Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will co-host next year’s Golden Globes, which means there’s hope yet for an awards show that doesn’t suck. A rep for NBC, which will air the cer...

Stand-up comedy is made to be enjoyed in a dark room laughing along with other people. As a result, it hasn’t always translated to television. There are commercials, editing...

If I want to laugh at something on a screen, I tend to turn to television more than cinema. When I do find a film particularly funny, it usually features either writers, direc...

Maya Rudolph seemed genuinely excited to sing Prince’s “Darling Nikki” with the Roots on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” last week. Though Rudolph is known for her co...

I’m starting to wonder if it matters who the mom is on “How I Met Your Mother.” When I first started watching the CBS sitcom, curiosity propelled the series: Ted Mosby k...

When Amy Poehler and Will Arnett announced they were separating after nine years of marriage, reactions on the Internet tended toward “The World Is Ending” and “Love Is ...

Comedy heals. Comedy distracts. Comedy brings us joy when life is bleak. So what do comedians do when their own lives are looking grim? They go to work. Despite the success of...

There’s a pivotal scene in Mike Birbiglia’s semi-autobiographical film “Sleepwalk With Me,” out Friday, where his character, struggling comedian Matt Pandamiglio, bomb...

American television has a hard time remaking British comedies. For every rare success story, such as “The Office,” there’s a graveyard of failures: “Spaced,” “The ...

Now that we know who Mitt Romney’s running mate is, it’s time to address the more pressing matter at hand: Who will play Paul Ryan on “Saturday Night Live”? Politics �...

When I think of Twitter, the first thing that comes to mind is jokes. That’s because my feed is filled with funny people who spend hours cracking wise on the Internet. Comed...

Whatever you think you know about Tracy Morgan’s life is probably true. This is a guy who keeps sharks as pets, owns one of Michael Jackson’s famed gloves and says his sum...

Last week, on the “WTF With Marc Maron” podcast, British comedian John Oliver mentioned his college writing partner, Richard Ayoade. Maron asked if he should know who that...

AMC’s “Breaking Bad” (Sun., 10 p.m.), about chemistry teacher-turned meth dealer Walter White, is easily the most tense and shocking show on television. But it’s also ...

You haven’t heard the Black Eyed Peas until you’ve heard the Black Eyed Peas as performed by Jeff Tweedy. At a Chicago party last year for Dan Sinker’s book “The [Expl...