This Is Spinal Tap is one of the most quotable films in cinema history and defined the genre of film known today as the mockumentary. Rob Reiner's 1984 directorial debut about an aging English metal band chronicled fame, groupies, and their fateful tour and would set the bar for the style of film to satirize a…

Netflix has announced the first wave of shows for Netflix Is a Joke Fest 2026, the third iteration of the festival, which is set to take place across Los Angeles from May 4-10. Produced by Netflix in partnership with Live Nation, this year’s festival will spread across 35 venues with more than…

John Mulrooney, a stand-up comedian, actor, TV host, radio personality and longtime local cop, died suddenly at his Coxsackie, New York home, according to multiple reports. He was 67. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Mulrooney was best known as a stand-up comic. He made his name performing at The…

Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment has added a new string to its bow to come on board as a producer on Lebanese comedian John Achkar's one-night performance of his show Tryin' at famed the L'Olympia theater in Paris later this month. The show on October 23, which is already sold-out, is…

EXCLUSIVE: Mackenzie Crook, star of Detectorists and Pirates of the Caribbean, is heading to MIPCOM Cannes with his latest BBC comedy. Small Prophets is a six-part comedy that Crook created, wrote and directed, and it also marks his long-awaited return to TV acting. However, the BAFTA winner isn…

Halloween clearly makes for some good TV. The love affair started as far back as 1952, when ABC ran an episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet titled “Halloween Party,” possibly the first Halloween-themed tie in for a network show. That show featured the first role for another actor who would be come part…

Amy Poehler has some choice words about the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ snubbing of comedic performances. The Saturday Night Live vet and Parks and Recreation alumna blasted the Oscars for devaluing the genre in a recent interview on her Good Hang podcast. As part of her…

As Paramount gears up for the theatrical release of its The Naked Gun revival in August, the future of scripted comedy was under scrutiny at the AVP Summit producers' event in northern Italy on Wednesday. Former Paramount exec Gary Lucchesi, who oversaw the production of the original The Naked Gu…

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Chris Estrada (This Fool) is set to headline, co-write and executive produce Forklift, a single-camera warehouse comedy in development at NBC. Former top Comedy Central executives Kent Alterman and Sarah Babineau will executive produce for Good Walk, the company they launched…

EXCLUSIVE: Rhett McLaughlin & Link Neal, the internet-first comedy duo best known as Rhett & Link, are bringing back their unscripted series Rhett & Link’s Wonderhole in August. Hailing from their entertainment studio Mythical, the show’s second season will be released on a weekly cadence on…

EXCLUSIVE: Such Brave Girls Season 2 is coming and we’ve got these new images for you ahead of the BAFTA-winning BBC and Hulu comedy’s return. The A24-backed series, written by and starring Kat Sadler, follows a dysfunctional mother and her two daughters, and is a loosely autobiographical story…

"We live in the stupidest possible version of human history," said Nish Kumar to a roaring packed Largo at the Coronet in LA last week, perfectly summing up 2025 so far. Cited as one of the 50 best comedians of the 21st century by the UK's The Guardian and the subject of a recent New York Times…