November 2, 2015

Trevor Noah One Hour Special Coming to Comedy Central

Comedy Central will premiere Trevor Noah's Hour Comedy Special "Lost in Translation" this month with limited commercial interruption. In his special, Noah talks about big events in the news in the past year, as well as his outlook on the world today.
November 2, 2015

David Spade Says He Passed on Taking Over For Letterman, Alan Zweibel Has a Book, and More News From the NY Comedy Clubs

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 stopped at Gotham, 92Y, Stand Up New York and more!
October 26, 2015

Judd Apatow in NYC, Pete Holmes Crosses One Off His Bucket List, News From Judah Friedlander, Yamaneika and See Who Was At the Comedy Table This Week

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 […]
October 24, 2015

Howard Stern Spent 100k on His Americas Got Talent Wardrobe

Elusive talk show guest Howard Stern told Jimmy Kimmel last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live that he hates doing other people's talk shows, but had hoped to use his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live to reignite the Late Show Wars.
September 27, 2015

Experiencing Brian Regan Live at Radio City: A Recap From a First Timer

Brian Regan is one of the best stand-up comedians who has ever done it. Under his belt is decades of stand-up experience, multiple hour-long specials, two albums, and a record 28 appearances with David Letterman.
September 8, 2015

Excited Crowds Lined Up for the First Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Tonight Stephen Colbert will make his long awaited and highly anticipated debut as host of the Late Show, and ticket holders arrived as early as 7am to get in line to witness the moment in Late Night history.
September 2, 2015

Daily Show Announces New Correspondents

One day after Trevor Noah released a new Daily Show promo assuring his team that nothing is changing, Comedy Central has announced some exciting changes happening. Three new correspondents have been selected to join the Best F* News Team Ever. Ronny Chieng, Desi Lydic and Roy Wood Jr.
August 13, 2015

Johnny Carson Coming Back to Late Night

If you have the Antenna Channel, you will soon be able to fall asleep watching Johnny Carson's Tonight Show every night. This will be the first time the show will be broadcast regularly since Carson went off the air in 1992, turning the reigns over to Jay Leno and igniting the Late Night wars.
August 10, 2015

Spotted in New York: Stephen Colbert Marquis on the Ed Sullivan Theater

It wasn't that long ago that we were sad to witness the removal of the "Late Show with David Letterman" marquis over the historic Ed Sullivan Theater, and the carting out of the Late Show Set, much of it into a dumpster. But things change, and they change fast. Today we spotted a shiny new Marquis on the theater marking the imminent arrival of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
August 10, 2015

A Look Back at the Year That Changed Comedy and Why Things May Never Be the Same

One year ago Robin Williams was still with us, Joan Rivers was alive, and Bill Cosby was a comedy icon and role model. The loss of these three living legends has changed the face of comedy. It's been a long and emotionally charged year for comedy fans and each of these events have left marks on the genre that will resonate for years to come.
August 2, 2015

Rivers, Carlin, Ramis and Berle Help Break Ground for New Comedy Center

Joan Rivers, George Carlin, Harold Ramis and Milton Berle are no longer with us, but their children and family members, Melissa Rivers, Kelly Carlin, Julian Ramis and Marshall Berle (who is actually the nephew of the late great comedian), grabbed ceremonial shovels and helped to break ground for the construction of a new National Comedy Center in Jamestown New York on Saturday, according to wgrz.
July 23, 2015

Jerry Seinfeld, David Letterman Pull Endorsements From Bill Cosby Book

A Cosby biography entitled Cosby: His Life and Times came out last year and got book jacket love from comedy admirers and A Listers like Billy Crystal, Dave Letterman and Jerry Seinfeld. Now Dave and Jerry want off the cover since they found out the Cos was so rapey.
July 21, 2015

Chris Gethard Has Pieces of the Letterman Set on His Set Now

After David Letterman's last show, like most of us Chris Gethard was shocked and sad to find out that they were throwing most of the Letterman set into dumpsters. Unlike most of us Chris grabbed a bunch of guys, and ran over to salvage some things.
July 11, 2015

David Letterman Does a Donald Trump Top Ten List

David Letterman made his first post retirement appearance and it was a real doozy. Long time late pals Steve Martin and Martin Short are on tour with A Very Stupid Conversation in San Antonio, Texas, and David Letterman shocked the audience with a drop in.