A new show from James Davis is heading to Comedy Central
Comedian James Davis expands his presence on Comedy Central as the channel has greenlit a linear series starring, created and executive produced by Davis. Host of Swag-A-Saurus with James Davis, Comedy Central’s most watched Snapchat original series, grew up “hood-adjacent” and brings his unique, urban point-of-view to the new weekly series set to premiere in […]
Comedian Mike Lawrence announces the “Fantastic Tour”
“Hey folks, I’m going on my first ever tour… A Fantastic Tour!” proclaims comedian Mike Lawrence on his Facebook page. “Joe Karg did this awesome poster!” and “Super excited about this as you can tell by all the exclamation points!” Mike Lawrence is an Emmy nominated New York City based comedian from South Florida who […]
This Week on TV: Saturday Night Live season 42
With last week overpacked with premieres, this week features all of the spillover and those who decided to hold off a week. There are ten premieres in all. On Tuesday we see one of the most underrated comedies on television return to Comedy Central. Guests on the fourth season of Drunk History include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Paget […]
Comedy Central renews @Midnight through 2017
Fresh off its second straight Emmy win, the late-night curator of the internet’s freshest pop culture moments keeps the jokes coming as Comedy Central has renewed @midnight with Chris Hardwick for a fourth season, it was announced today by Kent Alterman, President, Comedy Central. The fourth season order of @midnight is a 40-week run that […]
Comedy Central sets “Election Night” programming slate
The culmination of its ongoing Democalypse 2016 coverage of the presidential election, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will provide up-to-the-minute Election Night coverage with a special, one-hour telecast live on both coasts beginning at 11:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. PT featuring news and analysis from host Trevor Noah and from “The Best F#@king […]
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with sketches and stand-up from Will Ferrell, Wyatt Cenac, Adam Sandler, Reggie Watts and more
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and you know what that means: you have an excuse to avoid work and watch these classic St. Patrick’s Day sketches, instead! Of course, Conan – late night’s resident Irishman – has covered the holiday exceptionally well over the years (Splitsider’s got a round-up of his most memorable sketches). But lots […]
Doug Benson is @midnight’s 2017 Tournament of Champions winner
Congratulations to Doug Benson, for generally managing to have the kind of career where becoming a stoned judge is a logical career move, and also for winning @midnight’s 2017 Tournament of Champions competition, a weeks-long bracket bringing the show’s funniest minds together to find out who’s the absolute #1 funniest. Benson beat out Moshe Kasher […]
Hashtag this: A couple got engaged on last night’s live “@midnight”
Last night, @midnight helped an audience member make one of the most memorable proposals of all time – live, on air, in front of the world and “Weird Al”. The game show, which has been shooting live all week, invited #soulmates Emily and Brian onstage all night for a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner as the […]
“@midnight” will air its final, 600th episode this August
News broke last night that Comedy Central’s Twitter-fueled game show, @midnight, will air its final episode this August, wrapping up after four years and on its 600th episode. Hosted by Chris Hardwick, @midnight is a Funny or Die production that launched back in 2013, under executive producers Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon (a frequent guest on […]
Chris Hardwick doesn’t think The Rock deserves GQ’s “Comedy Issue” cover
Men’s mag GQ has debuted its annual Comedy Issue, and as usual, it’s taken some liberties with the definition of “comedy,” choosing The Rock as their standout comedic performer of the year. If you’re a little confused, you’re not the only one – Chris Hardwick, host of Comedy Central game show @midnight, wasn’t too psyched […]