© NBC My Name Is Earl crossed off
20/05/2009 … Channel 4’s imported sitcom My Name Is Earl has been cancelled after four years, prompting a bitter exchange between its makers and network bosses.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 20 May 2009
© NBC
Lucas and Walliams drawn to animation
Big ambitions for Little Britain duo
20/05/2009 … David Walliams and Matt Lucas are working on an animated movie – and a big stage musical.
Tue 19 May 2009
Pitcher perfect
Al takes Sydney Comedy Festival prize
19/05/2009 … British-based stand-up Al Pitcher has won the people’s choice award at the Sydney comedy festival.
Shappi talk
Khorsandi lands her own interview show
19/05/2009 … Shappi Khorsandi has landed her own Radio 4 comedy show, mixing interviews and stand-up.
Mon 18 May 2009
Gervais podcasts get animated
18/05/2009 … Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are to make an animated series for America’s HBO network, based on their record-breaking podcasts.
Frankie Howerd's partner dies
...leaving comic's legacy to their 'adopted son'
18/05/2009 … Dennis Heymer, Frankie Howerd's secret lover of 41 years, has died at the Somerset home they shared.
Sun 17 May 2009
Shy, vain and unsociable
Scientists' portrait of the modern comedian
17/05/2009 … Comedians are becoming increasingly shy and self-obsessed according to new academic research.
© ABC Studios Scrubs lives on
Another reprieve for medical comedy
17/05/2009 … American medical sitcom Scrubs has won yet another last-minute reprieve.