Whether you’re smirking at Puck’s schemes in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” or cringing at Michael Scott’s antics on “The Office,” the power of comedy is undeniable. But what makes something funny? Let’s ...

Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck is a writer for Collider. He grew up creating lists, stories, and worlds, which led to his love of anime and video games. He attended Sheridan College where he earned an Honours ...

'Hacks' won three awards at the 2024 Emmys, including the coveted prize for best comedy. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter In her acceptance speech for the award, series co-creator Lucia ...

Ayo Edebiri and Jeremy Allen White, winners of the Outstanding Performance by a Female and Male Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series awards for '"The ...

HBO has formally ordered “The Chair Company,” the comedy series starring and co-created by Tim Robinson. The project was originally announced with a pilot order back in April. Robinson co-created the ...

HBO has picked up to series The Chair Company, its half-hour comedy pilot starring Tim Robinson who co-wrote it with his writing partner Zach Kanin. Your Complete Guide to Pilots and ...

It needs to be said that, despite his current rehabilitation in the pop culture ferment, Adam Sandler has mostly starred in slop. I, like almost every other 33-year-old white guy on the planet, retain ...

The dirty secret about comedy albums is that not every great comedian can record a great album. Plenty of great comedians either never got around to preserving their act on wax or they wound up with ...

The stressful, frenetic life behind the scenes at a gourmet restaurant. So funny, right? Congratulations to FX's "The Bear" for its many Emmy nominations this year in the comedy categories, including ...

Lily Tomlin, Margaret Cho, Eddie Izzard and Sandra Bernhard are among those sharing their experiences in Page Hurwitz’s archive-rich study. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic Even if it only served as ...

Laughter is the best medicine, an escape route from our problems. But what happens when that medicine is laced with poison, the laughter mixed with gasps, and the escape route leads directly to a pit ...

The cartoon of Jerry Seinfeld is that he is the comedian who goes on “about nothing.” The nihilist of the Upper West Side. And yet Seinfeld is, like Chris Rock and few others in comedy, as serious and ...