October 27, 2014

Michael Ian Black, Jim Norton, Kurt Metzger Part of @Midnight New York Line Up

Comedy Central's talk show game show @Midnight is coming to New York City for a weeks worth of episodes starting November 3, 2014 and will feature some great comedy names. Every night on @midnight three comedian guests join host Chris Hardwick to compete for points by coming up with hashtags, captions and answering questions about news and pop culture.
October 27, 2014

New York Comedy Festival Lineup 2014

The New York Comedy Festival is coming to town and New York is ready, planning FIVE spectacular days, over ONE HUNDRED shows, nearly TWO HUNDRED performers. Stay tuned for our Editors Picks and more names to be added as the New York Comedy Festival approaches.
October 19, 2014

New Radio Show “Bennington” Premiered on SiriusXM and Trended for Three Hours

The #2 trending topic for almost three hours in the United States on Friday was #Bennington signaling the arrival of the much anticipated Ron Bennington solo radio show on SiriusXM's Opie Radio Channel. Except it turned out not to be a solo show after all.
August 26, 2014

Bonnie McFarlane Picks Five Male Comedians Women Actually Love

There persists an idea that women don’t love comedy as much as men do and it’s totally ridiculous. Most women I know love to laugh between botox appointments when their foreheads are malleable enough. The problem is navigating the comedy scene where misogyny breeds like the Ebola virus but without the incessant race to find a cure.
August 25, 2014

Top 5 Uncensored Comedy Underground Moments

If you watched the first season of “Comedy Underground with Dave Attell” you got a taste of live, raw, uncensored comedy in your living room. But if you think that’s as uncensored as comedy gets, you should check out the live Comedy Underground shows Attell has been putting on at The Village Underground during hiatus. Here are four great moments from the last two, that are definitely not ready for prime time.
August 21, 2014

Talking with Kurt Metzger About His Emmy Nomination

Kurt Metzger is so damn funny. His comedy special "White Precious" aired last month on Comedy Central, to rave reviews, he killed at Montreal Just for Laughs in The Nasty Show, and you can see him performing in clubs all over New York City. And stand up is only part of the picture-- he also records a hit podcast, "Race Wars" with Sherrod Small weekly, and he's been writing his ass off for shows like Chappelle Show, and The Jim Norton Show on Vice.com, and he was recently nominated for an Emmy! Metzger has been writing for Inside Amy Schumer for both of its two seasons and the show is without a doubt the best written sketch show on tv today. RJ Waldron talked with Kurt recently about writing for the show, and being nominated in this latest edition of "The Set"
July 31, 2014

Alec Baldwin Joins Teachers Lounge

Big news in the world of comedy and comedy web series. You will be hearing a familiar voice ringing through the halls of everyone's favorite unnamed internet elementary school. Alec Baldwin has joined the already impressive cast of Teachers Lounge as the school's P.A. Announcer.
July 10, 2014

Opie and Anthony Channel Renamed on SiriusXM

Since the announcement first came down on Friday July 4th, that SiriusXM was cutting ties with Cumia, there's been a lot of speculation about what would happen next. A few questions have slowly been answered. And it looks like SiriusXM has already renamed the Opie and Anthony Channel to SiriusXM Talk.
June 26, 2014

Thundershorts Launches Today

Snagfilms along with Indiewire, known for streaming documentaries and independent films online, are launching their brand new streaming comedy portal Thundershorts today.
June 9, 2014

Who Are the Last Comic Standing Semi Final 28

Thousand of comedians narrowed down to 100. One hundred comedians narrowed down to the favorite 28. Who are the twenty eight comedians who were chosen by Roseanne Barr, Keenan Ivory Wayans and Russell Peters to continue on to the Semi Finals Round (which, according to Roseanne's twitter account, taped Saturday night). We're taking a look at who are the semis.