Kyle Ayers is phenomenal. His #roofbreakup hit the internet on Saturday, and the coverage on it has been incredible. And why not? Kyle is a writer and comedian who lives [...]Author informationMeredith SchneiderContributing Editor at Serial OptimistMeredith runs DoubleTake Productions with her siste... [Read More]

by Erik Voss Kenan Thompson has been taking a lot of heat this week for a comment he made in a TV Guide interview about SNL's lack of a black female cast member, despite the recent hiring of six white performers. Following Jay Pharoah's rather blunt remark to theGrio that "They need to pay attention... [Read More]

Kay Cannon, the Emmy-nominated writer and producer for “30 Rock,” co-executive producer for “New Girl” and screenplay writer of the hit movie Pitch Perfect is not only driven and talented, she’s beautiful [...]Author informationMonique MadridWest Coast Editor ... [Read More]

Getting people drunk and making movies, what a life! It’s the life of Seth Weitberg, co-producer of Comedy Central’s “Drunk History.” I don’t know whose job I envy more, the [...]Author informationMonique MadridWest Coast Editor at Serial OptimistMonique Madrid is an LA... [Read More]

If you haven’t seen the newest viral video to come out of legendary comedy theater Second City, then you’re about the only person who hasn’t. On Monday, The Second City [...]Author informationMonique MadridComedy & Managing Editor at Serial OptimistMonique Madrid is an LA via C... [Read More]

Nobody said going to the dentist office was fun, but Dentally Challenged, the new web series from Awkward Spaceship takes the idea of the bad dentist experience to a whole new [...]Author informationMonique MadridComedy & Managing Editor at Serial OptimistMonique Madrid is a Chicago comedia... [Read More]

Here's a short documentary for your Throwback Thursday needs, no matter what day it may be. Improv Legends has put together several minutes of interview footage with founders and early participants in The Second City improv and sketch comedy company in Chicago -- including the late Bernie Sahlins an... [Read More]

Lauren Flans is one of my favorite people on the planet. I first met her in 2010 when we were both hired to perform with Second City on a cruise [...]Author informationMonique MadridComedy Editor at Serial OptimistMonique Madrid is a Chicago comedian, writer and actor. Check out her website to see a... [Read More]

NBC is on a search for stand-up and improv comedians for an as-yet-untitled sketch comedy franchise. THR reports that the network has tapped Senior VP of Original Programming Tom Wallach to be the executive producer. Wallach will also preside over the search for new talent, which will draw... [Read More]

The Chicago Tribune is reporting the death of Bernard “Bernie” Sahlins, best known as one of the co-founders (along with director Paul Sills and actor-turned-filmmaker Howard Alk) of The Second City, the improvisational-comedy theater that became a launching pad for star comedians, and w... [Read More]