American network chiefs fail in their ratings task...
Dumping Taskmaster didn't boost the CW's audience
12/08/2020 … The American network executives’ decision to axe Taskmaster after just one episode has had almost zero effect on their ratings.
2020 Archives
Wed 12 August 2020
© Markus Spiske/Pexels If computers made Edinburgh Fringe shows..
An AI bot is generating some fake titles and blurbs - but are they any weirder than the real thing?
12/08/2020 … There may not be an Edinburgh Fringe show this year, but hundreds of shows are still being generated.
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air gets a gritty reboot
Bidding war sparked by viral video
12/08/2020 … Will Smith’s 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air is set to be rebooted – as a gritty drama.
Paul Mescal tests The Young Offenders stars on their friendship
How well do Alex Murphy and Chris Walley know each other?
12/08/2020 … How well do Young Offenders creators Alex Murphy and Chris Walley know each other? That's what Normal People star Paul Mescal tries to find out in this new…
Minchin, Watson, Gilbert... and Jim Bowen
Some of Chortle's reviews from the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe
12/08/2020 … 2005 was the year in which Laura Solon achieved the Edinburgh dream - an unknown playing a pub back room with a show she had to put together at the last minute because…
Tue 11 August 2020
Steve Coogan mulls a big Alan Partridge live tour
'I think in the next couple of years....'
11/08/2020 … Steve Coogan is considering a new tour in the guise of Alan Partridge, for the first time in a decade.
Radio 4 orders stand-up series from Jamie McDonald
About his experiences of being blind
11/08/2020 … Radio 4 has commissioned a new stand-up series from comedian Jamie MacDonald.
© BBC On what floor of Grace Bros is the haberdashery department?
Test your comedy knowledge (and your memory of 70s sitcom theme tunes) in our weekly trivia quiz
11/08/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.