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The Line-up For 2015′s “The Half Hour” on Comedy Central
May 5, 2015
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(via Splitsider)

Andrew Santino, Andy Woodhull, Barry Rothbart, Beth Stelling, Brooks Wheelan, Hampton Yount…

…Joe List, Liza Treyger, Michelle Buteau, Phil Hanley, Randy Liedtke, Sam Morril, Sean Donnelly, and Tone Bell will be your line-up for this year’s round of half hour stand-up specials on Comedy Central’s The Half Hour. 

There you have it folks. You’ve probably seen many of these great comics recently on late night talk shows, panel shows all over cable, viral videos, in various roles on sitcoms, web series, and on SNL for a season, but now you can finally watch them in more than 3-5 minute increments.

You’ll be able to catch these specials either being taped in Boston as Comedy Central usually does or on Comedy Central much later in 2015.

The First Trailer For “The Jim Gaffigan Show” Does Indeed Feature Plenty of Jim Gaffigan Eating Food
May 4, 2015
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In a show about the life of comedian Jim Gaffigan, food and eating of said food is essential. 

Jim has just posted the first trailer for The Jim Gaffigan Show coming to TV Land and Comedy Central this Summer and features a montage of Jim eating and how it might get on the nerves of his friends, family, and colleagues. 

Watch it here.

While, we’ll have to wait awhile for the premiere this trailer also came with the announcement that an entire episode of The Jim Gaffigan Show will be released for a limited time on May 15th.

So, mark your calendars already.

Nate Bargatze’s “Full Time Magic” Premieres Tonight
May 2, 2015
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Tonight is my one hour special #FullTimeMagic on @ComedyCentral at 12/11c. Also it’s #MayweatherPacquiao. Also we have DVR’s.

If you haven’t already gotten your own copy of Nate Bargatze’s one hour special Full Time Magic from CC:Direct, make sure to watch the premiere tonight on Comedy Central at midnight.

We’re guessing that Mayweather will have hit the canvas before then, so you won’t have to miss any of Nate’s special.

Nate Bargatze’s Hour Special “Full Time Magic” Now Available on CC:Direct
April 30, 2015
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The premiere is two days away, but you can watch the subtle, understated brilliance of Nate Bargatze right now.

Nate Bargatze’s one hour special Full Time Magic doesn’t premiere until Saturday night at midnight on Comedy Central. 

However, if you want to watch it uncut and uncensored, you can buy a digital download of the special from CC:Direct right now for $7. For $10, you can get unlimited downloads of the album as well.

It’s a pretty good deal, but do as you please so long as you’re going to watch Full Time Magic. 

Comedy Central Developing Female Basketball Comedy From Amanda Lund, Maria Blasucci, and Angela Trimbur
April 28, 2015
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(via Deadline)

So, a Pistol Shrimps sitcom?

Comedy Central has just bought a project centered on an underdog all-female basketball team from Amanda Lund, Maria Blasucci, and Angela Trimbur who will also star.

It wouldn’t surprise us at all if the series would basically follow the real life events of the LA female rec basketball team known as The Pistol Shrimps, which has a roster including Lund, Blasucci, Aubrey Plaza and Stephanie Allynne as well as a dance team led by Trimbur.

Drunk History’s Jeremy Konner and Jack Black are also involved with the project that has the potential to line-up quite nicely with Broad City and Inside Amy Schumer.

“Inside Amy Schumer” Renewed For Another Season Before Season 3 Premiere Tonight
April 21, 2015
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Amy Schumer may be calling 2015 the year of the ass, but it’s turning out to be more of her year.

While Inside Amy Schumer is gearing up for the premiere of its 3rd season tonight following a Peabody Award win, the news broke right before Amy’s appearance on Letterman that Comedy Central was ordering a 4th season of the show.

Of course, she broke the news during her chat with Dave.

So, while you’ll have to tune in at 10:30PM tonight on Comedy Central for the season premiere, this 3rd season is probably off to the best start that it could possibly have.

Jon Stewart Set To Exit “The Daily Show” Aug. 6th
April 21, 2015
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It’s all official now. 

 This means the last few moves of this new era of late night will be Letterman’s set to exit in May, then Stewart will follow in August presumably with Trevor Noah’s taking the helm soon after, and then Colbert will take over The Late Show in September.

So, maybe just over three months from the start of a shake up?

The Tonight Show, Too Many Cooks, Grumpy Cat Nominated For The 19th Annual Webby Awards
April 7, 2015
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The Internet’s own Webby Awards just announced the nominees for this year amongst hundreds of categories. We sifted through it all to bring you the comedy relevant ones whether it would be a humor category or something funny that got nominated including Too Many Cooks, Funny or Die, The Tonight Show, Key & Peele, BoJack Horseman, The ArScheerio Paul Show, Grumpy Cat, or High Maintenance.

WEBSITES
The Ellen Degeneres Show-Websites-Celebrity/Fan, Television
Cracked-Humor
Clickhole-Humor
Funny or Die-Humor
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon-Humor, Television, Best Visual Design-Function
Fill The Silence-Humor
Break.com-Humor-Honoree
Rooster Teeth Prodcutions-Humor-Honoree
The Clearly Dope-Humor-Honoree
Slacktory Tumblr-Humor-Honoree
Shiba Sommelier-Humor-Honoree
SimponsWorld.com-Media Streaming-Honoree
The Grand Budapest Hotel: Akademie Zubrowka-Movie & Film, Best Visual Design, Aesthetic
Birdman-Movie & Film
WFMU-Radio & Podcasts

ONLINE FILM & VIDEO
Kevin Hart Is Not a Baby-Branded Short Form 
The Workaholics Guys Find a New Cubicle Mate-Branded Short Form
Key & Peele “What About ‘Non-Stop’ Though”-Branded Short Form
Moustaches Make Food Taste Better from College Humor-Branded Short Form-Honoree
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon BTS and Interviews-Branded Unscripted
Jimmy Kimmel Live “Halloween Candy Prank”-Branded Unscripted
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee-Branded Series, Comedy Long Form or Series
College Humor “How To Tell If You’re a Basic Bitch”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Bo Burnham “Repeat Stuff”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Rob Cantor “Shia LeBeouf” Live-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Mashable “Kevin Bacon Explains the ‘80s to Millenials”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Mashable “Simply Genius Shower Thoughts with Nick Offerman”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Making a Scene with James Franco “Dirty Dancing Dogs”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
Funny or Die “Comcast Doesn’t Give a F—”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
Whalerock “Kids Reenact Emmy Nominated TV Shows”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
Iconoclast “Aspirational”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
Denizen “Tiny Hamster vs. Kobayashi”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
College Humor “If Google Was A Guy”-Comedy Long Form or Series, Best Individual Performance, Best Writing
Fullscreen “Kids React”-Comedy Long Form or Series
Funny or Die “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama”-Comedy Long Form or Series, Public Service & Activism
Jimmy Kimmel Live! “Mean Tweets”-Comedy Long Form or Series, Viral
BBC Worldwide “Gigi: Almost American”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree, Best Individual Performance Honoree
Vimeo “High Maintenance”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree, Best Editing, Best Individual Performance, Best Writing
Comedy Central “Hack Into Broad City”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree
Guilty Content “How To Talk to Australians”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree
AOL “Laugh Lessons”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree
CWTV “Play It Again, Dick”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree
The Howard Stern Show “The Howard Stern Birthday Bash”-Events & Live Webcasts
Adult Swim “Too Many Cooks”-Experimental & Weird, Best Editing
Weird Al Yankovic “Foil”-Music, Best Individual Performance
DEFY Media “Honest Trailers”-Video Remixes/Mash-ups
Nathan For You “Dumb Starbucks”-Viral Honoree
ACLU “Lewis Black Says F#%! Voter Supression-Best Individual Performance
Funny or Die “Mary Poppins Quits with Kristen Bell”-Best Individual Performance
JASH “The ArScheerio Paul Show”-Best Individual Performance Honoree
Next Time on Lonny Season 2-Best Individual Performance Honoree
College Humor “Adam Ruins Everything”-Best Individual Performance Honoree, Best Writing
Soul Pancake “Kid President”-Best Web Personality/Host
ItsGrace-Best Web Personality/Host Honoree, First Person
College Humor “The Britishes”-Best Writing
Funny or Die “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Man”-Best Writing
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon-Entertainment
Rooster Teeth Productions-Entertainment Honoree

MOBILE SITES & APPS
Comedy Central App-Best Streaming Video, Best User Face Honoree, Entertainment, Tablet-Entertainment
The Daily Show Podcast Without Jon Stewart-Podcast
Comedy Bang! Bang!-Podcast
The Tonight Show App-Entertainment Honoree, Tablet-Entertainment

SOCIAL
Last Week Tonight-Best Writing
The Ellen DeGeneres Show-Overall Social Presence, Celebrity/Fan
Funny or Die-Overall Social Presence Honoree, Humor
Grumpy Cat-Animals
Ignition Interactive “BoJack Horseman Campaign”-Entertainment, Humor
Comedy Central “@midnight”-Entertainment Honoree
Laffland “Sniffers”-Humor
The Onion-Humor
The Most Interesting Man in the World Social Pages-Humor
Google Naps-Humor Honoree
Wonderful Pistachos #AskEagle-Humor Honoree
adidas Brazuca-Humor Honoree
Cracked on Facebook-Humor Honoree
Nick Offerman’s Solid Wood Emojis-Humor Honoree
Level 48-Humor Honoree

The winners will be announced May 18th with host Hannibal Buress presiding over the ceremony. 

You can check out the massive list of nominees here.

Jeff Ross Roasted Criminals Live at a Prison for His Next Comedy Special
April 1, 2015
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To up the ante and explore the criminal justice system, Roastmaster General Jeff Ross has done his latest special in front of a crowd of inmates at Brazos County Jail in Texas.

Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals Live From Brazos Country Prison did indeed happen and, as you can see from this Kimmel appearance, he lived to tell the tale.

In fact, no riots broke out and Ross says the shows went great.

We’ll get to see what went down when the special airs on Comedy Central Jun. 13th.

Watch a Preview of Comedy Central’s “Another Period” Set to Premiere Jun. 23rd
March 31, 2015
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It almost seems like this was the show Natasha Leggero was born for.

This first clip finally gives a look into one of Comedy Central’s latest highly anticipated series, the 1900s single camera comedy “Another Period”. Leggero flirts with a robber baron played by Tim Heidecker at a particular funeral and Michael Ian Black is at her beck and call as a servant. 

It would seem this show can have all the fun that Downton Abbey could have if they wanted to take some liberties with history and tone.

Another Period premieres Jun. 23rd.

Nate Bargatze’s One Hour Comedy Central Special “Full Time Magic” Coming May 2nd
March 30, 2015
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Nate Bargatze has plenty of reasons of why he’s one of Vulture’s 50 Comedians You Should Know in 2015. He’s about to give us all another one with a brand new comedy special.

Full Time Magic will be Nate’s new one hour special at Comedy Central coming May 2nd and the pitch perfect cover art comes from Dave Kloc and Chris Klosterman.

On the title alone, it’s kind of a perfect follow-up to his album Yelled At By a Clown.

Trevor Noah to Replace Jon Stewart as Host of “The Daily Show”
March 30, 2015
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Well, there you have it folks. South African comedian Trevor Noah will be the next and third host of The Daily Show.

Comedy Central announced their decision after “whispering” that Noah was in the running a few days ago.

So, as long as no one else quits or somehow gets canceled, this era of late night talk show-ish shows will soon be: 

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel Live
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Conan
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Late Show with James Corden
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Last Call with Carson Daly
(in primetime) The Grace Helbig Show
Untitled Chelsea Handler Project at Netflix

So, it’s slightly more diverse?

Series Finale of “Kroll Show” Is Tonight
March 25, 2015
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Oh, goodbye #KrollShow. #KrollShowFinale #GoodbyeKrollWorld #tonight pic.twitter.com/nRpnx6nsr4

After three seasons, Kroll Show is wrapping itself up for good on Comedy Central. It’s going to take awhile to say goodbye to each of Kroll’s characters in the special, individualized way that they would want, but it’s probably worth it.

The series finale of Kroll Show is at 10:30PM tonight on Comedy Central.

Women Comedy Continuing To Run Round The Whole Internet and Are Now at CC:Studios
March 23, 2015
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Women Comedy continue to spread their much needed brand of comedy at every corner of the web. 

First it was just their YouTube channel, then IFC, then Funny or Die, and now, Dave/Jake/Allen/Pat are at Comedy Central’s CC:Studios.

Just watch why they’re at Comedy Central’s digital arm with this first sketch entitled “God’s Vagina”.

Ari Shaffir’s “Passive Aggressive” Makes Its TV Premiere Tonight on Comedy Central
March 13, 2015
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The 2nd Ari Shaffir special to hit TV in 2015 will air tonight on Comedy Central. Earlier this year, there was Paid Regular and, tonight at midnight, there will be Passive Aggressive.

Actually, Passive Aggressive was first available on a site called Chill.com that existed awhile ago. However, they went under and released all the comedy specials, including Maria Bamford’s Special Special Special and Greg Proops’ Live at Musso and Frank Grill, to the comedians and, one by one, each special has found its way to distribution through various channels.

So, this previously lost special Passive Aggressive from Ari Shaffir finally gets uncovered tonight. (Also, both specials are now available at CC:Stand-Up Direct)

Tom Segura Had a Chance Encounter With Bruce Bruce…
March 13, 2015
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Some of you might know that comedians live lives that you would never guess based on their act and on stage persona. 

Tom Segura experienced a great example of that when he met successful, veteran comedian Bruce Bruce and got completely blindsided. Seriously.

This is the latest story for This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir and we can’t stress enough how out-of-left-field this story is especially since it doesn’t involve drugs, alcohol, violence, etc.

Hannibal Buress Gets Series Order For Topical Show “Why?” From Comedy Central
March 10, 2015
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(via Deadline)

Unlike the time when Hannibal Buress really jumped the gun and announced that Comedy Central picked up his series on Twitter in an attempt to perhaps visualize his goals, Hannibal has really gotten an official series order where he basically gets to talk about and do what he wants.

Comedy Central has ordered 8 episodes of Why? which will feature Buress talking about the burning issues of the day, the ones he cares about anyway, and feature pre-taped segments, man-on-the-street bits, etc.

It sounds a little bit like Chapelle’s Show, but with Hannibal leading the way, we have no problem with that whatsoever and look forward to the premiere.

The Big Charity Night For Autism Programs “Night of Too Many Stars” Is Tonight
March 8, 2015
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The annual gigantic event, appropriately named Night of Too Many Stars airs tonight along with phone lines going the whole time taking your donations.

Again, a Paul Rudd wheel, Chris Rock “selling out”, Jon Stewart hosting, Bill Burr doing stand-up, Steve Buscemi, and so much more are all in tonight’s special airing at 8PM on Comedy Central.

If you want to get to donating right at this moment, you can do so here.

Trevor Moore’s “High In Church” Premieres Tonight/Now Available on CC:Direct
March 6, 2015
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The sketch variety special from Trevor Moore “High In Church” Is premiering tonight on Comedy Central at midnight. Already, we’ve enjoyed his songs/bits “Kitty History”, “Gays Got Married” as well as these ones that were just released “The Ballad of Billy John”, a ballad about YouTube comments, and “Geniuses”, a pretty great commentary about certain exemptions from our history textbooks.

If you’ve enjoyed all of this and can’t wait until midnight, you can watch High in Church now on CC:Direct for $7. For $10, you can get unlimited album downloads of the special.

Either way you choose, just make sure you watch it.

Here’s What’s In Store For This Year’s “Night of Too Many Stars”
March 5, 2015
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Since 2003, Night of Too Many Stars has raised millions of dollars for autism programs as well as putting on one heck of a show.

This year, they’ve got a Paul Rudd wheel, John Oliver committing a crime for charity, Chris Rock being a spokesperson to highest bidder, and appearances from Weird Al Yankovic, Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer, Martin Short, Bill Burr, Steve Carell, Louis C.K., Maya Rudolph, Sarah Silverman, Jim Gaffigan, John Oliver, Larry David, and way more.

That’s all on top of The Simpsons prize we mentioned yesterday.

Variety recapped a pre-taped portion of all the craziness that went down.

There’s also a “friendly chat” with former Happy Gilmore co-stars Bob Barker  and Adam Sandler.

Executive producer of the event Robert Smigel details more of the evening festivities as well as the cause of autism programs in which it’s supporting while on The Daily Show earlier this week.

There will be a live telethon when this year’s Night of Too Many Stars airs in order to take donations for autism programs this Sun. Mar. 8th at 8PM on Comedy Central.

Justin Willman “Sleight of Mouth” Special to Air on Comedy Central Apr. 6th
March 4, 2015
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(via Nerdist.com)

Comedy Central’s latest special, amidst a slew of great stand-up specials, will be coming from über clever magician who is on comedy shows all the time, Justin Willman. 

The special “Sleight of Mouth” will not only feature his magic, but will also have the likes of Paul Scheer and Doug Benson in some drug-induced experiments. 

If that all sounds good to you, then mark down 12:30AM on the night of Apr. 6th for the premiere.

Trevor Moore Makes a Country Anthem For How Ridiculous People Against Gay Marriage Are
March 2, 2015
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Trevor Moore’s new special High in Church premieres this Fri. Mar. 6th at midnight on Comedy Central, but we’ve been getting small previews here and there of the sharp, very clever satire that’s in store.

First there was a parallel universe where cats acted exactly like us and now there’s this new music video for “Gays Got Married” where Moore envisions what people against gay marriage are thinking will happen when gay marriage is passed as law.

Of course, the message seems most poignant when done as a country song.

Trevor Moore Postulates a Parallel Kitty Universe With The Same History as This Human One
March 1, 2015
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Trevor Moore has a brand new comedy special coming to Comedy Central next week after his Drunk Texts to Myself, Trevor Moore: High in Church. There will be sketches, songs, dancing girls, as well as the exploration of what a parallel kitty universe would be like.

How exactly would a “kitty universe” be like ours? Luckily, Trevor has a music video to show you just how cats are exactly just like us in every way, no matter how dark it is, in some alternate universe.

After that, be sure to watch Trevor Moore: High in Church Fri. Mar. 6th at midnight on Comedy Central.

Steve Rannazzisi Shows Us Why The Rock N’ Roll Ralphs in Hollywood Is Rock N’ Roll
February 27, 2015
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If you live in Hollywood, you learn almost instantly that it’s far removed from the glitz and glamour that’s depicted on stage and screen. One great example of that is the Ralphs on Sunset Blvd. that’s open 24/7, affectionately called the “Rock n’ Roll Ralphs”.

Steve Rannazzisi had an ordeal there that gives you an idea of why this Ralphs is “special” and has earned its “rock n’ roll” status in a story for This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir.

Giulia Rozzi Never Knew That a “Poop Hand” Would Be a Momentous Event in Her Life
February 27, 2015
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There are many experiences that one goes through while living in NYC that, perhaps, you wouldn’t encounter in most other places in the world. Some of those experiences are good and others involve poop and hands. 

Giulia Rozzi tells the story of the latter on the latest installment of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir. 

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