September 14, 2015
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 […]
September 11, 2015
This week on Friends of the People, It's Master P' Wee's Play House where all your best friends hang out.
September 3, 2015
Noam Dworman, owner of the infamous Comedy Cellar in New York City's west village, stopped by the Bennington show at SiriusXM last week. Dworman talked with hosts Ron Bennington and Gail Bennington about comedy in New York City, and particularly at The Cellar, a comedy institution.
August 25, 2015
Tonight, The Stand Comedy Club in New York City debuts their own comedy roast show officially titled Brian Moses and Jeffrey Ross Presents The Roastmasters. This is no imitator show. Brian Moses is one of the creators of the original Roast Battle in Los Angeles and still runs the weekly show at the Belly Room.
August 14, 2015
On Thursday SiriusXM launched a new comedy channel called Comedy Greats that will play the legends of comedy around the clock. For their big launch event, Comedian […]
August 5, 2015
IFC has announced has ordered three pilots featuring comedians, according to Variety.
August 2, 2015
In film, directors often receive more acclaim and recognition than the screenwriter. Yet in television, the reverse is true. So we thought we would highlight some of the most important directors in television comedy working today.
July 27, 2015
Comedy Central's first live weekly show on SiriusXM satellite radio, The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder premieres tonight, Monday, July 27. Tune in at 6:00pm eastern time to hear two hours of live talk about comedy, entertainment, sports and live call in from two of New York's great stand up talents, Dan and Big Jay.
July 15, 2015
In May, when the opportunity came up to visit the set of our favorite shows, we ran at the chance. TruTV's Friends of the People is one of the best sketch shows on television right now.
July 13, 2015
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 […]
July 8, 2015
Sketch television is amazing this year, and one of our favorite sketch shows on television is back on Thursday July 16th at 10:30pm with all of our favorite Friends!
July 8, 2015
Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival is back! Get excited to see some giant comedy stars in this traveling festival
July 6, 2015
Jim Florentine's professional life has been on quite a roll lately.
June 11, 2015
Los Angeles has hands down the most diverse and dynamic comedy scene in the country. It has to be, thanks to The Industry that calls the city home. Every show is packed with headliners, TV stars, D list celebrity freak shows and a boatload of solid talent who don’t get their names in bold in Variety or Deadline.
May 20, 2015
We spoke to 15 comedians who were invited to perform on Letterman's show and asked them what it was like, what it meant to their careers, and what they think Letterman's legacy will be
May 12, 2015
It's official! There have been rumors for months but today SiriusXM officially announced that Emmy award-winning comedy Writing team, Eric and Justin Stangel will be joining SiriusXM. Congratulations to Justin, Eric and the entire team at OpieRadio for snagging the Emmy winning former head writing team and executive producers for "Late Show with David Letterman."
May 4, 2015
It's been just over two weeks since Diane Sawyer interviewed Bruce Jenner, and every major media publication in the world had something to say about it.
April 22, 2015
Epix's favorite naughty boy is back with a new comedy special this weekend.
April 18, 2015
Kevin Pollak's documentary Misery Loves Comedy may change the way you think about comedians. The 90 minute talking head style documentary doesn't attempt address the importance or the history of comedy like many comedy docs. Instead, director Kevin Pollak goes inside the sausage factory, to find out what draws some men and women to want to get on stage in front of a bunch of strangers, and try to make them laugh. We talked with the documentary's director, Kevin Pollak, about his vision for the film, what he learned from the experience, and what motivated some of the choices along the way.
April 9, 2015
It's been a long time coming-- about 16 years in the making-- but this week radio duo Opie and Anthony finally had it out, publicly sharing details on their broken relationship.
March 23, 2015
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 in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey reports from Comedy Juice, The Comedy Cellar, The Stand and more...
March 19, 2015
Plans for a documentary to honor one of the truest voices in comedy have been announced.
March 13, 2015
Kevin Pollak has been doing stand up since he was a kid.
March 13, 2015
Our newest column, The Bocchetti Files, features comedian Mike Bocchetti talking one-on-one with his friends and fellow comedians about whatever crosses his mind. His pick for his very first interview, comedian Dave Hill.
March 2, 2015
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 in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey reports from Colin Quinn's star studded premiere, the Night of Too Many Stars, Gotham and more...
February 26, 2015
The stories people in the business are talking about around the country in comedy...
February 19, 2015
Weirdest thing. He wasn't even there. Seems like Jimmy is still a buzzing lil bee in Al Roker's bonnet.