March 26, 2018
There’s not a whole lot to feel good about as a progressive these days. But on a Sunday night in liberal utopia Brooklyn, Persisticon- an event […]
March 13, 2018
Netflix’s half hour stand up special series, “The Stand Ups” returns for a second season on March 20th featuring sets from Rachel Feinstein, Kyle Kinane, Joe […]
February 20, 2018
Netflix has become the biggest platform for stand up comedians to premiere hour specials and last summer the platform debuted their version of the half-hour special […]
January 17, 2018
You already know comedians who do Trump jokes hate political correctness, but they also don’t want to hear “clapter,” hate liberal infighting, and find “pat on […]
November 2, 2017
It says something about BoJack Horseman’s maudlin reputation that a finale that finally acknowledges the crumbling of a relationship, can also be viewed as “hopeful.” And […]
October 28, 2017
Last July Netflix debuted their new series- The Stand Ups- a supplement to their weekly release of comedy hour specials. The series spotlights six comedians with […]
October 25, 2017
Last Spring we became gigantic fans of a new web series, Flatbush Misdemeanors. Created by Dan Perlman and Kevin Iso, the series follows the lives of […]
May 8, 2017
Today on an all new Gail Meets Girls, Gail meets up with comedians Aparna Nancherla and Jacqueline Novak. The girls discussed how stand up is like stripping, […]
January 21, 2017
SiriusXM’s Ron Bennington and Gail Bennington released the first special in a series that will focus on breaking artists in comedy, airing performances from stand up […]
December 20, 2016
There were some outstanding comedy albums released in 2016, and these ten are our favorites. A couple of our picks are audio versions of specials, but […]
September 15, 2016
Seeso, NBCUniversal’s comedy streaming platform that launched earlier this year, has made a big mark in the short time that it’s been around. The platform has a […]
August 22, 2016
The news came in today that season two of The Jim Gaffigan Show will be the series’ last season. Like with many breakups, Jim Gaffigan announced on social […]
August 22, 2016
Every year, there are a few announcements we can’t wait to hear. Just for Laugh’s New Faces, and Variety’s 10 to Watch, are two of our […]
August 3, 2016
For those of you who didn’t grab tickets to the tapings on 106 and Park back in May, this is your first chance to get a […]
July 19, 2016
Congratulations to Ian Abramson, whose weirdly wonderful touring live show “7 Minutes in Purgatory” has been picked up by Comedy Central Digital. Since the beginning of […]
July 8, 2016
Aparna Nancherla performed stand up on Conan last night, giving you a chance to see why everyone loves Aparna. You’ll also have a chance to […]
June 25, 2016
Great news for Philadelphia comedy fans: Fishtown, the city’s burgeoning hub of arts, food and culture, has just added a brand new comedy club to its ranks. Punchline Philly, located off of Canal Street near Delaware Avenue, is the first new comedy club to open up in the city in a decade.
June 23, 2016
The fourth annual High Plains Comedy Festival has just announced the first wave of comics for this year’s event, and the roster continues their tradition of […]
June 7, 2016
Variety has just released the 16th iteration of its 10 Comics to Watch series in preparation for next month’s Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. […]
June 1, 2016
The Just For Laughs Festival continues to roll out the biggest names in comedy.
May 16, 2016
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening […]
May 9, 2016
This summer, some of our favorite young comics will be recording half hour specials with Comedy Central. We're very excited to see these 17 tremendous young talents getting the recognition and the opportunity to record their first specials.
May 7, 2016
In an interview with Billboard, comedian Tig Notaro revealed that she will soon be launching her own comedy label called Bentzen Ball Records.
May 6, 2016
NBCUniversal announced today that they will continue to expand the programming for their comedy streaming service, Seeso, with the addition of their new show,
April 5, 2016
Elizabeth Banks believes if men can do it, they probably learned it from a woman.
November 21, 2015
Comedy Central announced today that they're giving the go ahead to Season Three of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. The little show held in the back of a comic shop is LA's hottest stand up show and now it's coming back to Comedy Central for another round of shows.
November 10, 2015
We cover the country, but New York's our home, so it's an exciting week when the New York Comedy Festival comes around. It's unlike any other festival in the country. It's gigantic, but it's also decidedly unfestival-like because it's spread out through the entire city without a central focal point. Any week of the year there is a massive festival-worthy list of great comedy happening in New York City so by the time you add in a few extra headlining events, what you really have is a gigantic list of impossible choices and tough decisions.