March 8, 2015
Comedy Central hosted “Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together For Autism Programs” with a special broadcast of the benefit event taped at the Beacon Theatre and a live celebrity phone bank on Sunday.
March 8, 2015
It's going to be tough to say goodbye to Jon Stewart when he leaves the Daily Show on Comedy Central.
March 3, 2015
Robert Smigel has a brand new series out, The Jack and Triumph Show on Adult Swim, and this week he also produced the gigantic Night of Too Many Stars to raise money for programs for kids with Autism.
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 23, 2015
The Labor Party in the UK has painted a van pink to appeal to women voters. Needless to say women find this both embarrassing and offensive. In this week's edition of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver agreed.
February 21, 2015
“Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together For Autism Programs” continues to live up to its name.
February 18, 2015
John Oliver's second season on "Last Week Tonight" has only been back for a couple of weeks and HBO has already announced that the show will be back for a 3rd and 4th seasons.
February 18, 2015
Congratulations to John Oliver who was bragging last night on the Tonight Show that he's not fired. Instead he has two more years with HBO, it was announced yesterday. Good move on HBO's part now that a seat has opened up at The Daily Show.
February 17, 2015
Thomas Lennon is your guest host on the Late Late Show.
February 16, 2015
Last night on This Week Tonight John Oliver asked one of his favorite questions, "How is this still a thing?" about the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
February 16, 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 The Stand, Gotham Comedy Live and Gilbert Gottfried's benefit for school kids.
February 15, 2015
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore is less than a month old and his having a huge growing pain. Jon Stewart, the host of its highly successful lead in, the Daily Show, is leaving. Wilmore told the Hollywood Reporter at the WGA Awards, "I was devastated just like everyone else just because of the thought of Jon leaving, but talking to him about it and everything, it feels like it's time for him to move on." Jon Stewart is also an executive producer on the Nightly Show.
February 15, 2015
"The Grand Budapest Hotel" was a winner at the Writers Guild of America Awards on Saturday night.
February 12, 2015
According to Viacom Entertainment Group president Doug Herzog, Comedy Central has a short list of names to choose from to replace Jon Stewart as host of the Daily Show.
February 9, 2015
They're pretty, they're flashy, they're corny, and they are a part of a 24 billion dollar a year industry. It's drug reps. John Oliver is back for season two and he's just finding out that America has a problem with prescription drugs, pharmaceutical ads, and drug reps.
February 9, 2015
This is a school fundraiser that beats out any PTA event your parents ever organized.
February 4, 2015
Last year was the last time we saw Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
February 4, 2015
What happens every other year, helps Autism programs and has too many stars!?
February 3, 2015
Last night on Late Night, John Oliver and Seth Meyers were talking about the Super Bowl, and the difficulties of a crushing sports loss. "It will never leave you," John advised Seahawks fans.
February 2, 2015
It's Groundhog Day! Looks like nearly 6 more weeks of guest host for the Late Late Show.
January 30, 2015
John Oliver loves the Super Ball because it's "Peak America".
January 29, 2015
Comedians On Late Night TV Thursday January 29: John Oliver, The Sklar Brothers, Matt Walsh and More
Time to laugh!? Not yet, wait till late night to see these funny people on TV.
January 15, 2015
The stories and news people talk about around the industry when the club closes and they’re sitting at the bar….
January 15, 2015
The All-Star line up for the "Garden of Laughs" benefit just added another star.
January 10, 2015
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was considered one of 2014’s best TV shows. It was the #1 TV show of last year as voted by the […]
January 6, 2015
As 2014 came to a close, we also celebrated our first anniversary as a website devoted to the business of comedy, so we had double the reason to celebrate the year in comedy.