'The biggest stand-up gig in history'
11/02/2010 … Alan Carr, Jonathan Ross, Bill Bailey, David Mitchell, Michael McIntyre and Omid Djalili are lined up to take part in a gig described as ‘the biggest live stand-up…
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 11 February 2010
Wed 10 February 2010
Big Bang Theory ripped off?
Creator gets hump at Belarusian clone
10/02/2010 … The creator of Big Bang Theory has accused the Belarusian government of ripping off his sitcom.
Absent Friends
C4 drops sitcom after 15 years
10/02/2010 … Channel 4 is to stop airing Friends after 15 years – leaving a huge hole in E4’s schedule.
Mexico pulls South Park episode
Fans claim censorship is at work
10/02/2010 … MTV has pulled an episode of South Park from broadcast in Mexico, which mocked the country’s president.
Tue 09 February 2010
What's offensive? Cheap gags
Stand-ups discuss comic boundaries
09/02/2010 … The most offensive thing a comedian can do is go for the cheap laugh, a panel of stand-ups concluded today.
More Stew for BBC Two
Lee's Comedy Vehicle recommissioned
09/02/2010 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.
M*A*S*H gets smashed
Biggest TV audience record broken
09/02/2010 … M*A*S*H has lost its crown of being America's most-watched show ever after 27 years.
BBC wants more Geniuses
Second series for Gorman's show
09/02/2010 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of Dave Gorman’s show Genuis.