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In FX’s upcoming “The Comedians” Billy Crystal and Josh Gad are set to clash generationally as comedians on a sketch show. That might seem a little reminiscent of the premises of Mulaney or even Studio 60, but The Comedians seems to be going for a more, FX single-cam grounded comedy vibe (i.e. Louie, Married, etc).

See for yourself in the first teaser trailer that was posted today.

The Comedians premieres on FX on Apr. 9th.

The SNL 40th Anniversary Special Will Now Be 3 1/2 Hours and Has Even More Special Guests

February 14, 2015

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To accomodate the gigantic 60 or so people, now including Billy Crystal, Louis CK, Tim Meadows, Will Forte, Ana Gasteyer, and Colin Quinn, that will be taking part, The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special has now been extended to run 3 ½ hours.

So, this Sun. the special will go from 8PM-11:30PM, which definitely bites into people watching their routine Sunday night HBO. Good thing there’s DVR and HBO GO.

FX Will Premiere “The Comedians” and Season 5 of “Louie” on Apr. 9th

January 19, 2015

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(via Deadline)

This spring, FX will see a whole hour block of series focused on the lives of comedians.

The series premiere of The Comedians with Josh Gad and Billy Crystal playing two comedians bridging generational gaps in comedy and the premiere of the fifth season of Louie will kick off Apr. 9th at 10PM.

Note that, Louie will only have 8 episodes for this latest season, which seems like the season order of a freshman show. However, The Comedians will have Mel Brooks, Jimmy Kimmel, and Rob Reiner as guest stars in their first season (via Variety).

This still makes us curious how comedies are split between FX and FXx.

The Emmys Pay Tribute to Robin Williams and Has Weird Al Parody Your Favorite TV Theme Songs

August 26, 2014

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Along with the announcing of the Emmy winners last night, The Primetime Emmys telecast had none other than Billy Crystal honor one of the now, late greats, Robin Williams and Weird Al Yankovic, who is continuing to have a banner year, add his own lyrics to the theme songs of Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Homeland, Scandal, and Modern Family.

It’s a good thing that these Emmys didn’t air on the same night as the MTV VMAs so we didn’t have to flip channels between this and Beyonce.

FX/FXx Picks Up Billy Crystal-Josh Gad Series ‘The Comedians’

March 19, 2014

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FX/FXx Picks Up Billy Crystal-Josh Gad Series ‘The Comedians’

The premise of two eras of comedy colliding, more disparate than those of Funny People with Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler, is now going to be the newest show at FX/FXx will have Josh Gad as a younger, edgier comedian working for vet comedian played by Billy Crystal (who is making a long awaited return to TV here) on a sketch show.

As this is another show dealing with the sort of the behind the scenes of comedy under the umbrella of FX, we immediately wonder if they or Louie would do a crossover of any kind.

Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays to Premiere on HBO April 19th

February 6, 2014

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Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays to Premiere on HBO April 19th

The Tony Award winning, record grossing one man show from Billy Crystal, 700 Sundays, is coming to HBO on Sat. Apr. 19th. You might be interested to know that this will be almost 30 years since Crystal’s last special on HBO.

Tig Notaro, Stephen Colbert, Carol Burnett, Billy Crystal Nominated for 2014 Grammys

December 9, 2013

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The latest Grammy nominations have been announced and we’re happy to hear that one of our favorite comedy albums in recent memory, Tig Notaro’s Live is nominated for Best Comedy Album.

In the Spoken Word category, Stephen Colbert, Carol Burnett, David Sedaris, and Billy Crystal also do well to represent comedy at The Grammy Awards.

HBO Making TV Special Out of Billy Crystal’s One Man Show ‘700 Sundays’

December 5, 2013

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HBO Making TV Special Out of Billy Crystal’s One Man Show ‘700 Sundays’

That’s right-Billy Crystal’s hit one-man show 700 Sundays is going to be produced into a special for HBO. If you haven’t seen it, you might have seen Crystal doing the late night talk show circuit and be pretty great throughout.

Basically, you should get excited for this when it comes out next year.

Billy Crystal Talks His Early Day of Stand Up on The Daily Show

September 13, 2013

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In promotion of his new memoir “Still Foolin’ Them: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys”, Billy Crystal stopped by The Daily Show to share some of his tales from doing stand-up back in the day talking of how he opened for Blood, Sweat, and Tears and played with some of the weirder acts back in the Catskills days, Lenny Schultz.

Please watch parts one, two, and three of the interview as they’re fascinating and pretty great.

FX Orders Comedy Pilot ‘The Comedians’ Starring Billy Crystal

May 22, 2013

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FX Orders Comedy Pilot ‘The Comedians’ Starring Billy Crystal

Based off the description, part of us thinks it’s kind of the flipside of the scene from Annie Hall where Woody Allen is listening to a talk show host on what type of jokes he wants. Another part of us thinks that could be really great and that FXx consequently will be great.

Here’s The First Teaser Trailer of “The Comedians” with Josh Gad and Billy Crystal

The SNL 40th Anniversary Special Will Now Be 3 1/2 Hours and Has Even More Special Guests

FX Will Premiere “The Comedians” and Season 5 of “Louie” on Apr. 9th

The Emmys Pay Tribute to Robin Williams and Has Weird Al Parody Your Favorite TV Theme Songs

FX/FXx Picks Up Billy Crystal-Josh Gad Series ‘The Comedians’

Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays to Premiere on HBO April 19th

Tig Notaro, Stephen Colbert, Carol Burnett, Billy Crystal Nominated for 2014 Grammys

HBO Making TV Special Out of Billy Crystal’s One Man Show ‘700 Sundays’

Billy Crystal Talks His Early Day of Stand Up on The Daily Show

FX Orders Comedy Pilot ‘The Comedians’ Starring Billy Crystal