Watch what’s in store for “MTV’s Joking Off” season three
Season three of MTV’s Joking Off premieres Thursday, August 4th at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. Hosted by stand-up comedian and actor DeRay Davis, MTV’s Joking Off is a hilarious, fast-paced, half-hour comedy competition where teams of jokesters tear into the best of social media and the internet. Three teams of comedians must roast ridiculous tweets, Instagram […]
Matteo Lane on Late Night, “I have deli face but with a gay voice”
Matteo Lane performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers last night and tells the tale of how he came out to his father, his “deli” face, and what’s it’s like to go on an audition. Lane is a New York-based comic who grew up Italian-American (with a little bit of Mexican) in Chicago. He learned […]
Comedians go through “7 Minutes In Purgatory” in Comedy Central series
What happens when you deny stand-up comedians the benefit of laughter? Ian Abramson, host of 7 Minutes in Purgatory since 2014, finds out when he puts comics alone in the back of a truck to do their act while the audience watches from a different room. The series has now come to Comedy Central. So […]
Matteo Lane guests on the first episode of IFC comedy cooking show “The Filling is Mutual”
Eat it up – comedian / classically trained vocalist Matteo Lane guests on the very first IFC-approved episode of cooking show The Filling is Mutual, co-hosted by standups Jenny Zigrino and Jen Saunderson. The Filling is Mutual is a refreshing take on interview-y talk shows, blending fun and easy (really!) recipes with chatty, casual interviews […]
This Week In Comedy: Seth Meyers Returns With His New HBO Special, “Dad Man Walking”
Courtesy of HBO. Photo credit: Lloyd Bishop. This Week In Comedy: revered late night host & Saturday Night Live alum Seth Meyers is back with his first stand-up special in nearly five years on HBO, Dad Man Walking. His first special Lobby Baby told the story of him & his wife having their second child […]
Matteo Lane’s Next Comedy Special Will Premiere On Hulu
Courtesy of Matteo Lane. Matteo Lane has landed at Hulu as the home for his new comedy special, the comedian, podcaster & actor announced today! Everything to know about Matteo Lane’s new Hulu comedy special. The new special, currently untitled, will be taped later this month on October 24th at the Eli and Edythe Broad […]
Special Tapings Radar: The Funniest Comics Taping Comedy Specials This Month (October 2024)
L to R clockwise: David Spade, Ali Siddiq, Steph Tolev, Bassem Youssef, Steven Rogers, Shane Mauss, Zach Zimmerman, Matteo Lane, Irene Tu. Today’s October 1st and with a new month comes new comedy specials in the works. Among recent specials shot earlier this year & coming soon is Roy Wood Jr.‘s upcoming Hulu special as […]
Recapping 15 Great Comedy Podcasts Started In 2023
Handsome Podcast (Fortune Feimster, Tig Notaro, & Mae Martin) & We’re Here To Help Podcast (Jake Johnson & Gareth Reynolds). The podcast boom over the past decade has really transcended how comedians & their fans connect with each other. More likely than not, after watching a comic’s great stand-up special comes either a podcast to […]
Netflix to launch 15-minute comedy special series for emerging comics
Courtesy of Mindy Tucker When it comes to stand-up comedy Netflix it trying to do something different again. In addition to releasing the lion’s share of stand-up specials in 2017 (averaging 1 a week) they also took an experiment with launching The Standups by taking 6 great comedians and giving them half hour specials and […]
Matteo Lane delivered an amazing stand-up set on “The Late Show”
Stand-up Matteo Lane stopped by The Late Show earlier this week, recording a stellar set that aired last night. The well-dressed, wide-smiling comic had the crowd completely in the palm of his hand from the second he stepped onstage, delivering five and a half minutes of stories about his recent Roman vacation, gay hookup apps, […]