How does the push for more diversity in late-night comedy square with a declining viewership?
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Confronting Trump and Nixon: Comedy’s Changing Perspectives
Why did the comedy community treat Trump and Nixon differently even though both men were so similar in the way that they were quite divisive and controversial presidents?
MARC MARON Plus ADAM CAROLLA: When Patent Trolls Rain on Comedy’s Podcasting Parade
In the comedy industry these days, it seems like more and more people are talking about podcasting. In the new book Comedy Under Attack: the Golden Age and the Headwinds (http://comedyunderattack.com), podcasting was portrayed as one of the hot new things in modern comedy and thanks to his WTF podcast Marc Maron was toasted as…
FLAMINGO DOLLARS: Comedy Magicians Mix it Up in Court
Nathan Burton is a pretty successful comedy magician. He is a star headliner at the famous Flamingo hotel casino in Las Vegas and also has appeared on NBC’s The World’s Wildest Magic” as well on America Got Talent. But lately, life has anything but magic for him and his business associates in the world of…
Standoff at the Golden Globes: The Big Rumble in the Backroom
On January 16, celebrity British comedian Ricky Gervais will host the 68th Annual Golden Globes ceremony with all its usual fanfare and more. Only this time there are such dark clouds gathering on the horizon that the awards ceremony of January 2011 may well be the last time that we’ll see the Globes the way…
Conan’s NBC: No laughing matter for a funnyman
On Sunday, January 10, NBC made it official that it will cancel the 10 p.m. “Jay Leno Show” effective February 12, and move Leno over to an 11:35 p.m. time slot. For Conan O’Brien, NBC said it would offer the funnyman from Harvard the chance to move his “Tonight Show” back just a half hour…