New CNN docu-series, “The Story of Late Night” debuts May 2nd

CNN is taking you on a journey through the history of late night. On May 2nd, CNN is premiering The… MORE
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Catching Up on United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell

The fifth season of W. Kamau Bell’s award-winning CNN series, United Shades, premiered Sunday night. I wrote a little bit about Bell and his program for my weekly installment in things to see and experience for the Friday Weekend Arts section of …

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Review: Colin Quinn, “Red State Blue State” on CNN

CNN wanted Colin Quinn’s new comedy special to air because of how he splits America down the middle (even suggesting the country follow suit) in his latest hour, Red State Blue State. But Quinn makes a couple of even greater points, perhaps, outs…

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Colin Quinn’s “Red State Blue State” special will premiere Memorial Day on CNN

Colin Quinn has done Broadway, HBO and Netflix. For his next trick, his new comedy special is premiering on CNN. Red State Blue State debuts Memorial Day (Monday, May 27) at 9 p.m. Eastern and 9 p.m. Pacific on CNN. Here’s a little tease from his…

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Colin Quinn’s next special is headed to CNN

It makes lot of sense for Colin Quinn’s next stand-up comedy special to premiere on CNN. Today the network announced… MORE
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The Daily Show and Jake Tapper will “panel hard” at SXSW

Trevor Noah and The World’s Fakest News Team will collaborate with CNN’s Jake Tapper on a panel at this year’s SXSW. On March 9, CNN anchor & Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper will sit down with Daily Show host Trevor Noah and his crack team of correspondents to talk about media and the present late night landscape. Noah previously welcomed Tapper, who President Donald Trump calls “the face of fake

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Dave Chappelle and Jon Stewart talk about their tour, politics, and the state of comedy with CNN

Jon Stewart and Dave Chappelle are currently out on a co-headlining tour and they sat down with CNN to discuss… MORE
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Dave Chappelle on CNN calls for more ‘cultural sensitivity’; says comedians should ‘listen more’ (Video)

Dave Chappelle is in the news again for talking about Trump. CNN released a clip of Van Jones’s Saturday night interview with the iconic stand-up comedian. Sitting down with Jones, Chappelle revisits comments he made about giving Donald Trump “a chance” shortly after the 2016 election when hosting SNL. Many at the time were outraged and dismissive of the comments and Chappelle now regrets them as well. In the interview, he concedes, “I don’t like

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W. Kamau Bell taped one of the final episodes of “Parts Unknown” with Anthony Bourdain

The color of the world dimmed a bit when it learned of the surprising suicide of Anthony Bourdain. Not only… MORE

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