Howard Stern offers Jimmy Fallon advice on taking over “The Tonight Show”
In case you missed it last night, Jimmy Fallon invited Howard Stern on his Late Night show last night, and Stern immediately went into Fallon with advice and suggestions for making his show better in February 2014 when he moves up an hour and takes over The Tonight Show. "I subscribe to the Anyone B... [Read More]
 
Thursday’s Colbert Report taping cancelled after death of Stephen Colbert’s mother
(Above: Stephen honours his mother on her 92nd birthday, Nov. 6, 2012.) Thursday night’s Colbert Report will be a rerun so that its star, Stephen Colbert, can be with his family after his mother, Lorna Colbert, died Wednesday at the age of 92. This accor... [Read More]
 
Thursday’s Colbert Report taping cancelled after death of Stephen Colbert’s mother
(Above: Stephen honours his mother on her 92nd birthday, Nov. 6, 2012.) Update 6/17: The Monday, June 17 episode (with guest Sen. Olympia Snowe) has reportedly been cancelled and replaced with a repeat, with new episodes returning Tuesday. Thursday night&rsquo... [Read More]
 
Hey Now! Jeffrey Tambor Helps Jimmy Fallon Pay Homage To ‘Larry Sanders’
With Jeffrey Tambor a guest on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night, the show took the opportunity to pay homage to The Larry Sanders Show. The show started just like the classic HBO series, with black and white titles announcing the show with Tambor reprising the role of announcer Hank Kingsley ... [Read More]
 
David Letterman offers John Oliver advice on late-night TV show hosting, interviewing
John Oliver made his first appearance last night on Late Show with David Letterman. After talking about the differences between comedy in the UK and the USA -- audiences are surprisingly worse and prone to heckling at every opportunity across the pon... [Read More]
 
Kathleen Madigan describes life on Lewis Black’s comedy cruise
Kathleen Madigan performed on last night's Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and let us all in on her very first experience with life on a cruise ship -- which came when she performed on Lewis Black's comedy cruise. Apparently there is a lot more than just... [Read More]
 
“Why does my vagina have to be your crutch?” Lindy West debates Jim Norton on FX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell
If you're looking for a healthy, lengthy debate about how comedy and feminism don't have to be mutually exclusive concepts that tear at each other with straw-man arguments, then, well... Here's a five-minute discussion, moderated by W. Kamau Bell on ... [Read More]
 
Jim Breuer, Sherri Shepherd, and Tom Papa will kick off new season of ‘Comedy Unbound’ on EPIX, host Twitter chats
A new summer season of EPIX’s hit show Comedy Unbound will premiere on June 7th. Former Saturday Night Live cast member Jim Breuer will kick the new season off with his one-hour special And Laughter for All. The series will air on Fridays at 10PM. Sherri Shepherd, Tom Papa, and Jim Norton will also ... [Read More]
 
Review: Trevor Noah, “Born a Crime”
Growing up in South Africa with an African mother and a Swiss-German father, the nation's prevailing policy of Apartheid at the time meant that Trevor Noah had been "Born a Crime." That's the title Noah adopts for his one-man show, "The Racist," whic... [Read More]
 
On Conan, Tig Notaro shops her headshot at L.A. stores
In Los Angeles and New York City, you're much more likely to walk into a restaurant or other business and find a wall of headshots of the famous people who have eaten there or purchased goods and services therein. How do you add your headshot to that... [Read More]