Last night on NBC five more comedians were selected to join the Last Comic Standing Top Ten. Michael Palascak, Ian Bagg, Joe List, Ryan Conner and Dominique all impressed the judges enough to move on last night.
Last Comic Standing premiered last night, with a whole new vibe. Norm Macdonald is on board as a new judge this year, and taking over Roseanne's position as the most likely to say something really weird and controversial, or give a compliment that sounds like its going to be an insult #NormSays.
The Hollywood Reporter has some exclusive video to give you a little preview of what to expect from Norm McDonald on this season's Last Comic Standing.
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NBC's stand up comedy competition show "Last Comic Standing" is back this Summer with a new judge, Norm Macdonald. The former SNL Weekend Update anchorman will be on the panel along side returning judges Roseanne Barr and Keenen Ivory Wayans. Norm Macdonald replaces Russell Peters as a judge on LCS. Peters is back on the road on his current "Almost Famous" world tour.
Jeffrey Gurian 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. In today’s column, find out what Sarah Silverman, Jermaine Fowler, Brooks Wheelan and Bonnie McFarlane are up to... and more!
This week, in anticipation of the Last Comic Standing Season finale, Russell Peters and Keenan Ivory Wayans talked about their experiences on the show, their thoughts on the three finalists, and who should have been in the finale but didn't make it.
NBC's Last Comic Standing is getting closer to crowning a champion. Thursday night, the last 6 comedians still in the competition face their final challenge before moving on to the Title Round which starts July 31st.
NBC Entertainment President of Alternative and Late Night Programming Paul Telegdy announced that "America’s most compelling comedy competition" will get a 9th season on the network.
Sunday night, the producers of Last Comic Standing is airing a special two hour episode full of performances, interviews, and backstage footage from this season that has never aired.
Tune in to Last Comic Standing Thursday June 26 to watch the 10 Finalists get out of their comfort zone to compete in sketch comedy. Special guest mentor Cheryl Hines will be there to help the ten figure this out.
Tonight on Last Comic Standing, the semi finals begin. They started with 100 comedians. Twenty eight survived the invitational round. Those twenty eight will now compete against each other to see who will make it to the Last Comic Standing finals.
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.
Last night the fourth and final "invitational round" of Last Comic Standing aired. This was the last chance for any of the original 100 comics invited to audition to advance to the semi finals. Seven new comedians became semifinalists, who will continue on to compete for the $250,000 grand prize. These seven join the 21 comedians already chosen as semifinalists bringing us to a grand total of 28.
It's four days before Last Comic Standing premiers on NBC and there hasn't been a lot of information released about how the show's going to run, but four YouTube videos released today showing interviews with JB Smoove and the judges, (Russell Peters, Roseanne and Keenan Ivory Wayans) give a few more clues about what's coming up on Season Eight.
NBC has been keeping most of the details about this year's all new season of Last Comic Standing. Most of the format details are super hush, and the names of the comedians have been largely guarded with the exception of a few comedians we've seen in promos. But NBC announced today, that in addition to all the great comedians already involved, there will be a number of huge comedy names serving as celebrity mentors.
The competition reality show "Last Comic Standing" is back this year for season eight, and there are some big changes, promised executive producer Page Hurwitz in a press conference yesterday.