Comedy News

Just For Laughs Comedy Festival Sets Dates For Upcoming Events

Just For Laughs Festival is thrilled to reveal that the 39th festival will be moving forward as scheduled,… More!

Quinta Brunson To Write And Star In ABC Comedy Pilot Titled ‘Harrity Elementary’

Quinta Brunson has set up a single-camera comedy pilot at ABC which she will star in in addition to writing and… More!

Lenny Kravitz Joins Jennifer Lopez & Josh Duhamel In Action-Comedy ‘Shotgun Wedding’

Rock star and four-time Grammy award winner Lenny Kravitz is set to co-star opposite Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel in… More!

Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith Team Up With Nigeria’s EbonyLife For Comedy Film & TV Projects

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios is teaming up with EbonyLife Studios, one of Nigeria’s leading content companies, on a slate of… More!

Tiffany Haddish Shopping Shakespeare’s Dark Lady Series With Akiva Goldsman

Amma Asante is attached to write the limited series about 16th Century poet Amelia Bassano, who some believe… More!

Michael Blackson To Star In New VH1 Reality Series ‘VH1 Couples Retreat’ With Stars From ‘Love & Hip Hop’ Franchise

“VH1 Couples Retreat,” a new six-episode series celebrating Black love, will premiere March 29 at 8 p.m., Variety earned. The show… More!

Believe It Or Not-‘Chappelle’s Show’ Returns To Netflix With Dave Chappelle’s Blessing

The comedian revealed in an Instagram post on Thursday that Comedy Central had agreed to give his license… More!

‘Rap Sh*t’ Comedy Series From Issa Rae Ordered By HBO MAX

Issa Rae has landed a follow-up series to Insecure. HBO Max has given an eight-episode series order to Rap Sh*t (wt), a half-hour comedy… More!

Mindy Kaling To Voice Scooby Doo’s Velma In ‘Clone High’ For HBO MAX

HBO Max has given a two-season order to a reboot of adult animated series “Clone High,” as well as… More!

Comedy Central To Debut New Doc On Patrice O’Neal Titled ‘Patrice O’Neal: Killing Is Easy’

NEW YORK, February 9, 2021 — Comedy Central in collaboration with All Things Comedy today announced the world… More!