2013 Just For Laughs Chicago comedian spotlight: Julian McCullough
Julian McCullough is a very funny man. He has hosted MTV2′s Guy Code and TBS’s Very Funny News, and co-hosted Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings. He also interviewed many of the acts at this year’s South By Southwest, in a very entertaining fashion. He is quite adept at gaugin... [Read More]
 
Dave Shirley’s audition for America’s Got Talent 2013
"I'm a comedian, but I don't tell jokes." That's what Dave Shirley told the judges of NBC's America's Got Talent at the start of his audition on last night's episode. So. What does he do? As a self-described "failed street performer," this guy from D... [Read More]
 
Daily double! Angela Hoover’s “America’s Got Talent” audition airs same night as role in “Inside Amy Schumer”
Who is Angela Hoover? No, you're not on Jeopardy or in jeopardy, for that matter. Just noting that millions of Americans newly discovered Angela Hoover last night via TV, and that they may already have seen her before -- despite the onscreen graphic ... [Read More]
 
Holy sh*t! What did I just agree to? I’m about to destroy the most beloved show on American television.
“Jon called me and asked, ‘Would you like to host the show?’” Oliver says. “My first reaction was, ‘Yeah, sure. Whatever you want. No problem.’ It was only on hanging up that my knees started to buckle. I was like, ‘Holy shit! What did I just agree to?... [Read More]
 
WGA chooses 101 “Best Written TV Series of All Time”
If the Writers Guild of America membership is to be believed, half of the best-written TV series of all time just so happened to have been written in the past decade. Whether they choose to ignore their past or celebrate it, the WGA's East and West C... [Read More]
 
Comedy Central cancels ‘Ugly Americans’
Comedy Central has cancelled the animated show Ugly Americans after only two seasons. After a lot of time on the fence about whether or not the show would be renewed for a third season, the network could not find enough outside funding to keep the show running. Producers David M. Stern, Daniel Powel... [Read More]
 
Comedy Central cancels Ugly Americans
Comedy Central has cancelled Ugly Americans. If this is news to you, or even more so, if you didn't realize this was news, there's a story behind why you're just now hearing about the end of the animated series after two seasons. Posted today on the ... [Read More]
 
Watch “Mel Brooks: Make a Noise,” the PBS American Masters documentary
In case you missed it, here it is online. From the PBS American Masters description: "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — to the film ge... [Read More]
 
‘We’re the Millers’ redband trailer
If you were wondering what Jason Sudeikis would be up to this summer besides fielding questions about his rumored departure from Saturday Night Live, we present to you the redband trailer for his new movie, We’re the Millers. In it Sudeikis pulls a ragtag group of people including Jennifer Ani... [Read More]
 
Chris Hardwick to host late night talk show this fall
Well, it seems that one hour of baller late night television is not enough for Comedy Central. Today they announced that comedian Chris Hardwick will be an expansion of the late night milkshake block that currently brings all the boys 18-34 to the yard with The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Har... [Read More]