January 6, 2015
The Writers Guild of America East will be honoring television legend Norman Lear at its New York ceremony in February.
December 29, 2014
Last Week Tonight's John Oliver believes there is one thing that can unite us all, our hatred for New Year's Eve parties.
December 29, 2014
Any time you try to make a list of the "top" anything, it's always a little bit subjective, due to the point of view of the writer. With the understanding that it's not an exact science, and really just an opinion, I will give you my top 15 comedy events list of 2014, of all the events that I covered during the year. Some of the events I was involved with in some way, but most of them not! I tried to be as impartial as I could.
December 27, 2014
Here are the comedians and clubs where you can make it an extra Happy New Year!
December 27, 2014
The great comedy in 2014 wasn't just limited to stand up. There was also outstanding comedy on television. Comedy Central really upped their game this year, with five of our top ten programs coming from the all-comedy network. All five of those shows -- Dave Attell's Comedy Underground Live, South Park, Review, Inside Amy Schumer and Key & Peele -- brought completely different elements of comedy to the channel. Brooklyn Nine Nine, Last Week Tonight, Comedy Bang Bang, Silicon Valley, and The Pete Holmes Show all created must see television too. And we've left off many great comics-- more proof of the strength of comedy in 2014.
December 23, 2014
December 9, 2014
Each year, mtvU the 24 hour college network side of MTV honors their choice for Man and Woman of the Year.
November 25, 2014
During his "in season" John Oliver only works once a week and now he's on a long Winter break. He knows it's light so he has recorded some breaks to be released on you YouTube while he's off.
November 10, 2014
Last Week Tonight's John Oliver took a look at the state lotteries run around the country.
November 3, 2014
Lowes is bringing robot employees to their stores this year and John Oliver gets some help from H. Jon Benjamin, Nick Offerman and Sarah Baker to explain why this is a terrible idea.
November 2, 2014
This week the New York Comedy Festival takes over a long list of New York City theaters and clubs. With well over 100 shows to choose from over the course of 5 days, you might be looking for some help deciding which events to attend.
October 27, 2014
It's the best rant on sugar since Homer Simpsons first put forth his philosophy on greater power through sugar control.
October 27, 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 20, 2014
John Oliver puts his always excellent spin on the news this week with a story on the Supreme Court. Why can't we watch arguments at the Supreme Court on tv? We get audio, but with nothing to watch, we get bored. Oliver has some amazing suggestions to make Supreme Court audio more interesting to listen to.
October 20, 2014
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. In today’s column, find out where Jerry Seinfeld did a surprise set, what Andy Kaufman's brother thinks about Bob Zmuda's new book, who was at Nate Bargatze's Comedy Central taping and Lisa Lampanelli's ephiphany! Visit Jeffrey’s website at comedymatterstv.com, where you can watch his interviews with everyone in comedy who matters!
October 15, 2014
In a move that could change broadcasting, HBO announced today that they be the first major network to offer stand-alone streaming service in 2015. This is the next step in the move to cutting the cable cord, as previously you had to be a cable or fios subscriber to use the popular HBO streaming service, HBO Go.
October 13, 2014
Why does the flavor 'pumpkin spice' grow like the Stay Puft marshmallow man becoming more pervasive every year?
October 13, 2014
John Oliver likes to take old traditions that no longer make sense and ask "How is that still a thing?" on his show Last Week, Tonight.
October 7, 2014
Today Nerdist.com debuted Sara Schaefer's new podcast, LIES. Sara's first guest, Jim Gaffigan, did plenty of lying in the thirteen minute episode complete with lying callers.
October 6, 2014
Last night, Last Week Tonight's John Oliver took a hilarious look at the very real issue of civil forfeiture in the US.
October 2, 2014
Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Here are this weeks picks of the best things to watch, the most interesting […]
October 2, 2014
If you still don't quite get how soccer works in England, listen close as John Oliver explains everything you need to know. Four leagues run by the class system with the premier at the top. John explains that the other leagues are like the servants quarters of sports-- so if you don't win-- down into the basement you go.
September 29, 2014
What is the deal with drones? Are they our friends? Our greatest enemy? Appealingly cheap and incredibly deadly. Plus you can use them to photograph your wedding. John Oliver is going to cover it all.
September 29, 2014
Last night on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver recapped Narenda Modis bizarre trip to New York for UN Week.
September 22, 2014
Last Night, in another great episode of Last Week Last Night, John Oliver asks the question, how the f*ck are beauty pageants still happening?
September 22, 2014
Did you miss Roger Goodell's Friday press conference? Or perhaps you watched it but still felt like you missed it?
September 19, 2014
Socio-political comedian W. Kamau Bell will bring his 'Oh, Everything!' tour to the U.S. cities from November 7th through January 15th. The title of Kamau’s tour dates back to his days on his FX/FXX series Totally Biased in which Bell and the writers would often sit back and find gallows humor in the dark subject matter they tackled.