June 12, 2014

Last Comic Standing Semi Finals Start Tonight

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.
June 9, 2014

Who Are the Last Comic Standing Semi Final 28

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.
June 6, 2014

Last Comic Standing Straight Up Recap: Invitational Round 4

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.
June 5, 2014

Amy Schumer Added to Montreal Just For Laughs Lineup

For over thirty years, the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival is one of the biggest comedy events in the world. And the 2014 incarnation of Just For Laughs once again, is promising to be one of the comedy events of the year. Today it was announced that comedian Amy Schumer will be jointing the already amazing lineup, and she will be posting her own Just For Laughs Gala event on Saturday July 26th at 7pm.
May 19, 2014

Last Comic Standing: The Judges Speak Out About Season 8

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.
May 19, 2014

Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Other Big Names to Mentor Comics on This Year’s “Last Comic Standing”

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.