Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

The Housewives, a multi-camera comedy from Saturday Night Live alumna Casey Wilson, actress/writer June Diane Raphael, Will Gluck and Sony Pictures TV, has landed at ABC with a put pilot commitment. Read More

CBS is expanding its relationship with John Ross Bowie and Kevin Sussman. The network has bought a multi-camera comedy from the actor-writers best known for their recurring roles on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory. Read More

LA Weekly's third annual Web Awards celebrate the projects and people who bring joy to our screens — whether those are bulky old desktops or sleek new phones. Read More

Chelsea Handler is helping another female comedy performer break into television. Handler and Tom Brunelle’s Borderline Amazing Prods. has sold a comedy project to NBC created by and starring Ingrid Haas (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World). Read More

Thomas Middleditch will play Jeb in the potential Rainn Wilson spinoff "The Farm." Read More

Allyn Rachel & Patrick Carlyle's digital series Couple Time is headed to television with Ellen DeGeneres executive producing. Read More

Andy Daly is one of the top improvisers and sketch performers around, known for creating hilarious, fully realized characters on stage and screen. Here he talks to Co.Create about the value of committing and how characters can be borne of one’s surroundings. Read More

Matt Walsh is going to chase tornados for Steve Quale. The Veep actor has joined Quale’s Untitled natural disaster thriller at New Line. Walsh will play Pete, a storm chaser looking to get a picture of the eye of a tornado. Read More

It's been a breakthrough year for these up-and-coming comedians, whose talent comes across loud and clear onstage, online and anywhere else they can find to share their wit. Read More

Each year, the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal produces the New Faces showcase, where upcoming stand-up comedians — deemed the world’s most promising – perform for industry and comedy fans alike. Read More

The creator and star of the Adult Swim series talks about its Internet roots and fun environment and his background in improv and theater. Read More

Recently, Complex sat down with Riggle to discuss his experiences with the Marines, holding his own alongside comedic masterminds like Will Ferrell, and the valuable lessons he's learned along the way. Read More

Joe Mande is one of the most prolific comedians on Twitter, most often using the social media site to retweet or comment on the most vapid, hypocritical, or simply ridiculous tweets from various celebrities and politicians. (NBA star Gilbert Arenas even deleted his Twitter account for a few months last year after the comedian drew attention to his sexist and misogynistic tweets.) He's also responsible for the popular blog "Look At This Fucking Hipster" and a book of the same name Read More

Since moving from her hometown, a ski resort in Colorado, to sunny Los Angeles, Betsy Sodaro has been a fixture in the L.A. comedy scene. She's been performing sketch and improv for about six years, most often at the UCB Theatre with her Harold house team "Bangarang!." Read More

Back Stage was first introduced to Lauren Lapkus a few years ago, when she was in New York performing as one half of the Chicago-based sketch comedy duo The Money Kids. Since then, the Evanston, Ill., native has moved to Los Angeles and booked an episode of the ABC sitcom "The Middle," a sketch on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," and the supporting role of Dee Dee on Chelsea Handler's NBC comedy series "Are You There, Chelsea?" She was even featured in a recent Snickers commercial, opposite Joe Pesci. Read More

Zach Helm will direct the July 13-15 Powerhouse presentation of Fires Are Confusing that he authored with Eva Anderson and Will Berson. Read More

Comedy Central has ordered new series starring comedian Anthony Jeselnik. Jeselnik’s show is a weekly, topical series reflecting his dark and twisted point-of-view. Read More

Is it hot in here, or is just the nominees for the 2012 ALMA Awards? Read More

The NYTVF, an organization dedicated to identifying and nurturing top independent creative talent and connecting it with networks, studios and brands, today announced the 8th Annual New York Television Festival's official selections to this year's Independent Pilot Competition (IPC). Read More

The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Los Angeles is accepting submissions for new Beta Team members. Read More