Larry David will star in and executive produce a new half-hour sketch comedy series centered on American history at HBO. The limited series, which doesn’t yet have an official name, hails from the ...

In his speech in 2022 accepting the prestigious Mark Twain prize for comedy, Jon Stewart quipped that comedy was "the banana peel in the coal mine." "Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a ...

How the show has handled its most perplexing category. By Brande Victorian, Steven Zeitchik Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection (2); 20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection; Focus ...

NEW YORK ‒ In 2013, Michelle Buteau laid out a five-year plan for herself: have two kids, her own TV show, and a backyard in Brooklyn for composting. Although she now lives in the Bronx, the “Survival ...

Inflation and the availability of specials on streaming services are creating challenges for comedy clubs. Black-owned venues are especially strained. Fewer than 10 in the U.S. dedicate their stages ...

The Las Vegas Book Festival is scheduled on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Historic Fifth Street School downtown at ...

Celebrate May, which is Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, by joining NYC’s #1 Asian American sketch comedy team Model Majority for a historic night of comedy, ...

Introduction: A joke, two definitions, seven themes, four warnings, and another joke -- What's so funny about anti-semitism? -- Not-so-nice Jewish doctors -- The wit of the Jews -- A view from the ...

It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time: The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote by Bruce Vilanch Credit: Photo courtesy Chicago Review Press A: Probably. It’s a dainty phrase. Some of ...