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March 10, 2016

Shlesinger Will Pen Memoir For Weinstein Books

Already a familiar face at comedy clubs nationwide and fresh off her debut on TBS as the hostess of a new game show, Iliza Shlesinger will join the legion of literary luminaries next spring with the arrival of her memoir, Girl Logic.
March 10, 2016

‘New York’s Funniest’ Competition to Debut on SeeSo on March 17

Since its inception in 2008, “The New York’s Funniest” competition has brought some of the nation’s best and brightest aspiring comics to Carolines on Broadway. Now, the SeeSo streaming service is bringing the competition to audiences outside of “The Big Apple” with a new five-episode series debuting March 17.
March 9, 2016

Review: This Week on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

I had known about Samantha Bee’s new show, Full Frontal, from the time of its debut, but it was only with the March 7th episode that I actually started to follow it. Part of the confusion was that Ms. Bee had been billed as the only female late night “talk show host.”
March 8, 2016

Win a Grease Live! on DVD!

Fox's Grease Live! was a massive success. The live event produced by Paramount Television garnered an average of 12.2 million viewers, delivering Fox’s largest overall audience of the season.
March 7, 2016

This Week on Last Week: John Oliver Tackles Special Districts

Let it be said at the outset, your narrator hates, loathes and despises the word “infotainment,” but, if ever a show fell into that category, John Oliver’s latest addition of Last Week Tonight did just that. Of course, there was a good measure of Oliver’s brand of comedy throughout the broadcast, and more about that later. The more important aspect of it was that he brought up a subject many of us would have gone on blissfully ignoring to our everlasting detriment: Special Districts.
March 7, 2016

Katt Williams Gets in Fight On Stage in Philly

The Katt Williams bad publicity parade marches on. This morning we posted video of comedian Katt Williams talking about the fight he had with rapper Beanie Sigal. Now we know that he's referring to a fight that took place in Philly this weekend
March 7, 2016

Bobby Collins, Charity Project Will Bring Jay Leno, and Paul Reiser To Perform

Bobby Collins’ Project “Comics for a Cause” to benefit Zeno Mountain Farm will be doing just that. Not only will the big name performers be donating their time and talent, but all merchandise sales will also be donated to the worthy cause.