They've since moved on to the first and former third cities, but finding The Second City in the work of Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey and Steve Carell isn't difficult. These 1990s alums from Chicago's famous sketch troupe are pushing television comedy in this decade toward becoming a looser, more improvisational art form, but also one that places a premium, like their Second City training ground, on working at material until finely honed.
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