Bill Burr and Jim Jefferies on SNL firing Shane Gillis
From Lights Out With David Spade
17/09/2019 … Bill Burr and Jim Jefferies have slated Saturday Night Live's decision to fire Shane Gillis over his use of a racist slur.
2019 Archives
Tue 17 September 2019
Trailer for Living With Yourself
New Netflix comedy with Paul Rudd, Aisling Bea... and Paul Rudd
17/09/2019 … Netflix has released the trailer for its new comedy Living With Yourself, starring Paul Rudd and Aisling Bea.
© ITV Gold orders star-studded seaside sitcom
David Walliams, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Simon Bird all head for Sandylands
17/09/2019 … David Walliams, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Simon Bird are to star in a new seaside-set sitcom for the Gold channel.
Mon 16 September 2019
Saturday Night Live fires its new recruit over racist term
'The language Shane Gillis used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable'
16/09/2019 … Saturday Night Live has fired its new cast member Shane Gillis for using a racist term in a podcast – even before the new season has started.
Netflix signs up Seinfeld
16/09/2019 … Seinfeld is coming to Netflix – but not until 2021.
The Taskmaster army
Alex Horne overwhelmed as 1,800 fans respond to book challenge
16/09/2019 … Around 1,800 people descended on a small Buckinghamshire park yesterday to complete one of the challenges in the Taskmaster book.
© Andy Hollingworth Archive Romesh Ranganathan: The Cynic's Mixtape
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Brighton Dome
16/09/2019 … Romesh Ranganathan has quickly supplanted Jack Dee as comedy’s favourite grouch.
Vikki Stone helps rewrite High Fidelity musical
Comic brings the story back to London
16/09/2019 … Makers of a musical comedy based on Nick Hornby’s book High Fidelity have drafted in musical comedian Vikki Stone to help move the action BACK to London.