Holy smokes! We were psyched to get day 4 of Just For Laughs Chicago up and running! Why? Because we were going to get some face time with some of our favorite comedians! Each and every time we turned around another stellar comedian was coming by our room to shoot some video for us. There [...]Just ... [Read More]

With the Just For Laughs Festival going on this week, many of our favorite comedians, famous and not-yet famous will be gracing the stages of Chicago, inspiring both current and [...]Author informationMonique MadridComedy Editor at Serial OptimistMon... [Read More]

As we’ve previously reported, FX will launch their brand new network, FXX on September 2nd. With the network split, new content is necessary and that’s where this story begins. Today the network announced that Brand X With Russel Brand is cancelled. However, they aren’t getting out... [Read More]

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]

Since the series finale of Showtime’s Emmy-winning pot-themed series Weeds, we’ve seen a lot less of Nevin Nealon on our small screens. It’s bittersweet, of course, for comedy fans. But life after eight seasons of playing Doug Wilso... [Read More]

Will Forte of Saturday Night Live fame has announced he’ll be making a sequel to his 1980s action film spoof, MacGruber. Based on the serialized SNL sketch starring Forte and Bill Hader, the 2010 flick has a rating of 47 percent on Rotten Tomatoes an... [Read More]

Billy Crystal is on his way back to America’s living rooms via television, more specifically, the FX Network. That’s right, FX has officially green lit a new situational comedy pilot staring the comedic legend. The show’s title is The Comedians and portrays Billy as a has-been comedian that is looki... [Read More]

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]

I completely missed Bill Hader’s appearance on The Howard Stern Show this morning but that’s what rides home and the replay are for. I’d imagine like on the show Hader is just as great a guy. Stern recently gave Hader high praise at the beginning of Saturday Night Live season 38 fo... [Read More]

Fred Armisen didn't have the last laugh on the season finale of Saturday Night Live so much as he had the last rock 'n' roll jam, playing himself out as a cast member by playing British rocker Ian Rubbish. His band consisted not only of fellow cast m... [Read More]