Todd Glass is obsessively preparing to throw a party at his Los Angeles home. Cameras follow the veteran comic as he makes ice-cream sandwiches, sets up instruments and dims t...

VH1’s “Best Week Ever” used to be a secretly good clip show about bad reality TV and celebrity culture. Each week, an impressive roster of comedians would riff on “The...

Dan Harmon, creator of NBC’s embattled cult comedy series “Community,” boarded an airplane last May, a week after the show was renewed for a fourth season. By the time h...

Dear fans of FX’s “Archer,” when you tune in to the cartoon’s fourth-season premiere Thursday at 10 p.m., it’s going to look a little weird. Do not adjust your telev...

As the only black writer Conan O’Brien has ever hired for one of his talk shows, Deon Cole holds a unique position in the “Conan” writing room. “You’ve got the white...

Ever since I watched HBO’s “The Sopranos,” I’ve been convinced that TV dramas can be as funny as sitcoms (see also: “Breaking Bad,” “Mad Men” and even “The W...

As the calender flips to 2013, I look ahead to the coming year in comedy. “Best Week Ever” (Jan. 18, VH1): Some of my favorite stand-ups — Paul F. Tompkins, Doug Benson ...

There wasn’t one medium that defined “comedy” in 2012, so my year-end roundup is a hodgepodge of some of the best ways I consumed humor. Best Podcast: Scott Aukerman’s...

I started watching “Cheers” on Netflix about a year ago out of curiosity, boredom and an appreciation for Ted Danson. I’ve worked my way through three seasons, and, late...

If you’re a comedian who was raised Jewish, there’s likely no stranger place to perform than a synagogue. It’s something Nick Kroll, right, mentioned repeatedly during h...

Who keeps us sane in troubled times? It’s Calvin Trillin, pundit poet. He reformats the news in rhymes, Which sounds so tough to us — although it Makes some old jokes newl...

I don’t know about you, but if I was 19 and making a reported $300,000 an episode to read jokes, I wouldn’t complain — even if I had to hang out with Ashton Kutcher and ...

Exactly 25 years ago this month, Todd Barry did his first open-mic night at a Miami comedy club. A year later, he moved to New York City, and he’s never looked back. The 48-...

By now you’ve read — or heard about — the New York Times’ biting takedown of Guy Fieri’s Times Square restaurant, Guy’s American Kitchen and Bar. But did you see "...

“I don’t belong here,” Pete Holmes, above, told a capacity crowd at U Street Music Hall on Monday night. “This place is too cool for me.” He’s right. A lanky, blon...