June 19, 2015

The Filtered Excellence: June 18, 2015

Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Once a week we take a break from comedy to bring you this weeks picks of the best things to watch, the most interesting things to do, great things to try, the best picks to read, our favorite things to listen to and more:
June 1, 2015

Amy Schumer Wins Awards on Two Coasts Last Night, and a Stage Kiss From Tina Fey

Last night on the East Coast, while the Peabody Awards were being handed out at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan, the Broadcast TV Journalists Association gave out the Critics Choice Television awards in Beverly Hills. In the fifth annual event, the CCTA show was broadcast live on A&E last night from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Amy Schumer took home awards in both ceremonies.
May 21, 2015

Miss The Letterman Goodbye Last Night? Here’s Most of It

If you missed the final episode of the Late Show with David Letterman you missed big ovations, lots of thanks, a few looks back, and a celebrity studded Top Ten list. There were no real emotional moments, Dave took the show out in almost exactly the same fashion as he conducted the show for the last few decades-- level and steady, having a good time, and professional as always.
May 19, 2015

Bill Murray’s Last Letterman Big Entrance

Bill Murray was David Letterman's first guest in 1982 and tonight you will see him pop out of a cake for Dave's last regular show. Tune in tonight at 11:35 pm on CBS to watch the full appearance, as well as Bob Dylan performing as the last regularly scheduled musical guest.
May 14, 2015

This Week Around the Industry in Comedy: The Turner Upfronts Edition

This week the IBang headed out to the Turner Upfronts at Madison Square Garden, where we got to watch what's coming up at Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, TBS, TNT, and truTV as well as Turner Sports, HLN, CNN and Boomerang.