Nikki & Sara Live was a show that aired on MTV in 2013 for two seasons. It was very funny and it's sad that it's over but according to the women behind it, the jokes they told live on, not in reruns, but on the E! Network.
Fast Company has a profile on Allison Jones, the woman behind the idiosyncratic casting behind all of those Michael Shur shows and Judd Apatow movies. If you haven't heard of her before, she's the one responsible for finding McLovin' for Superbad, and more recently getting Timothy Simons a regular role on Veep as…
This week, news broke that Amber Ruffin would be joining Seth Meyers' writing team for his new edition of Late Night, premiering at the end of February. One noteworthy detail that didn't get noticed: Ruffin is the first black woman to write for a network late night talk show. In fact – though it's hard to write all…
In light of all the hubbub and hullabaloo around the addition three black women to SNL — two writers and one cast member — folks have been reaching out to The Daily Show's fantastic Jessica Williams to get her thoughts on her life and career as a black women in comedy. And, per usual, Williams' two cents are solid…
Harvard University's famous undergraduate humor publication The Harvard Lampoon has some exciting news: Alexis Wilkinson will be the publication's first black president, as well as its first black female president, and with Vice President Ellie Parker, the pair will be the first set of women running the Lampoon.
Following the news that Saturday Night Live held a special audition for African American female comedians at the Groundlings in LA last week, the New York Times has confirmed with Lorne Michaels that the show will indeed add a black woman to their cast by the beginning of January.
Like many funny women before her, she was scared off the stage by shouts of "show us your tits!"
Variety show heavy weight and Important Lady of Comedy Carol Burnett was honored at the Kennedy Center this past Sunday where she was awarded the coveted Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Yes! Give Carol Burnett all of the awards! Every last one of them!
Earlier this week, SNL's Kenan Thompson told TV Guide that the lack of black female comedians on the SNL cast is because they're "not ready." A lot of people had Thoughts about/excuses for this, many of which were almost contagiously dumb. Not this.
Last night, Aparna Nancherla made her first appearance on Conan. And in the process, she became the first Indian woman to perform stand up on American late night TV. IT'S A COLUMBUS DAY MIRACLE.
Saturday Night Live has a huge diversity problem. Specifically, it has a huge diversity problem when it comes to hiring female performers of color (though its track record for hiring non-white men isn't exactly stellar, either). This isn't breaking news. The show is constantly called out for it's overwhelming…
Yesterday Forbes released its annual list of the top-earning comedians, and it's a fucking sausagefest consisting of 9 men and 0 women and 1 Daniel Tosh, who technically counts as two men due to his supercock. What gives? Where are all the wit women at?
For the True Hollywood Reporter's Comedy Issue, writer/director Paul Feig took the age old, tired argument that women aren't funny and turned it on its head by positing that maybe it's men who are the not-so-hilarious ones after all. Of course, the charm and wit of the piece prove his own argument wrong, but, hey,…
Nasim Pedrad is leaving SNL to play the female lead on John Mulaney's unnamed autobiographical NBC comedy pilot. She'll join Mulaney, Martin Short, and Elliott Gould, to play Jane, a "sweet, intelligent and lazy grade school teacher who doesn't love her job and wants to make changes but she's addicted to…
For the most recent episode of Smart Girls at the Party, Amy Poehler had on legendary comedy writer and television producer Irma Kalish who has written for everything from The Facts of Life to Maude to I Dream of Jeannie to 227. (For her full incredible resume, click here.) Kalish is a hero to everyone in the tv…
Good grief. Watching Community struggle into its (likely to be) final season has become downright painful. Not only are we to lose one of the best shows on TV, but its key players (both in front of and behind the camera) are already dropping like flies. First we lost Dan Harmon, then Chevy Chase and now — as if we can…
Cutthroat Hollywood reporter and famed recluse Nikki Finke was not happy that Modern Family's Julie Bowen won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series last night. Why? Because Bowen is too damn beautiful and not nearly funny enough to deserve the recognition. In fact, according to Finke, few of…
I'm sorry, but we need to talk about your celebrity boyfriend Joseph Gordon-Levitt. During a Comic Con panel for his upcoming movie Looper, JGL was asked this seemingly innocuous question by an audience member: What was it like to work with costar Emily Blunt? Here was his answer:
Good news for people who enjoy funny ladies on television: Saturday Night Live has just added Kate McKinnon to their cast as a featured player. Deadline is reporting that she'll being thrown right into the mix, making her debut on the next SNL on April 7th. It's great to see SNL bringing a fresh female face into the…
Part of me thinks it's too soon to be writing about this because I don't think I've completely processed how I feel, but I also think maybe this has happened to other women and I should talk about it in as raw a way as possible. I'm still really embarrassed and ashamed and garbled up inside, but maybe this can start a…
