© FX Series 15 renewal makes it the longest-running sitcom on US TV
27/05/2020 … It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia has been renewed for a 15th series, making it the longest-running live-action comedy series ever screened in the US.
Richard Herd had a five-decade screen career
27/05/2020 … Richard Herd, a veteran character actor who appeared in 11 episodes of Seinfeld, has died at the age of 87.
Comic impersonated Chris Rock in a 2000 SNL sketch
27/05/2020 … Jimmy Fallon has apologised for blacking up in a Saturday Night Live skit from 20 yearsago.
26/05/2020 … Organisers of Edinburgh’s Free Festival have announced plans to recreate this year’s event online.
26/05/2020 … Despite the core premise of the remarkable Nanette, Hannah Gadsby did not turn her back on stand-up.
26/05/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
With his partner Laura Whitmore
26/05/2020 … Iain Stirling and his girlfriend Laura Whitmore are to appear in the new series of Celebrity Gogglebox.
© BBC Ellie White says TV execs just want to carbon-copy the hits
26/05/2020 … TV executives are hoping to replicate the groundbreaking success Fleabag … by slavishly copying the same format.
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