Trevor Noah is aware of the big shoes he has to fill this fall as he takes over as host of The Daily Show. During the Television…
The fact that a Black person is killed by a police officer every 28 hours is still a horrifying stat. But it wasn’t horrifying enough…
On Monday, a handful of questionable tweets from comedian Trevor Noah were unearthed just hours after he was named the new Daily Show host. Noah, who hails from South Africa,…
Are you ready Hannibal Buress fans? Be ready to see the comedian this summer in a new show for Comedy Central. According to The Wrap, the…
Larry Wilmore keeps it 100 as the new host of Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show, but the Emmy Award winner has been creating some of your favorite comedy shows for the past two decades. He was a writer for the seminal 80’s comedy sketch show In Living Color, created The Bernie Mac Show and The PJ’s, helped […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Writer-comic Larry Wilmore of “The Daily Show” has earned Stephen Colbert’s coveted Comedy Central time slot following Jon Stewart each night. Comedy Central said Friday that Wilmore will host “The Minority Report” at 11:30 each weeknight, starting in January. Wilmore, who’s black, will add a different perspective to a late-night landscape […]
ABC’s “Scandal,” Comedy Central’s “Key & Peele” and Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ PBS series “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” are among a record 46 programs to receive a Peabody Award this year. The annual honor, named for businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, recognizes distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, […]
For Robert Townsend, working with Bill Cosby was a chance to get paid and learn at the same time. Townsend directed Far From Finished, Cosby’s first concert show airing again on Comedy Central on Thanksgiving night at 4 p.m. Townsend said despite the years in between specials, Cosby remains a comedic genius. “He’s 76 years young […]
Bill Cosby is still alive and kicking and on Comedy Central. His Comedy Central special Far From Finished, airs this weekend November 23 at 8 p.m. The Cos says he’s in pretty good company on that night. “You just turn on the TV to Comedy Central and Kevin Hart is on at 7, I’m on at […]
Comedy Central has given a pilot order to the sketch comedy series “D-Raw,” executive produced by Chris Rock and starring young comedian Deshawn Raw. According to Deadline, Raw describes himself as, “Just a new comedian trying to make it out the hood with the team. So we don’t end up statistics.” The show is features […]
