Sure, you could see Marc Maron perform tonight at the Ice House in Pasadena or at a couple other local venues this month but to get the full Maron experience, you should check out his most recent recording, "This Has To Be Funny." more ›

Can the roast of a man like Charlie Sheen really be considered a roast? A man who has dug his own grave, made his own bed, or, as they used to say, made a complete and total ass of himself for months on end? more ›

Comedy Central is going head-to-head with FX on Thursdays with their animated comedies "Futurama" and "Ugly Americans" up against "Wilfred" and "Louie" but our preview of "Louie" tells us that it's the one to watch tonight. --- Tracy Morgan needs to hole up somewhere until the heat on him cools off. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight. more ›

Comedy Central had no sports themed shows until a couple months ago and now it has no sports themed shows again. There was a show to keep, we'll tell you which one. --- Jake Gyllenhaal will guest on the season premiere of "Man vs. Wild" aka Brokeback Mountain II. --- More news + the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. more ›

Lisa Lampanelli performs tonight at the Pechanga Resort in Temecula and tomorrow at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills - both an easy drive for LA denizens and a great opportunity to catch the provocative humor of the "Queen of Mean" who was anything but to us during our interview. more ›

Iliza Schlessinger’s Comedy Showcase on Day Two of the Silver Lake Jubilee concludes with a featured lineup tonight including J Chris Newberg, Jay Larson, Jodi Miller, Neal Brennan, Adam Devine, and the very funny Kyle Dunnigan. more ›

"Workaholics" was definitely worth the wait when Comedy Central finally began airing it this Spring. We were extremely fortunate to be able to grab some time with co-creator and co-star of the series, Anders Holm, who explained the inspiration for the show and its characters. more ›

Tuesday night is becoming very competitive, particularly in the 10pm slot. Let's look at what is vying for our attention: "Parenthood," "Detroit 1-8-7," "Glory Daze," "Lights Out," "Tosh.0"/"Onion Sportsdome," "SouthLAnd." We're more ›

Today TCM is running a marathon of John Wayne Westerns in honor of the world premiere of the newest adaptation of "True Grit." Check 'em out - a lot of classic film moments. --- CBS is shuffling "Blue Bloods" to Wednesday nights, more proof that Friday is where shows are sent to die. --- Comedy Central has a funny holiday mash-up app. Check it out along with our Must-Watch Plan for tonight. more ›

Please please please check out our in-depth interview with Donal Logue of FX's "Terriers". He kindly answered many questions and provided so much insight on this great show as well as what motivates him as an actor. "Terriers" is on FX at 10pm tonight, and will continue the thread featuring Logue's character, Hank Dolworth, recovering from a gunshot wound he received in last week's excellent episode. more ›

Comedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars" is your best bet for both comedy and charity tonight: great performances with live broadcasts of action for the West Coast fundraising tonight. | CBS is renewing all 5 of its new shows - what do you think about that? | Even Jon Stewart doesn't think that Rick Sanchez should have been fired for his comments about him. more ›

Still trying to figure out the meaning behind the last moment's of the "Mad Men" series finale on Sunday. Of course we were wrong with the theory we voiced yesterday about Sally Draper being at the crux of the finale. [Spoiler Alert] Was it a cop out for Don to get engaged to his secretary? We're convinced that Bookmaker.com is... more ›

Comedy will be king on October 30 when Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hold dueling rallies on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. In Los Angeles and other parts of the known world, shadow rallies are being organized in solidarity of inside-voices, sanity, and not throwing stuff. more ›

Nick Swardson who is familiar to us as Terry on "Reno 911!" has been given a sktech comedy show on Comedy Central. "Nick Swardson's Pretend Time" premieres next Tuesday at 10pm. Swardson tells us how the show came about and who he worked with to make it happen. more ›

On Saturday October 2, 2010 at the Beacon Theater in NYC we went to Comedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education" charity event. Before going into the theatre we went to the red carpet where we managed to speak to: John Oliver and Olivia Munn from "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart", comedians Jim Gaffigan and Lewis Black, author and autism advocate Temple Grandin, Emiy Gerson Saines the producer of HBO's film "Temple Grandin", documentarian Soledad O'Brien, and internet phenomenon Tay Zonday, the creator of "Chocolate Rain". more ›

On Saturday October 2, 2010 at the Beacon Theater in NYC we went to Comedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education" charity event. Before going into the theatre we went to the red carpet where we snapped photos of several performers and attendees including: John Oliver, Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais, Olivia Munn, Jim Gaffigan, Steve Carrell, and Lewis Black (more photos in my Flickr gallery). Watch for our interview video with several of these folks. more ›

Tonight is the premiere of ABC's "No Ordinary Family" - is it over-programmed for success? Also, for all you "South Park" fans. we are giving away a Butters DVD set. more ›

A reader wrote to us asking why we didn't mention Comedy Central's new scripted series "Big Lake" in yesterday's column. Two reasons: 1. Yesterday's column was about our picks for the frickin' Emmys, 2. Comedy Central's new series "Big Lake" is appallingly bad. While it's interesting that Comedy Central has launched a new program that isn't stand-up or animation-based what truly is remarkable is what a bad show this is. more ›

A few weeks ago we asked about how you felt about Daniel Tosh's "Tosh.0" on Comedy Central and we got the idea that you liked him, and the fact is that viewers like him so much that he is now the most popular show host on Comedy Central, beating out Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. The network hasn't seen show ratings like "Tosh.0" since "Chappelle's Show" in 2004. more ›

The TV Junkie Plan: "Throwdown With Bobby Flay", "Worst Case Scenario" (first 1/2 hour), "Curb Your Enthusiasm"/"Curb: The Discussion", "The Daily Show" (Morgan Freeman), Ferguson (Evangeline Lilly) more ›

The TV Junkie Plan: "Attack of the Show" (Stormtrooper Guinness record), "Web Soup", "Modern Family", "That Mitchell and Webb Look", "South Park" (200th episode!), "Ugly Americans" (Treegasm!), "Chelsea Handler", Leno (Tracy Morgan), Fallon (Michael J. Fox) more ›

The TV Junkie Plan: "Attack of the Show", "The Buddha", "South Park", "Ugly Americans", "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (Steve Carell), Kimmel (Luke Wilson, PiL) more ›

We had the chance to speak with series creator Devin Clark and executive producer David M. Stern about "Ugly Americans" (Wednesdays/Tonight at 10:30pm on Comedy Central). They gave us The Pitch: more ›

Nick Thune isn't necessarily a man of few words. Maybe, instead, he’s just a man that always seems comfortable. Comedian, actor, musician, writer - Nick has fallen easily into every title bestowed on him, even acting as a short-lived correspondent on the only slightly-longer-lived Jay Leno Show. So when you get yourself a copy of his debut comedy album Thick Noon (and you should), don’t be surprised if there’s a little less Sam Kinison and a little more hipster Steven Wright. more ›

The TV Junkie Plan: @aots, "Community", "Parks and Recreation", "The Office", "30 Rock", "Important Things with Demetri Martin", "The Sarah Silverman Program", "Chelsea Lately", Letterman, Fallon (Hot Chip performs). more ›

Aziz Ansari (LAist interview here and here) is the sort of comedian you want to be like, if wanting to be like a comedian is your thing. He’s written for and starred in his own successful cable television show (Human Giant, review here), he currently shines on a major network sitcom (NBC’s Parks & Rec), and he’s got a new Comedy Central special out on DVD called Intimate Moments For A Sensual Evening. Oh, and he hangs with Kanye West, makes fun of his nephew Darwish and loves taco trucks. You don’t even HAVE a cousin named Darwish, do you? DO YOU?! more ›

Nick Swardson, for those of you not familiar, is funnier than you. That’s pretty much all you need to know to enjoy his latest Comedy Central Special, Seriously, Who Farted?, as LAist was invited to do. Believe me when I say, if you have an even vague notion of who Swardson is before watching this special, you will be quite familiar with him once the hour is over. And if you are completely blanking on one of the best young funny men of this decade, don’t worry, he’s more than happy filling in those blanks for you. more ›

Daniel Tosh, who told us he'd prefer the title of "The Most Famous Man in Show Business Who Doesn't Have to Work" over "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business," took some time out from his busy schedule to talk to LAist about his similarity to Jesus, rubber-band ball statistics, his pitch for Michael Richards, the Internet's impact on comedy and telling Kobe Bryant jokes in front of Jerry Buss. more ›

"South Park" returns for a new season tonight and if you've got Xbox, they're launching a "South Park" game today as well. Season 13 will feature a hidden alien in each episode and if you find them all, you can enter to be a "South Park Citizen" and have your animated countenance to appear in a Season 14 episode. more ›

This week is a stand up bonanza, with great shows all over town and even down in Irvine. There's also too much good improv to mention, with Boomtown doing stuff Tuesday and Thursday at TNT and Crashbar, respectively. Ladies & Gentlemen are at Let's Do This! on Friday at UCB. It's practically raining jokes out there folks, so grab your chuckle buckets. more ›