Comedy

Mrs. Maisel is going on tour in eight new episodes.

Kirson spoke to Newsweek ahead of the premiere of her first special, 'Talking to Myself,' which is scheduled to debut on Comedy Central on December 6.

The new stand-up comedy special arrives on Haddish's 40th birthday and first bat mitzvah on Tuesday.

Comedian Louis C.K. sparked debate over "comedy police" and cancel culture, after making a joke in Israel about preferring Auschwitz over New York City.

In this exclusive to Newsweek, comedian Mike Birbiglia discusses "The New One," the dark comedy of fatherhood with magnitude that could only fit on Broadway.

Senator Bernie Sanders was interviewed by a comedy doppelganger in a campaign video released Thursday, featuring comedian James Adomian impersonating the presidential candidate.

'SNL' is on, but you may have seen this episode already.

Newsweek chatted with a few "SNL" favorites about 45 years of the show, and—as expected—some of their responses were hilarious.

'Saturday Night Live' started off with a cold open sketch that returned to mocking President Donald Trump, this time by lampooning what might happen if a host of figures showed up at one of the president's rallies.

"Keep getting new followers today is it because my tweets are so fire? lol," Bachman wrote Thursday, noting that it was her second-ever tweet.

"In New York comedy, everything works out," the comedian told Newsweek about his attempt to break the record for most stand-up shows in one night.

The museum will be open Friday through Sunday.

"I grew up a pretty anxious and depressed kid," Wilson tells Newsweek. "When I found that I could make people laugh, that was my solution."

They're already running low on tickets.

"They've made this weird image where pansexuality is seen as morally higher than bisexuality."

NBC's long-running comedy series "Saturday Night Live" poked fun at Vice President Mike Pence and several other members of the Trump administration in its cold open last night.

Some expect the show will be canceled after just one season.

"Comedy is healing, comedy is therapy," Ross tells Newsweek. "People are now yearning for potent, unfiltered comedy."

"Billion Surprise Toys, if you're reading this, bring back papa."

IMDb gave it an 8.5 rating.

The couple met in Brooklyn and has been married for 18 years.

2018 was a great year for female comics, but once again women trail men in pay disparity, with only one woman making Forbes' list of the highest-paid comics in the world: Amy Schumer.

'Friends' aired its final episode in May 2004 and 15 years later, it remains a favorite show of many.

During Pastor Adam Fannin's first Sunday sermon since Sarah Silverman said his previous comments would get her killed, he doubled down on his criticism, saying she would "bow down and God will judge her."

Jigsaw "was a love letter to single people. I just said things that some people needed to hear, which is, you do not have to settle. There is nothing wrong with being single," Daniel Sloss tells Newsweek.

The comedian mocked the president for comments he made to the British journalist Piers Morgan.

"Problem Areas" returns to HBO on Friday.

The host led a segment that was centered around the public shaming of Monica Lewinsky, including by Leno.

"We're still keeping the same vision of the show. We still have really diverse comics on, great conversations with different celebs."

The flight flew from Boston to Buffalo and back again before passengers finally got on a plane that would take them to L.A.