Dalton Wilcox to ‘Conan’ for a Beautiful Poetry ReadingHere’s a clip from Andy Daly’s appearance on last night’s Conan, where he lets cowboy poet Dalton Wilcox read a poem called “A Dangerous Life” […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 6, 2016
Portland’s Real Feminist Bookstore Owners Should Watch This Clip from […]Last week, Portlandia made headlines when the staff of Portland’s real feminist bookstore cut ties with the show with a very angry blog post […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 6, 2016
Mike Recine Isn’t Trying to Offend I was sitting in a conference room in New Orleans’ Ace Hotel, waiting for comedian Mike Recine to wrap up a photo shoot for the intro to his […]By Isaac Kozell
Oct. 6, 2016
Jim Belushi to Play Taran Killam’s Dad in Showtime Pilot ‘Mating’Former SNL cast member Taran Killam has a Showtime comedy pilot in the works called Mating, and the project just added another SNL alum to the […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 6, 2016
This Week in Comedy Podcasts: ‘Reality Bytes’ with Courtney Kocak & […] The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 6, 2016
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Andy Daly Stars in Howl’s New Four-Part Podcast ‘Hoot Gibson: Vegas Cowboy’Andy Daly is starring in a brand new podcast on Howl. Titled Hoot Gibson: Vegas Cowboy, the four-part series stars Daly as the titular […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 6, 2016
Watch the ‘Be a Man’ Trailer Featuring Kyle Kinane, Doug Stanhope, and MoreComedian Ray Harrington recently learned that he’s about to become a father, and since he was raised by a single mom, he decided it was time to […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 6, 2016
Nick Turner Is Having Fun Nick Turner was born in Texas, raised in Virginia, and sharpened his comedic teeth to a fine point in New York City. While watching him […]By Isaac Kozell
Oct. 6, 2016
Zach Galifianakis Brings His Very Own Applause Sign Guy to ‘Jimmy Kimmel […]Zach Galifianakis was a guest on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, and he decided to come to the show extra prepared. Since Kimmel’s applause […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 6, 2016
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Seeso Update: Dave and Ethan Still Trapped in BunkerStill can’t decide is Seeso is right for you, comedy person? Well, you’re on this website, so obviously you’re a comedy person—and Seeso is […]By Splitsider Sponsors
Oct. 6, 2016
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Samantha Bee Profiles Maine Governor Paul LePage, the ‘Beta Version of […]Since he started his presidential run, Donald Trump has taken over news headlines for his racist, sexist, and xenophobic views, but as Samantha […]By Megh Wright
Oct. 6, 2016
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Norm Macdonald Shares Clips from His Movie ‘Sully Sullenberger: Airport […]Here’s a clip from Norm Macdonald’s visit to last night’s Conan, where he reveals to O’Brien that he’s made a prequel to the movie Sully that’s […]By Megh Wright
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