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Rebecca Delgado Smith has been cast in is in Claudia Lonow’s ABC comedy pilot How to Live With Your Parents For The Rest Of Your Life. Read More

Zoe Jarman and Dana Delorenzo have been added to Mindy Kaling’s Fox single-camera comedy pilot, in which she stars as a young Bridget Jones-type Ob/Gyn balancing personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small office. Read More

Comedy Central has picked up three new series, The Burn starring the network’s “Roastmaster General”, comedian Jeff Ross; Review with Forrest MacNeil starring Andrew Daly (Eastbound & Down); and Nathan For You starring Canadian writer-comedian, Nathan Fielder (Jon Benjamin Has A Van). Read More

These multitalented movers and shakers prove that you don't need to walk the traditional walk of fame to make it in L.A. Read More

Ellie Kemper has gone from viral videos to a coveted place in the pantheon of female comedy stars.  Now she's done being the nice girl. Read More

DreamWorks Animation has assembled a massive voice cast for its latest animated production, Turbo. Read More

The comic would depart the Lorne Michaels sketch comedy should "Ben Fox Is My Manny" receive a series order. Read More

"Children's Hospital" star Rob Corddry is in talks to join Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Ed Harris in Michael Bay's low-budget Paramount pic "Pain and Gain." Read More

If and how exactly Kanye West will be involved in Warner Bros.’ The Jetsons movie remains unclear, but the project has just picked up some fresh talent on the screenwriting side.  Van Robichaux and Evan Susser, who landed on the 2011 Black List for their Star Wars-inspired satire Chewie, have been tapped to do a rewrite on the film. Read More

Comedy Central Insider February 16, 2012
Come See 12 Comics Tape Their Half Hour Comedy Central Specials in Boston
by Matt Tobey

Comedy Central will be at The Royale in Boston February 28 through March 1 to tape a dozen half-hour specials for a new stand-up series, and you could be in the audience. As you can see above, it is a seriously impressive lineup of some of the best up-and-comers in... Read More

As she spoke to a class of aspiring newshounds at her alma mater last semester, the co-producer and staff writer on “Parks and Recreation” said there was common ground between journalism and making a living by making people laugh: In both pursuits, it’s all about writing, writing more — and then rewriting. Read More

Newcomer Echo Kellum has been cast in Fox’s comedy Ben Fox Is My Manny, about Kate, a single mother whose brother Ben who moves in with her to help her raise her young daughter (Maggie Jones). Read More

Kevin Bigley, Gil Ozeri, and Aya Cash round out the cast of Greg Daniels’ single-camera comedy pilot Friday Night Dinner. Read More

'Fans should be able to check this out and just see my visualization of the song,' 'Community' star-turned-rapper tells MTV News. Read More

Some actors seem destined to play the quirky sidekick. Lauren Lapkus gives happy naivete a new spin on the sitcom "Are You There, Chelsea?" Read More

GQ February 2, 2012
Eliza Coupe on the Comedic Origins of Happy Endings, Her Passion for Michael Fassbender, and her Obsession with Ace Ventura
by Mike Ayers

In just its second full season, Happy Endings has joined joining the conversation for Funniest Show on Television. For the uninitiated, it follows Modern Family on ABC on Wednesday nights and has a Friends-esque ensemble set-up: three girls, three guys, some ex-lovers, some current lovers. But unlike Friends, there's an... Read More

The hardest-working contemporary comedy icons and the sitcoms that repeatedly employ them Read More

Comediennes Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham met more than a decade ago at New York’s famed improvisational comedy theater the Upright Citizens Brigade, and as St. Clair recalls, came together over a mutual appreciation of sweater sets. Today, their friendship has morphed into a new comedy, BFF, which debuts on NBC this spring. Read More

New sketch show, "Key & Peele" premieres on Comedy Central, Tues., Jan 31 at 10:30 PM/9:30 central! "Key & Peele" stars Mad TV alumni Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. The show is executive produced by UCB founding member, Ian Roberts and his writing partner Jay Martel, and the writing staff is comprised almost entirely of UCB performers and alumni, including Colton Dunn, Charlie Sanders, Alex Rubens, Rebecca Drysdale and Sean Conroy!  After its premiere, "Key & Peele" will air every... Read More

Rob Riggle, Brian Posehn and Kumail Nanjiani have joined the cast of the stop-motion animation laffer "Hell & Back" starring T.J. Miller and Nick Swardson. Read More