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• Posted Wednesday 10/10/18 at 1:29PM EDT

  Monica Lewinsky says she "bawled my eyes out" watching Hannah Gadsby's Nanette

  Gadsby mentions Lewinsky in her acclaimed Netflix standup special, noting that she became a late-night punchline.

• Posted Monday 10/08/18 at 6:10PM EDT

  SNL alum Finesse Mitchell lands a Showtime standup special

  Mitchell will star Finesse Mitchell: The Spirit Told Me To Tell You, airing on Showtime on Friday, Oct.

• Posted Friday 10/05/18 at 3:56AM EDT

  Aziz Ansari's new standup act decries extreme wokeness, but still doesn't address his sexual misconduct scandal

  "The bemused but progressive spirit that once informed Ansari’s commentary on current events seems to have crusted into suspicion about...

• Posted Wednesday 10/03/18 at 9:05PM EDT

  Jimmy Kimmel under fire from Padma Lakshmi and others for his comments about Louis CK's comeback and for calling comedy "very democratic"

  "If we get into the business of sanitizing every comedian and doing a thorough background check before they walk through...

• Posted Wednesday 10/03/18 at 1:47PM EDT

  Jimmy Kimmel weighs in on Louis CK as he announces the opening of Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club in Las Vegas

  The Las Vegas native is partnering with Caesars Entertainment for Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club, an 8,000-square-foot space opening in spring...

• Posted Tuesday 10/02/18 at 7:13PM EDT

  Comedy Cellar owner: Why I allowed Louis CK to return for another surprise set

  “I don’t know what else to do,” said Noam Dworman of CK's surprise second appearance at his comedy club on...

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  Posted Tuesday 10/02/18 at 4:56AM EDT

  Louis CK's second return may be proof of a "nonchalant reintroduction into the cultural bloodstream"

  When Louis CK generated outrage in the aftermath of his surprise return to standup comedy at the Comedy Cellar in...

• Posted Tuesday 10/02/18 at 4:56AM EDT

  Elayne Boosler, stand-up comedy's "first female star," hasn't gotten her due

  The 66-year-old standup comic is releasing a new box set of her old TV specials.

• Posted Monday 10/01/18 at 6:35PM EDT

  Louis CK performed at the Comedy Cellar again last night, resulting in two women walking out

  “He went on around midnight,” a source tells Page Six.

• Posted Wednesday 9/26/18 at 6:40PM EDT

  Comedian Ted Alexandro used Louis CK's comeback venue to crack jokes at his expense

  Alexandro posted video today of his standup set from earlier this month at the Comedy Cellar, where he targeted CK...

• Posted Monday 9/24/18 at 3:53PM EDT

  Bill Burr and Al Madrigal sign their company to a production deal with Comedy Central

  As part of a deal with Burr and Madrigal's production company, All Things Comedy, Burr will host a half-hour standup...

• Posted Tuesday 9/18/18 at 10:47PM EDT

  T.J. Miller was reportedly denied a chance to perform at an open mic night in Denver

  Byron Graham writes that he and his fellow co-host of Denver's longest-running comedy open mic discussed whether to bar the...

• Posted Tuesday 9/18/18 at 8:17AM EDT

  Did Hannah Gadsby "subtweet" Michael Che during the Emmys?

  Emmys co-host Che has obliquely criticized Gadsby's Nanette while emphasizing repeatedly that he's never actually seen her critically acclaimed Netflix...

• Posted Monday 9/10/18 at 2:00PM EDT

  Netflix execs are silent on a Louis CK comeback, but they address concerns over the lack of black female comedians and too many comedy specials

  The New York Times' comedy critic Jason Zinoman sat down with Lisa Nishimura, Netflix’s vice president of original documentary and...

• Posted Saturday 9/08/18 at 12:54AM EDT

  From Hannah Gadsby to Reggie Watts: How the nontraditional standup special took over comedy

  "In 2018, we’re witnessing real momentum in the genre," says Nick Chen.