“Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle” will be back for season two
Comedy Central is gearing up for another epic battle. They are teaming up again with the Roastmaster General Jeff Ross for another round of Roast Battle, it was announced today by the network’s president, Kent Alterman. Featuring the world’s most venomous comedians in one-on-one standoffs, the bracket-style insult-comedy tournament first debuted on Comedy Central this […]
Bill Murray, Tim Curry, & More Headline 2025 SF Sketchfest
Over the last two decades, SF Sketchfest has become one of the best comedy festivals in the country. And in their 22nd year, they’re pulling out all the stops. This next year’s festival will run from January 16th until February 2nd in various venues all throughout San Francisco. The festival spans over 180 names – featuring […]
Jon Stewart To Continue Hosting “The Daily Show” On Mondays Through 2025
Courtesy of Comedy Central. Photo credit: Matt Wilson. Looks like Jon Stewart has been enjoying his time at his ole stomping grounds on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show since returning to host the staple satirical late night series earlier this year. After initially signing on to host the show throughout the 2024 presidential election cycle, […]
Josh Johnson Makes “The Daily Show” Debut As The Show’s Newest Correspondent
For the past couple weeks, the Comedy Central staple series & fan favorite late night show The Daily Show has been back with new episodes in an even newer format since the show’s previous host Trevor Noah left at the end of 2022. Since the show’s 2024 return on February 12th, we saw the triumphant […]
Netflix Unveils New Stand-Up Series, ‘Verified Stand-Up’
Netflix has announced its newest stand-up series, Verified Stand-Up, premiering on November 28th. The new series will see 10 of the best stand-up comedians in the game performing 10 sets over one night recorded at Webster Hall in New York City. 10 comics. 10 sets. 1 show. Verified Stand-Up, featuring 10 of the best comedians […]
Thirty Great Stand-Up Sets To Celebrate Conan O’Brien’s Hosting Debut Thirty Years Ago
When Conan O’Brien debuted his version of Late Night, it was a wild and raucous experience that saw everything from John Goodman leg-wrestling to Halle Berry playfully flirting with the host during an early stage of his “awkward romantic nerd” schtick. The bits Conan did, from the faux-future predicting In the Year 2000 to wild […]
Comedy Central announces the 2019 class of half-hour comedians
Comedy Central’s long-running half-hour stand-up comedy series, Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents (that’s the 3rd re-branding if you’re keeping score at home) has its list of the class of 2019. Ten up-and-coming comedians will each record half hours. David Gborie is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comic, actor and writer originally from Denver, CO. Gborie’s recent credits […]
Variety announces its 10 Comics To Watch 2018
Every year around this time the folks at Variety announce their 10 Comics To Watch. It’s a list of up-an-coming comedians at the early stages of their career. Some are just starting to get TV credits, some might’ve just put out a comedy album or half hour special. The point of the list is for […]
Comedians address comedy in the age of Donald Trump for Vice News
It’s the job of a comedian to take a look at the world and provide their spin on it. When Donald Trump was elected into office, many assumed comedians would have plenty of material to work on. Vice News decided to take a look into how comedians are approaching it, so they gathered Anthony Atamanuik, […]
“The Daily Show” recreates “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” as they kick off a week of shows in Chicago
The Daily Show is setting up shop in Chicago all week long with a week of episodes in the Windy City. They’re calling it an “undesked” week, which is a fun way of saying have Trevor do some stand-up comedy and then taking a chair to interview some guests. To kick things off last night […]