The next big thing: silliness
BBC boss predicts return of the traditional sitcom
17/07/2008 … Silliness will be the next big thing in TV sitcoms, a senior BBC comedy executive has predicted.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 17 July 2008
© Universal Studios Brand makes Hollywood hotlist
Watch videos of all the comcs to watch
17/07/2008 … Russell Brand has been named one of the top ten comics to watch by Hollywood’s influential Variety magazine.
© Universal Studios 30 Rock leads Emmy nominees
17/07/2008 … 30 Rock has picked up 17 nominations for American TV’s prestigious Emmy Awards.
The good feud guide...
17/07/2008 … Sharon Osbourne has told comic Jim Jeffries to ‘fuck off’ as his feud with her daughter Kelly escalates.
© C4 Radio HaHa
ITV2 orders radio-based sitcom
17/07/2008 … ITV2 is making a new sitcom set in a radio station, which is being described as ‘Peep Show meets The Office’.
© ABC Studios Scrubbed away
17/07/2008 … Zach Braff is to leave American hospital comedy Scrubs at the end of the next series.
Wed 16 July 2008
© Riverside County Sheriff's Department Dick by name...
16/07/2008 … American comic Andy Dick has been arrested and accused of groping and exposing a teenage girl.
© BBC Tate show cancelled
Ankle injury stops performance
16/07/2008 … Catherine Tate’s new West End play was called off last night, after the comic injured her ankle.