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  1. This Week in Comedy: Craig Ferguson Is Leaving Late Night, Michael Che […]In case you missed it, here’s all the big comedy stuff that happened this week: -After nearly a decade behind the desk at the The Late Late […]
    By Zach Herwitz
  2. This Week in Comedy: ‘Parks and Rec’ and ‘Archer’ End Their SeasonsIn case you missed it, here’s all the big comedy stuff that happened this week: -We reviewed the latest seasons of Parks and Recreation and […]
    By Zach Herwitz
  3. This Week in Comedy: ‘Community’ and ‘Rick and Morty’ Wrap Up Their Seasons In case you missed it, here’s all the big comedy stuff that happened this week: -Both of Dan Harmon’s shows, Community and Rick and Morty, […]
    By Zach Herwitz
  4. This Week in Comedy: Stephen Colbert to Replace David LettermanIn case you missed it, here’s all the big comedy stuff that happened this week: -CBS quickly announced that Stephen Colbert is taking over for […]
    By Emma Soren
  5. This Week in Comedy: ‘HIMYM’ Ends and David Letterman Announces His […] In case you missed it, here’s all the big comedy stuff that happened this week: -David Letterman announced that he’s retiring from late night […]
    By Zach Herwitz
  6. This Week in Comedy: ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’, ‘Broad City’, ‘Kroll Show’, and […]In case you missed it, here’s all the big comedy stuff that happened this week: -We reviewed the first seasons of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Broad […]
    By Zach Herwitz
  7. This Week in Comedy: IFC Made a Lot of Exciting DecisionsIn case you missed it, here’s all the big comedy stuff that happened this week: -IFC renewed The Birthday Boys and Comedy Bang! Bang! for […]
    By Emma Soren
  8. This Week in Comedy: President Obama Visits ‘Between Two Ferns’In case you missed it, here’s all the big comedy stuff that happened this week: -President Barack Obama was a guest on Between Two Ferns with […]
    By Zach Herwitz
  9. This Week in Comedy: Andy Daly’s New Show Debuts, ‘The Daily Show’ Adds […]-Andy Daly’s new show Review premiered on Comedy Central. We reviewed the show and interviewed Daly about it. -The Daily Show hired comedian […]
    By Bradford Evans
  10. This Week in Comedy: Remembering Harold Ramis In case you missed it, here’s all the big comedy stuff that happened this week: -Comedy legend Harold Ramis passed away at the age of 69. We […]
    By Zach Herwitz
  11. This Week in Comedy: Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show’ Premieres In case you missed it, here’s all the big comedy stuff that happened this week: -Jimmy Fallon took over as host of The Tonight Show on Monday […]
    By Zach Herwitz
  12. This Week in Comedy: Comedy Luminary Sid Caesar Passes Away-The legendary Sid Caesar dies at 91. -Fred Armisen will be the bandleader for Late Night with Seth Meyers. -NBC unveiled the full lineup for […]
    By Zach Herwitz
  13. This Week in Comedy: NBC’s Late Night Transition Begins -NBC’s 2014 late night transition has begun as Jay Leno did his final episode, ending with an emotional goodbye. We made a videolist of Jay […]
    By Bradford Evans
  14. This Week in Comedy: Louis C.K. Releases His First Movie- This week Louis C.K. released his 1997 film Tomorrow Night, which we then reviewed. In other Louis news, he announced that he’ll be releasing […]
    By Matt Visconage
  15. This Week in Comedy: Colin Jost Joins ‘Weekend Update’ and ‘Broad City’ […]- It was announced this week that SNL head writer Colin Jost will be replacing Seth Meyers as Weekend Update co-anchor on March 1st. Meyers’s […]
    By Matt Visconage
  16. This Week in Comedy: Amy Poehler and Tina Fey Were Great Hosts Again; […]- Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the Golden Globes and absolutely killed it once again. - Louis C.K. and Zach Galifianakis are writing a […]
    By Matt Visconage
  17. This Week in Comedy: ‘SNL’ Addresses Diversity Criticism with Three New […]-SNL responded to criticism over its lack of diversity by adding a black female cast member, Sasheer Zamata, and two black female writers, […]
    By Matt Visconage
  18. This Week in Comedy: ‘The Best Show on WFMU’ Says Goodbye-The Best Show on WFMU ended its 13-year run, and we talked with host and professional chump-steamroller Tom Scharpling about the last days of […]
    By Matt Visconage
  19. This Week in Comedy: ‘SNL’ Auditions Two Dozen Black Women for the Cast, […]-After months of diversity criticism, SNL held auditions on both coasts consisting entirely of black female performers. Lorne Michaels said […]
    By Matt Visconage
  20. This Week in Comedy: Kyle Kinane vs. Pace Salsa, and Seth Meyers’s ‘Late […]-Standup Kyle Kinane had a hilarious Twitter interaction with a salsa company, but it turned out to just be a prank by comedian Randy […]
    By Matt Visconage
  21. This Week in Comedy: Comedy Central Buys ‘Chris Gethard Show’, Monty […]-Comedy Central ordered a pilot of The Chris Gethard Show, and we talked to him about this exciting news. -Monty Python announced they’re […]
    By Matt Visconage
  22. This Week in Comedy: ‘Jeselnik Offensive’ and ‘Totally Biased’ Got the […]-The Jeselnik Offensive and Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell were both canceled this week following low ratings. -NBC has ordered a pilot […]
    By Matt Visconage
  23. This Week in Comedy: A Movie from the ‘Workaholics’ Guys, and Damon Wayans […]-Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are producing a movie that the guys from Workaholics will write and star in. -Damon Wayans Jr. returned to New […]
    By Jessye Mc Garry
  24. This Week in Comedy: ‘The Pete Holmes Show’ Premieres, and NBC Orders 13 […]-NBC ordered 13 epsiodes of a comedy starring Ellie Kemper and co-created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. The show is tentatively […]
    By Jessye Mc Garry
  25. This Week in Comedy: Three Rejected Sitcoms and a ‘Parks and Rec’ Hiatus-Sarah Silverman released Susan 313, the pilot she made for NBC in 2012 that they didn’t pick up. -We looked at two more rejected pilots, the […]
    By Jessye Mc Garry
  26. This Week in Comedy: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Are Hosting the Next Two […]-Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host the Golden Globes for the next two years. -Kenan Thompson gave a quote about SNL’s lack of diversity, and […]
    By Jessye Mc Garry
  27. This Week in Comedy: A Whole Lot of Ron Burgundy and Amy Poehler-Will Ferrell made SEVENTY Dodge ads as Ron Burgundy. Seriously, seventy. -Adult Swim has two pilots premiering this month: Tim & Eric’s […]
    By Jessye Mc Garry
  28. This Week in Comedy: New Shows from John Mulaney and James Adomian-Fox orders John Mulaney’s pilot, Mulaney, to series after NBC passed on it. Elliott Gould, from the original pilot, won’t be returning, but […]
    By Jessye Mc Garry
  29. This Week in Comedy: Fall TV Season Continues-It was the second week of fall TV season, with the premieres of South Park, Parks and Recreation, The Michael J. Fox Show, The Crazy Ones, and […]
    By Jessye Mc Garry
  30. This Week in Comedy: The Fall TV Season Begins and ‘SNL’ Makes More Changes-Brooks Wheelan is SNL’s newest cast member, the sixth addition this season. Cecily Strong will join Seth Meyers behind the Update desk this […]
    By Jessye Mc Garry
  31. This Week in Comedy: Franco Got Roasted, FXX Debuted, and ‘Futurama’ Ended-Sarah Silverman wrote a touching obituary for her dog, Duck. -Andy Samberg  did an amazing job at Comedy Central’s Roast of James Franco. We […]
    By Jessye Mc Garry
  32. This Week in Comedy: The Dave Chappelle Incident and David Letterman’s […]-Dave Chappelle walked off stage after dealing with a bad audience during a stop on the Funny or Die tour in Hartford, Connecticut. -David […]
    By Bradford Evans
  33. This Week in Comedy: ‘SNL’ Hires a Bunch of People-Saturday Night Live is close to hiring five new featured players: Beck Bennett, John Milhiser, Kyle Mooney, Noël Wells, and Michael Patrick […]
    By Nick Pearl
  34. This Week in Comedy: John Oliver’s Final ‘Daily Show’ as Host and Tina […]-John Oliver hosted his final Daily Show (for now). In honor of this, we listed our favorite moments from the Brit’s time as interim-host. Jon […]
    By Nick Pearl
  35. This Week in Comedy: Donald Glover’s New Show and a Pee-Wee Herman Movie […]-Now that he’s leaving Community midway through the season, Donald Glover’s next project is writing, producing, and starring in a new comedy […]
    By Nick Pearl
  36. This Week in Comedy: Two Leave ‘Parks and Rec,’ and ‘The Simpsons’ Nears […]-Rashida Jones and Robe Lowe are both leaving Parks and Recreation. Showrunner Mike Schur explained the decision was creative, not financial, […]
    By Nick Pearl
  37. This Week in Comedy: Jason Sudeikis Leaves ‘SNL’, and Bob and David on Tour-Jason Sudeikis announced his departure from Saturday Night Live. To commemorate his decade-long tenure as a writer and performer on the show, […]
    By Nick Pearl
  38. A Week of Crossovers: Woody Allen and Louis C.K., ‘The Simpsons’ and […]-Woody Allen and Louis C.K. want to make a buddy movie together, and The Simpsons and Family Guy are set to go face to face too, in a crossover […]
    By Bradford Evans
  39. This Week in Comedy: UCB’s Del Close Marathon, Talking to Amy Schumer, and […]-We talked to Fred Armisen about leaving SNL and diving back into Portlandia. -We talked to Amy Schumer about her Comedy Central show, Inside […]
    By Nick Pearl
  40. This Week in Comedy: Dave Chappelle is Back On Tour, Bob and David Are […]-Funny or Die announced The Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival live tour featuring Dave Chappelle, Flight of the Conchords, Hannibal […]
    By Nick Pearl
  41. This Week in Comedy: The Lonely Island’s New Album, and John Oliver’s […]-The Lonely Island released their third album, entitled The Wack Album, and we talked to them about it. -John Oliver took over as summer […]
    By Nick Pearl
  42. This Week in Comedy: Jon Stewart Leaves ‘The Daily Show’ for a Hiatus, and […]-Jon Stewart hosted his last Daily Show for three months while he goes off to direct a movie and lets John Oliver take over. -Adam Scott did […]
    By Bradford Evans
  43. This Week in Comedy: ‘Arrested Development’ Returns and Another Twitter […]-Arrested Development’s long-awaited fourth season debuted on Netflix. We reviewed the first two episodes in-depth, reviewed the season as a […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  44. This Week in Comedy: ‘Arrested Development,’ ‘Arrested Development,’ […]-To prepare for this Sunday’s Netflix debut of the new Arrested Development season, we contributed to the internet’s Arrested Development […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  45. This Week in Comedy: Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, and Maybe Jason Sudeikis […]-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 […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  46. This Week in Comedy: Networks Announce Their New Sitcoms, and New Albums […]-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 […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  47. This Week in Comedy: Marc Maron Is Everywhere and Chris Hardwick’s New […]-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 […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  48. This Week in Comedy: A Big Week for ‘Nathan for You’s Nathan Fielder-Comedy Central renewed Nathan For You for a second season, following Nathan Fielder’s Twitter prank that went viral and destroyed parent-child […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  49. This Week in Comedy: Patton Oswalt, A ‘Simpsons’ Writers Roundtable, and […]-Patton Oswalt, Amy Poehler, Craig Ferguson, and Jon Stewart all delivered poignant responses to the tragedy in Boston. -Speaking of Patton […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  50. This Week in Comedy: RIP Jonathan Winters and Mickey Rose-Improvisational force of nature Jonathan Winters passed away at 87, and we collected goodbyes from four generations of comedians. -Mickey […]
    By Jenny Nelson
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