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Listen to Full Audio of Andy Kindler’s JFL 2017 State of the Industry Address

August 3, 2017

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Listen to Full Audio of Andy Kindler’s JFL 2017 State of the Industry Address

In case you don’t know, Andy Kindler does a new hour every year roasting the whole industry of comedy at the JFL Montreal Comedy Festival.

It’s a time honored tradition and required listening. It is “Inside Baseball”, even by comedy nerd standards, but looking up references is kind of worth it for Kindler’s pointed, yet rambunctious dressing down of all of comedy.

Also, if you’re curious about the feud between Kindler and Gervais, it’s a main focus of this particular State of the Industry Address.

Here Are Your 2017 Emmys Comedy Nominees

July 13, 2017

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Today, the nominations for the 2017 Primetime Emmys were announced. For comedy specifically, it’s probably what you expected.

Premium cable and streaming services continue to dominate the Emmys with Netflix and HBO coming out strong. FX also maintains its status as a premium cable network disguised as a basic cable network with its handful of nominations for Atlanta, Better Things, and Baskets.

Colbert’s Election special and Sam Bee’s Not the WHCD thankfully were bestowed nominations here as well.

One thing that was a delightful surprise is Lauren Lapkus and Ben Schwartz gaining nominations for their performances in The Earliest Show, a web series that followed a morning talk show with one of the hosts going through all the stages of grief.

Take a gander at all the comedy nominees below.

*All comedy nominees are in italics

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta, FX
Black-ish, ABC
Master Of None, Netflix
Modern Family, ABC
Silicon Valley, HBO
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
Veep, HBO

LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Pamela Adlon, Better Things, FX
Jane Fonda, Grace And Frankie, Netflix
Allison Janney, Mom, CBS
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep, HBO
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish, ABC
Lily Tomlin, Grace And Frankie, Netflix

LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish, ABC
Aziz Ansari, Master Of None, Netflix
Zach Galifianakis, Baskets, FX Networks
Donald Glover, Atlanta, FX Networks
William H. Macy, Shameless, Showtime
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent, Amazon

VARIETY TALK SERIES
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, TBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, HBO
The Late Late Show With James Corden, CBS
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, CBS
Real Time With Bill Maher, HBO

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Anna Chlumsky, Veep, HBO
Kathryn Hahn, Transparent, Amazon
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Judith Light, Transparent, Amazon
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live, NBC

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louie Anderson, Baskets, FX Networks
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
Ty Burrell, Modern Family, ABC
Tony Hale, Veep, HBO
Matt Walsh, Veep, HBO

VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
Billy On The Street, truTV
Documentary Now!, IFC
Drunk History, Comedy Central
Portlandia, IFC
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Tracey Ullman’s Shows, HBO

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM
Archer, FX
Bob’s Burgers, Fox
Elena And The Secret Of Avalor (Sofia The First), Disney Channel
The Simpsons, Fox
South Park, Comedy Central

UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
Born This Way, A&E
Deadliest Catch, Discovery Channel
Gaycation With Ellen Page, Viceland
Intervention, A&E
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, YouTube
United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell, CNN

HOST FOR A REALITY/REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
Alec Baldwin, Match Game, ABC
W. Kamau Bell, United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell, CNN
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race, VH1
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway, Lifetime
Gordon Ramsay, MasterChef Junior, Fox
Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party, VH1

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
American Dad!, Dee Bradley Baker as Klaus, TBS/20th Century Fox Television
Bob’s Burgers, Kevin Kline as Mr. Fischoeder, Fox
BoJack Horseman, Kristen Schaal as Sarah Lynn, Netflix
F Is For Family, Mo Collins as Ginny, Jimmy Fitzsimmons, Lex, Ben, Cutie Pie, Netflix
Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Fox
The Simpsons, Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson, Fox

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Brown Girls, Open TV
Fear The Walking Dead: Passage, AMC.com
Hack Into Broad City, ComedyCentral.com
Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot, ABC.com

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM VARIETY SERIES
Behind The Voice
Epic Rap Battles of History
Honest Trailers
The Daily Show-Between the Scenes
The Star Wars Show

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES
Creating Saturday Night Live
Feud: Bette and Joan: Inside Look
Jay Leno’s Garage
National Endowment For The Arts: United States of Arts
Viceland at The Women’s March

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Ty Burell, Boondoggle
Alan Tudyk, Con Man
Kim Estes, Dicks
Jason Ritter, Tales of Titans
Ben Schwartz, The Earliest Show
John Michael Higgins, Tween Fest

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Mindy Sterling, Con Man
Jane Lynch, Dropping the Soap
Kelsey Scott, Fear The Walking Dead: Passage
Mindy Sterling, secs & EXECS
Lauren Lapkus, The Earliest Show

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM
Adventure Time, Cartoon Network
Disney Mickey Mouse, The Disney Channel
Marvel’s Rocket & Groot, Disney XD
Steven Universe, Cartoon Network
Teen Titans Go!, Cartoon Network

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Jamie Babbit, Silicon Valley
Morgan Sackett, Veep
David Mandel, Veep
Dale Stern, Veep

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Derek Waters & Jeremy Konner, Drunk History
Andy Fisher, Jimmy Kimmel Live
Paul Pennolino, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Jim Hoskinson, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
Paul Pennolino, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Glenn Weiss, The Oscars
Jim Hiskinson, Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going to Clean Up This S—?
Jerry Foley, Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best is Yet to Come

WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Stephen Glover, Atlanta
Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe, Master of None
Alec Berg, Silicon Valley
Billy Kimball, Veep
David Mandel, Veep

WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
-Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Jo Miller, Samantha Bee, Ashley Nicole Black, Pat Cassels, Eric Drysdae, Mathan Erhardt, Travon Free, Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn, Melinda Taub & Jason Reich
-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss & Juli Weiner
-Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jermaine Affonso, Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, Dina Gusovky, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Seth Reiss, Amber Ruffin, Mike Scollins, Mike Shoemaker & Ben Warheit
-The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Opus Moreschi, Stephen Colbert, Tom Purcell, Matt Lappin, Michael Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Cullen Crawford, Paul Dinello, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Django Gold, Gabe Gronli, Daniel Kibblesmith, Michael Pielocik, Kate Sidley, Jen Spyra, Brian Stack & John Thibodeaux
-SNL, Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker, Pete Schultz, James Anderson, Kristen Bartlett, Jeremy Beiler, Zach Bornstein, Joanna Bradley, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Anna Drezen, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Nick Kocher, Dave McCary, Brian McElhaney, Dennis McNicholas, Drew Michael, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Katie Rich, Streeter Seidell, Will Stephen & Julio Torres

WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
-Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Samantha Bee, Jo Miller, Ashley Nicole Black, Patt Cassels, Eric Drysdale, Mathan Erhardt, Travon Free, Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn & Melinda Taub
-Louis C.K. 2017, Louis C.K.
-Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust, Sarah Silverman
-Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going to Clean Up This S—?, Jay Katsir, Opus Moreschi, Stephen Colbert, Michael Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Cullen Crawford, Paul Dinello, Rob Dubbin, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Django Gold, Gabe Gronli, Barry Julien, Daniel Kibblesmith, Matt Lappin, Michael Pielocik, Tom Purcell, Kate Sidley, Jen Spyra, Brian Stack & John Thibodeaux
-70th Annual Tony Awards, Dave Boone, Mike Gibbons, Lauren Greenberg, Ian Karmel, Ben Winston & Justin Shanes

WRITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
Amanda Knox, Brian McGinn
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years, Mark Monroe
Bill Nye Saves the World, Prashanth Venkataramanujam, CeCe Pleasants, Sanden Totten, Mike Drucker & Flora Lichtman
13th, Ava DuVernay & Spencer Averick

OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE PROGAM
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Saturday Night Live Multiplatform Experience
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Get the full list of all this year’s Primetime Emmys nominees, including all of the Creative Arts Emmys here.

And Your 2017 Webby Award Winners in Comedy Are…

April 26, 2017

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Webby and People’s Voice Winner: The Onion

FILM & VIDEO-COMEDY-INDIVIDUAL SHORT OR EPISODE
Webby Winner: The New iPhone is Just Worse, CollegeHumor
People’s Voice Winner: Tinder: The Superhero Movie, Rooster Teeth

FILM & VIDEO-COMEDY-LONG FORM OR SERIES
Webby and People’s Voice Winner: Mean Tweets, Jimmy Kimmel Live

FILM & VIDEO-BRANDED-COMEDY
Webby Winner: Say my name, say my name, Jhpiego
People’s Voice Winner: Giphy Keys to Sucess, Giphy

SOCIAL-HUMOR
Webby and People’s Voice Winner: The Onion

PODCASTS & DIGITAL AUDIO-COMEDY
Webby Winner: The Hilarious World of Depression, American Public Media
People’s Voice Winner: The Last Podcast on the Left, Cave Comedy Radio

We’ve got two takeaways here: The Onion maintains its ubiquity in Internet based satire, per usual, with two wins and one of the best damn podcasts around, Last Podcast on the Left, got some much deserved love.

10th Annual Bridgetown Comedy Festival Announces Line-Up

April 20, 2017

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The 10th Annual Bridgetown Comedy Festival will have a stacked line-up of:

PERFORMERS:
Patton Oswalt
Janeane Garofalo (Saturday Night Live, The Larry Sanders Show)
Andy Kindler (Bob’s Burgers, Everybody Loves Raymond)
Eugene Mirman (Bob’s Burgers, Delocated)
Karen Kilgariff (My Favorite Murder, Mr. Show)
Guy Branum (Talk Show The Game Show, Chelsea Lately)
Baron Vaughn (Grace and Frankie, Fairly Legal)
Jackie Kashian (The Dork Forest, Lady Dynamite)
Laurie Kilmartin (Conan, Last Comic Standing)
Kevin Avery (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)
Matt Braunger (Agent Carter, Big Dumb Animal)
Kyle Kinane (Comedy Central)
Brooke van Poppelen (Hack My Life, Girl Code)
Jonah Ray (MST3K, Nerdist, Hidden America)
Nico Santos (Superstore, Chelsea Lately)
Dave Hill (@midnight, Inside Amy Schumer)
Eliza Skinner (The Late, Late Show with James Corden)
Debra DiGiovanni (Just For Laughs, Last Comic Standing)
Ahmed Bharoocha (Adam Devine’s House Party, Conan)
Chris Fairbanks (Almost Genius, Conan)
Annie Lederman (We Have Issues, @midnight)
Shane Torres (Conan)
Andy Erikson (Last Comic Standing

and

SHOWS:
-Lance Bangs Presents: Come Laugh With Us
-An Evening With The Guys From Mystery Science Theater 3000
-Comedian Matt Braunger will be taping his third comedy special, and their first special ever taped at Bridgetown.
-Hold On with Eugene Mirman
-Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction with Bryan Cook
-The Jackie and Laurie Show
-The New Negroes with Baron Vaughn
-Jackie Kashian’s The Dork Forest podcast
-Palindrome Fight
-Can I Pet Your Dog? Podcast
-A Good Trip with Shane Mauss
-Brew Haha: The Comedy Show Drinking Game
-Turnt Up with Eliza Skinner

As you can see, you won’t want to miss Bridgetown if you’re in or around Portland, OR next month.

Get passes here.

Atlanta, Better Things, and Veep Win 2017 Peabody Awards

April 20, 2017

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This year’s Peabody Awards will honor three of the more praised comedies on television right now, Atlanta, Better Things, and Veep.

That seems to fit into their prestigious brand of recognizing excellence in storytelling, especially with how relevant all three of those shows are. Specifically, they give a deal of visibility for race relations, feminism, and politics with in their own singular, inventive way.

Also, score another big win here for FX with Better Things and Atlanta.

They announced the winners for their “Entertainment” category this morning and will announce the winners in News, Radio/Podcast, Children’s, Education, and Public Service on April 25.

Here Are Your Comedy Nominees for the 21st Annual Webby Awards

April 12, 2017

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There are a lot of perennial favorites and heavy hitters here, but we are really happy to see The Last Podcast on The Left, possibly the best distillation of comedy and horror that there has been, getting some love here.

Also, you can vote on all of these categories up until April 20th and see the rest of the nominees, of which there are hundreds, here.

WEBSITE-HUMOR
-Funny or Die
-The Onion
-The Daily Show: Black Trump
-CollegeHumor
-Cracked
Honoree:
-Above Average

FILM & VIDEO-COMEDY-INDIVIDUAL SHORT OR EPISODE
-The New iPhone is Just Worse, CollegeHumor
-3AM, The Simpsons
-Tinder: The Superhero Movie, Rooster Teeth
-Epic Rap Battles of History: Wonder Woman vs. Stevie Wonder, Maker Studios
-Woke Bois-White Male Feminist, Casual Sketch
Honorees:
-Absolutely Beautiful: Watch This Woman Tell Her Husband She’s Pregnant While Conan O’Brien Pours Good Milk Down The Sink, The Onion
-Pac-Dog (Animal Arcade Ep. 1), Denizen Company
-Stranger Things: The Truth About Steve & Jean-Ralphio, CBS Interactive
-Katy Perry Votes Naked, Funny or Die
-What If Donald Trump’s Been Using a Teleprompter This Whole Time?, Bloomberg Politics
-White Fragility Workplace Training, AJ+

FILM & VIDEO-COMEDY-LONG FORM OR SERIES
-Brooklyn Sound
-Mean Tweets, Jimmy Kimmel Live
-Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, Funny or Die
-Clueless Gamer with Conan O’Brien, Team Coco
-If Google Was a Guy, College Humor
Honorees:
-Celebs Have Issues, AOL Studios
-Hashtaggers, Stun Creativetoon
-Toon, Newbe TV
-Jingle Ballin’: A Holiday Special Starring Liza Koshy, Above Average
-Funny Or Die Presents Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie, Funny or Die
-How To Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps!, JASH
-The 5th Quarter, OBB Pictures
-BuzzFeed’s The Try Guys, BuzzFeed Motion Pictures

FILM & VIDEO-BRANDED-COMEDY
-Say my name, say my name, Jhpiego
-Lemonade, Not Ice T, The Martin Agency
-Craft Services: Old Spice Sweat-Blastin’ Robot Tank, Viacom Velocity
-Giphy Keys to Sucess, Giphy
-Undercover Lyft, Lyft
Honorees:
-We Know Acne, We Don’t Know Teens, Ways & Means
-Timer: Behind the Scenes, TBWAMedia Arts Lab
-Rise of the Tomb Raider and Broad City Vignette, The Story Lab
-Emily Ratajkowski Shares Her Social Media Secrets, Capture This
-Viralocity: Linsanity, Viacom Velocity
-Kevin Hart Press Conference, R/GA New York, R/GA London, and R/GA Portland
-Girls Can’t Code – Boobs, McCann New York/Tool

SOCIAL-HUMOR
-Eavesdropper, Mete Design
-TSA/Instagram, TSA/Public Affairs
-Kirby Jenner
-@ConanOBrien, Team Coco
-The Onion
Honorees:
-Cracked on Facebook, CRACKED.COM
-Vice Principals Morning Announcements, HBO

PODCASTS & DIGITAL AUDIO-COMEDY
-The Last Podcast on the Left, Cave Comedy Radio
-The Carson Podcast, Mark Malkoff LLC
-2 Dope Queens, WNYC Radio
-My Dad Wrote a Porno, Medium Maze
-The Hilarious World of Depression, American Public Media
Honorees:
-Hard Nation, EARWOLF/MIDROLL
-Comedy Bang Bang, EARWOLF/MIDROLL
-The Cracked Podcast, CRACKED.COM

Jimmy Kimmel Works In His Ongoing Feud with Matt Damon Into The Oscars

February 27, 2017

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One of the best ongoing feuds in Hollywood, even though it’s a bit, is the long running, embittered grudge held by Jimmy Kimmel over Matt Damon. It’s a rare narrative thread that runs through the hundreds and hundreds of episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live.

So, it really wouldn’t be Jimmy hosting the Oscars be without an extended dig at Matt both in his opening monologue and in a dedicated remote segment.

Maybe Jimmy and Matt will give FX’s Feud a run for their money?

Watch Patton Oswalt’s WGA Awards Opening Monologue Where He Handles a Heckling James Woods

February 20, 2017

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Last night’s 2017 Writers Guild Awards opened with host Patton Oswalt and two “special” escorts. Everything seemed to be going according to plan.

Then, after a reference to James Woods in a joke, Woods, who just happened to be sitting up front, engaged in a bit (or a lot more) mischief than your average WGA Awards show attendee.

Strangely, though it didn’t seem planned, nothing seemed to get too out of hand and Oswalt closed strong.

Watch it all here.

2017 WGA Awards Winners for Comedy Include Atlanta, Last Week Tonight, and BoJack Horseman

February 20, 2017

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2017 WGA Awards Winners for Comedy Include Atlanta, Last Week Tonight, and BoJack Horseman

Comedy Series-Atlanta
New Series-Atlanta
Episodic Comedy-Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Comedy/Variety Talk Series-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
ComedyVariety Sketch Series-SNL
Comedy/Variety Special-Trumph: The Primary Election Special 2016
Animation-BoJack Horseman

Last Week Tonight, BoJack Horseman, and, with a renewed jolt from the election and Trump Administration, SNL winning WGA Awards seem to be expected.

However, Atlanta nabbing both honors for both Comedy Series and New Series is a really nice, big win for Donald Glover’s freshman series as well as FX, the rare basic cable network that can run with premium cable networks and streaming services when it comes to prestige programming.

FYI, their show The Americans won an award for Drama too.

Get the full list of winners for last night’s WGA Award winners here.

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Returns for 2017 This Wednesday

January 9, 2017

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Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Returns for 2017 This Wednesday

Just a friendly reminder to that one of the most important late night shows of 2016 will be moving from Mondays to Wednesdays at 10:30PM on TBS for 2017 starting this Wednesday, January 11th.

We’re sure Samantha Bee and company will continue to be one of the most important late night shows on 2017 no matter what night they’re on.

Atlanta Is the Big Comedy Winner at Golden Globes

January 9, 2017

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For the most part, the lumping of musicals with comedy gave way to the rightfully beloved La La Land sweeping up several awards at last night’s Golden Globes.

Still, Donald Glover’s dramedy set in the back-drop of Atlanta’s hip hop scene Atlanta took home Best Musical or Comedy TV series as well as a statue for Glover himself. In case you forgot, Atlanta is only on its freshman season.

FX has been really on a streak this year and is standing toe-to-toe with premium cable and streaming networks in critical acclaim. We’ll just have to see what the rest of the awards season brings.

The rest of the comedy winners for The Golden Globes this year are:

Atlanta-Best Musical or Comedy TV Series
Donald Glover, Atlanta-Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy TV Series
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish-Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy TV Series
Zootopia-Best Animated Feature Film

The full list of winners can be found here.

January 4, 2017

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At the beginning of every year, 50 or so of LA comedy’s favorites gather to share their new favorite joke(s) that have been born in the new year at 50 First Jokes LA.

Kyle Kinane, Brent Weinbach, Brody Stevens, Adam Conover, Eliza Skinner, Emily Heller, Byron Bowers, Cameron Esposito, Caitlin Gill, Dave Ross, James Fritz, Matt McCarthy, Sam Jay, Solomon Georgio, and so many more will convene at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel this Saturday and show you what they’ve got so far in 2017.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at door and you can get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

December 24, 2016

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If you don’t already have plans for New Year’s Eve, go to the show that knows how to do shows about today turning into tomorrow, Ron Lynch’s Tomorrow!

Eddie Pepitone, Martha Kelly, Jay London, Ember Knight, champagne, live music, dancing, and, of course, host Ron Lynch are all in store for Tomorrow! Auld Lang Show.

Tickets are $20 and you can get more details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Jimmy Kimmel Will Host 2017 Academy Awards

December 5, 2016

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Jimmy Kimmel Will Host 2017 Academy Awards

On top of Hollywood finding their new go-to awards show host, Jimmy Kimmel will only have to cross the street from Jimmy Kimmel Live to host the Academy Awards held at The Dolby Theatre.

Watch the LEGO Batman Movie Trailer from Comic Con

July 24, 2016

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If you’re still not into the dark, gritty DC Cinematic Universe Batman, this LEGO Batman Movie trailer that debuted at Comic Con shows The LEGO Movie Cinematic Universe has you covered for the lighter, more goofy side of the Batman franchise.

Enjoy the most Will Arnett-y Batman here, then look for The LEGO Batman Movie in theaters in 2017.

“Master of None” Will Get Second Season in 2017

February 11, 2016

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Master of None Season 2 coming 2017. Thanks for all the support everyone!! pic.twitter.com/LSxo7dEVQ1

All the acclaim that Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang’s Netflix series got in their first season was well deserved, so we’re really thrilled to see that Netflix went ahead and renewed it.

Now we just have to wait until 2017.

Amy Schumer’s Mother/Daughter Set For Mother’s Day Weekend 2017

October 22, 2015

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(via Variety)

Well, that just might be the right amount of being “on the nose”.

As Trainwreck was a rom com for those tired of so many of the rom coms of decades past, perhaps Mother/Daughter starring Amy Schumer will be the Mother’s Day movie for those tired of a traditional Mother’s Day, yet still secretly wanting to recognize the importance of mothers.

While it’s definitely awhile from now and perhaps might be shifted in the next year, Mother/Daughter’s premiere date is on May 12th, 2017.

HBO Picks Up “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” For Two Seasons That Will Run Through 2017

February 17, 2015

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(via Deadline)

For those of you that had thought that John Oliver was going to possibly leave Last Week Tonight to replace Jon Stewart later this year at The Daily Show, you obviously aren’t aware of how good Oliver has it over at HBO and how much HBO is into Oliver.

Today, that was all made clear by HBO announcing that two 35 episode seasons of Last Week Tonight have been ordered that will air in 2016 and 2017 separately.

Aside from possibly narrowing your list on who is coming to The Daily Show desk, rejoice in the fact that will have almost three more years of Oliver at his own desk doing stuff like this week’s takedown of Big Tobacco.