Showing 496 - 510 of 689 articles tagged "Standup Comedy"

• Posted Wednesday 4/10/19 at 1:05PM EDT

  Wanda Sykes' first Netflix standup special gets May 21 premiere date

  Wanda Sykes: Not Normal is the comedian's fifth standup special overall.

• Posted Wednesday 4/10/19 at 1:05PM EDT

  Netflix is launching a SiriusXM channel featuring its standup comedy

  Netflix Is a Joke Radio, launching April 15, marks the first time Netflix has partnered with another subscription-media company to...

• Posted Tuesday 4/09/19 at 1:20PM EDT

  Ron Funches: Netflix was "never honest with me. They just tried to sell me and tell me what comedy is"

  The comedian said on The Last Laugh podcast that he chose to make his first hour-long special, Giggle Fit, on...

• Posted Thursday 4/04/19 at 1:24PM EDT

  Comedy Central signs Roy Wood Jr. to first-look deal, orders pilot for his and Aaron McGruder's Jefferson County: Probation

  Under his new deal, The Daily Show correspondent will star in a third standup special and a digital series titled...

• Posted Tuesday 4/02/19 at 12:16PM EDT

  Hannah Gadsby discuss her autism diagnosis in her new standup show

  Gadsby says she learned about her autism diagnosis before she put Nanette together, but she is now comfortable talking about...

• Posted Wednesday 3/27/19 at 8:47AM EDT

  John Cleese references Nicole Byer's P-word joke in slamming Netflix for rejecting his comedy special pitch

  The 78-year-old Monty Python icon tweeted Tuesday: "In December I visited Netflix to pitch the idea of a 'Special' They...

• Posted Tuesday 3/26/19 at 11:59AM EDT

  Netflix orders standup comedy series Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready

  Tiffany Haddish has personally chosen a diverse group of six up-and-coming standup comics for her new half-hour standup series.

• Posted Thursday 3/21/19 at 12:17PM EDT

  Watch Kevin Hart's Irresponsible Netflix standup trailer

  The April 2 special was filmed in London last September, months before Hart's Oscars controversy.

• Posted Wednesday 3/20/19 at 9:24PM EDT

  Dave Attell is more revered by his comedian peers than by the public

  The former star of Comedy Central's Insomniac and Showtime's Dave's Old Porn has, at age 54, become simply a club...

• Posted Wednesday 3/20/19 at 5:51AM EDT

  Ricky Gervais has complicated feelings on cancel culture, says he finds comfort in The Office haters

  "If people don’t accept a person’s apology for a mistake, there’s no value in that person trying to improve,” Gervais...

• Posted Tuesday 3/19/19 at 5:56PM EDT

  Amy Schumer seems to be managing fan expectations with her Growing Netflix standup special

  "Amy does as Amy is, and what’s she’s done in the intervening years is get married and get pregnant," says...

• Posted Thursday 3/14/19 at 5:59AM EDT

  Amy Schumer and Lena Dunham bonded over being loathed online

  In a New York Times profile of Schumer that featured her running naked through a park, Dunham described the unique...

• Posted Thursday 3/14/19 at 5:59AM EDT

  Fran Drescher to host Funny Women of a Certain Age on Showtime

  The March 23 comedy special features a group of "mature" female standup comics.

• Posted Monday 3/11/19 at 2:27PM EDT

  Kevin Hart's first Netflix standup special drops on April 2

  Kevin Hart: Irresponsible was filmed in London last September, months before the comedian's Oscars controversy.

• Posted Friday 3/01/19 at 11:32PM EST

  Brody Stevens was brilliant as a TV show warm-up comedian

  “Brody turned audience warm-up into an art form,” says comic Steve Agee of the beloved comic, who died last Friday...