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This Week in Comedy: Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, and Maybe Jason Sudeikis Leaving 'SNL'

by | May 17th, 2013

-Bill Hader is leaving SNL after eight years, and we made a videolist of his best sketches. Fred Armisen is leaving, too (and Jason Sudeikis "probably") so we made a list for Armisen as well.

-Seth Meyers is officially taking over Late Night in 2014.

-USA ordered Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham's pilot to series.

-In honor of The Office ending, we remembered our favorite moments from the show.

-Netflix unveiled the first trailer for the new Arrested Development and a Tobias-themed website.

-Adam Scott's next Greatest Event in Television History will be [...]

Web Videos

This Week In Web Videos: 'Shrinkage'

by | May 8th, 2013

“Mom, dad. I want to be a comedian.”

Chilling words. Words that may be every parent’s worst nightmare, not necessarily because moms and pops hate laughter, but because a comic’s life is a hard one — often replete with substance abuse, loneliness, and the kind of poverty that stops being cool around your 476th cup of Ramen noodles.

I’d guess that very few parents want their kids to go into comedy, unless they’re in it themselves. That’s precisely the case for Tyler Alexander, head honcho at SecondCityNetwork.com and the heir to a Chicago comedy empire started by his dad, Second City co-owner and CEO Andrew Alexander.

Whether or [...]

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This Week in Comedy: A Big Week for 'Nathan for You's Nathan Fielder

by | April 26th, 2013

-Comedy Central renewed Nathan For You for a second season, following Nathan Fielder's Twitter prank that went viral and destroyed parent-child relationships across the country.

-IFC launched a new web series starring James Adomian as Maron in Space and released a preview episode of Maron.

-We unveiled our new digital distribution label Splitsider Presents and premiered our first movie, documentary-comedy hybrid The Exquisite Corpse Project.

-Waynes World had its reunion, and the SNL library is moving to Yahoo in September.

-We talked to stand-up and author Jen Kirkman, stand-up and writer Michael Che, stand-up and Daily Show correspondent Al Madrigal, Veep and Arrested Development star Tony Hale, [...]

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This Week in Comedy: RIP Jonathan Winters and Mickey Rose

by | April 12th, 2013

-Improvisational force of nature Jonathan Winters passed away at 87, and we collected goodbyes from four generations of comedians.

-Mickey Rose, original writing partner of Woody Allen, also died this week, at age 77.

-Adam Scott is making another Greatest Event in Television History special for Adult Swim, this time with Amy Poehler.

-AMC is tinkering with the idea of a Breaking Bad spinoff starring Bob Odenkirk, and IFC has shows in development from Chris Gethard and Tom Scharpling, Megan Mullally, Garfunkel and Oates, and more funny people.

-We interviewed David Cross about Arrested Development and the unproduced movies he wrote with Bob Odenkirk.

Web Videos

This Week In Web Videos: The Boo Ya Pictures Show

by | April 3rd, 2013

Every group of four male friends thinks they’re hilarious. It’s scientific fact — as sure as the drunken conversation where that same group assigns each other character roles from Entourage. (“Ok, if I’m Turtle, you’re definitely Drama.”) Nine times out of ten, the Johnny Drama identification is a whole lot more accurate than the group’s proclamation of comic genius. But one time out of ten, the friends are actually funny and The Boo Ya Pictures Show is that time.

Created by real-life buds Ryan Coopersmith, Adam Sand, Ryan Prizant, Dan Handelman, Charles Muzard, Andrew Cohen and Harris Ellison, the Boo Ya sketch formula is one part Lonely Island [...]

Web Videos

This Week In Web Videos: 'Slutty Clothes'

by | May 15th, 2013

Spring is finally here, and that means sunglasses, Frisbee tossing, and lots of dudes prancing around in Slutty Clothes. "Wait, what?" You heard me. That's what it means. At least according to New York-based sketch group Simply Unemployable's latest release — a goofy ode to 1980's "hot girl" movie montages and a male culture that annually celebrates girls bearing springtime skin.

The production value is fantastic as is the (prolonged) straight-faced devotion to a completely ridiculous and highly visual conceit. Well done, sirs. I look forward to seeing you in the park. I'll be the guy doing Pilates in the see-through lululemons. No, but really — great job on [...]

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This Week in Comedy: Marc Maron Is Everywhere and Chris Hardwick's New Late Night Show

by | May 3rd, 2013

-Chris Hardwick signed on to host a new Comedy Central late night show with Tom Lennon and Ben Garant as showrunners.

-HBO renewed Veep for a third season, and Adult Swim renewed The Eric Andre Show for a second one.

-We checked out Marc Maron's new book Attempting Normal, looked back on some of the best episodes of his podcast, and talked with the man himself about his new IFC show Maron.

-Inspired by Maron, we picked ten comedy podcasts that would make great TV shows.

-We talked to Matt Walsh about HBO's Veep, to Bo Burnham about his new MTV show, and [...]

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This Week in Comedy: Patton Oswalt, A 'Simpsons' Writers Roundtable, and Funny or Die's First Movie

by | April 19th, 2013

-Patton Oswalt, Amy Poehler, Craig Ferguson, and Jon Stewart all delivered poignant responses to the tragedy in Boston.

-Speaking of Patton Oswalt, he delivered an excellent filibuster on his dream Star Wars sequel on the set of Parks and Rec.

-Conan O'Brien brought together a bunch of the best Simpsons writers for a roundtable discussion.

-Funny or Die released its first full-length movie iSteve.

-We talked to Burning Love creator Erica Oyama and Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell star Craig Rowin.

-Pitch Perfect 2 is official and will be released in 2015.

Web Videos

This Week In Web Videos: 'The Lorne Michaels Project'

by | April 10th, 2013

Do you know who Scott Rogowsky is? No? Well, then you’re among the vast majority of people in the world but, and this is a weighty “but,” the 28-year-old comic’s relative anonymity may soon blossom into fame, and maybe even a one-line Wikipedia entry that requires further citations — the most any of us struggling, silly folk can really hope for. “Why the bright forecast for Rogowsky?” You might ask. The answer: He manages to shamelessly self-promote while being funny and likable — a feat very few entertainers can pull off (Dane Cook, anyone?).

We first became acquainted with his unique brand of alluring obnoxiousness in July when we covered [...]

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This Week in Comedy: FX's New Channel, Lorne Michaels's Peabody, and Norm Macdonald's Podcast

by | March 29th, 2013

-FX is launching an all-comedy channel in September called FXX, led by It's Always Sunny and The League.

-Lorne Michaels, Girls, Louie, D.L. Hughley's Comedy Central special,  all won Peabody Awards.

-We picked 9 potential Weekend Update hosts if Seth Meyers leaves to host Late Night

-Norm Macdonald launched a video podcast.

-We collected the annotated wisdom of Dan Harmon.

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This Week in Comedy: Networks Announce Their New Sitcoms, and New Albums from Rick Moranis and Andy Kaufman

by | May 10th, 2013

-NBC, CBS, and Fox announced their new fall sitcoms. Andy Samberg and Mike Schur's Fox cop show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, is the most promising of the bunch. NBC unfortunately passed on SNL writer/stand-up John Mulaney's pilot.

- Parks and Recreation got renewed for a sixth season, and NBC officially canceled most of its comedies (Go On, Whitney, 1600 Penn, Up All Night, and Guys with Kids). Community's chances look good, much to the chagrin of Community fans.

-We previewed this summer's comedy movies and TV shows.

-Rick Moranis is coming out with a new album, his first comedic venture in eight [...]

Web Videos

This Week In Web Videos: 'F to 7th'

by | May 1st, 2013

In the immortal words of Biggie Smalls, “Here’s another one.” A great effing web series, that is. A web series that I’m head over heels in love with in a way that defies all of love’s boundaries and conventions, in both the platonic and sexual realms.  Not that I want to have sex with this week’s series. I’m not saying that. What I am saying is: The feelings of respect and admiration that Ingrid Jungermann’s hilariously poignant F to 7th has inspired in me, have had a transcendent effect. During the 30 minutes I spent watching the show, I was transported to a world of identity crisis, crippling neuroses, and botched [...]

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This Week In Web Videos: 'Pigeon Pick Up Artist'

by | April 17th, 2013

For every 10 college seniors who tell friends that they're going to pursue a career in comedy after graduation, maybe 1 actually does. (Unless those 10 go to Harvard. If they go to Harvard, then every one will probably go on to write for SNL or the New Yorker or Conan or all of those things because their big Harvard brains allow them to do everything that's great all at once.) Don't get me wrong — the other 9 probably had every intention of making a go in the funny business and maybe they did for a little while, but comedy's brutal and most can't stand the heat of [...]

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This Week in Comedy: 'Arrested Development' Gets a Premiere Date, and Fallon is Officially the 'Tonight' Host

by | April 5th, 2013

-Season four of Arrested Development will premiere on Netflix May 26th with 15 episodes instead of the previously announced 14.

-It's official: Jimmy Fallon is taking over The Tonight Show in February 2014. All the major late night hosts commented on it, and Seth Meyers is the frontrunner to become Late Night's new host.

-Whose Line is it Anyway? will return on the CW July 16th.

-USA may save Happy Endings if ABC doesn't.

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