2+ hour, 43+ min ago  (332+ words) Netflix was quick to renew Funny AF, Kevin Hart‘s stand-up competition series launched in April — and now, it’s clear why. While widely embraced by the comedy community as an effort to elevate a new generation of comedy stars at…...

8+ hour, 38+ min ago  (543+ words) Helium Comedy Gets Into Original Content With New Division Led By Maureen Taran Deadline Services to share this page. EXCLUSIVE: Helium Comedy, one of the United States’ premier independent comedy club operators, is getting into original content with the launch…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (434+ words) Levity Live Taps Former Just For Laughs Exec Spencer Griffin As EVP Content & Creative Strategy Deadline Services to share this page. EXCLUSIVE: Spencer Griffin has joined Levity Live in the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Content & Creative Strategy....

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (249+ words) EXCLUSIVE: Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey are set for a one final round of Daddy Issues. The star will return to star in a six-part Season 3 of the BBC show, which has been BBC Three’s biggest comedy launch since…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (312+ words) No stranger to delivering a live performance for thousands of screaming fans, Dwayne Johnson is looking to add a Broadway show to his extensive resume. The Golden Globe nominee recently revealed that he’s “been working on my Broadway debut” for…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (701+ words) Deadline Services to share this page. Sony Pictures Classics’ comedy Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass opens wide along with IFC erotic thriller Night Nurse. Buzzy Barrio Triste by longtime Bad Bunny collaborator Stillz and documentaries including Ross McElwee’s…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (281+ words) Chuck Lorre lost two of the most important people in his career over the span of nine months: his long-time agent and mentor Bob Broder, who died in September, and his go-to director, James Burrows, who passed away last month…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (303+ words) Don’t call it a comeback — just consistency. Lisa Kudrow this morning earned her third consecutive Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy nomination for playing sitcom actress Valerie Cherish on HBO‘s The Comeback. While the nominations are indeed consecutive…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (314+ words) For most comics, a special represents an ending — the culmination of a creative chapter. Not so for Josh Johnson, at least with his first HBO special Symphony, which he says marks a new beginning — “a change and a new direction…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1086+ words) EXCLUSIVE: The Rick and Morty universe is about to expand with the launch of President Curtis on Adult Swim on July 26, and its creators have told Deadline how the two madcap animated series connect. Dan Harmon called the difference between…...