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During the first 10 minutes of John Mulaney’s interview for Rolling Stone’s “Last Word” column — where pop-culture icons reflect on their work, success, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way — he holds forth on the following topics: Eurovision, the campy, annual global pop-song contest; the Songwriters Hall of Fame; and the memoir of Jimmy Webb, the songwriter-composer behind “Wichita Lineman” and “MacArthur Park.”

“Please feel free to include literally anything we discussed,” Mulaney says before we jump into the real interview questions, “because it’ll be far...

It's nearly March, and with the days getting longer, that means spring is in the air, and there are plenty of new movies and shows to binge-watch from the comfort of your living room. Netflix has an impressive list of titles arriving on the service in March, including The Electric State, a big-budget sci-fi adventure film directed by The Russo Brothers (Avengers: Endgame) and starring Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) and Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy). Shonda Rhimes (Bridgerton) returns with another exciting new series, The Residence, starring Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black) as a skilled detective who must solve a murder in the White House. After the success of Everybody's in LA last May, John Mulaney is bringing back the format with the new weekly live show, Everybody's Live with John Mulaney.

Exclusive: Natasha Leggero has signed with Linden Entertainment.

Leggero was recently seen starring in Bill Burr’s Old Dads and Chelsea Peretti’s First Time Female Director. She also starred in Broke for CBS and hosted Rat In The Kitchen alongside Celebrity Chef Ludo Lefebvre. Additionally, alongside husband and fellow comedian Moshe Kasher, Leggero toured and released The Honeymoon Stand Up Special on Netflix. The success of this special has also led to their ongoing The Endless Honeymoon Podcast.

Leggero is known for creating, executive producing, and starring in the Comedy Central hit show Another Period with fellow comedian Riki Lindhome. Other credits include the Nicholas Stoller’s Neighbors; Luke Greenfield’s Let’s Be Cops; Steven Brill’s The Do-Over; Emmy nominated series Burning Love; ABC’s Suburgatory and Modern Family; Comedy Central’s Key and Peeleand Comedy Bang Bang; Fox’s Mulaney; and Showtime’s Dice.

Leggero is...

Nothing brings out the stars quite like a Saturday Night Live Five Timers Club meeting. So when Martin Short joined the club this week, SNL put together one reunion after another as a parade of cameos came out to celebrate.

Short, a former cast member, finally joined the illustrious club this weekend. He first hosted in 1986 and has become SNL's "Mr. December" as each hosting turn has come during the holiday month.

The combination of Short's fifth time hosting, the Christmas episode, and this being SNL's 50th season created the perfect recipe for cameos. And SNL over-delivered in the cold open and in the process, organized several TV and movie reunions for fans to enjoy. In no particular order...

Paul Rudd and Martin Short represented Only Murders in the Building. While everyone (including us here at Last Night On) expected Steve Martin to show up, Martin Short quickly nixed those expectations.

Tom Hanks opened the Christmas episode of “Saturday Night Live” on Saturday donning a five-timers jacket as he prepared to induct host Martin Short, noting that he created the club himself in 1990. But he was far from the last celebrity to show up to usher Short into the exclusive club as the episode featured the most-star-studded five-timers sketch ever.

As the “SNL” cold open continued, the cameos flowed: Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Wiig, Scarlett Johansson, Emma Stone, Melissa McCarthy, John Mulaney and Jimmy Fallon all showed up.

Hanks addressed the popularity of the club, saying it eventually became “an ingeniously lazy way to avoid writing a monologue.”

When Fey entered, Short quipped, “You are one of the rarest things in Hollywood, a writer who’s attractive enough to be on camera.” She shot back: “And you’re one of the least rare things in Hollywood, a loud man.

Searchlight Pictures new movie, Lunik Heist, will have a cast that includes two Oscar winners and a three-time Emmy winner. Variety reports the Cold War-era film will star Jared Leto, Lupita Nyongo and John Mulaney.

In 2014, both Leto and Nyongo won Academy Awards for their performances in Dallas Buyers Club and 12 Years a Slave respectively. Mulaney is a three-time Emmy Award-winner, having won two Emmys in 2023 for his special, John Mulaney: Baby J, and one in 2018 for John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City.

Lunik Heist is a caper that is based on a true story and is written and directed by Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse co-director Kemp Powers. It focuses on the American government and its plot to try to steal a Soviet spacecraft in 1959 during an expedition in Mexico City. Lunik Heist is based on an article that was published in the MIT Technology Review written by Jeff Maysh.

The main lesson of Outer Banks’ Season 4 premiere: A Pogue and his money are soon parted, especially when said Pogue has a boatload of insecurities and tends toward the impetuous. (Yeah, we’re looking at you, JJ.)

But we’re also getting ahead of ourselves. Read on for what happens in “The Enduro,” then we want to hear what you thought of the hour.

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John Mulaney may have packed up “The Sack Lunch Bunch,” but he’ll be back on Netflix next year in a big way.

The standup comedian is getting his own live variety talk show on the streaming service; it will premiere in early 2025. Mulaney will host the show, co-showrun it, and executive produce though his Multiple Camera Productions.

The rest of the details remain under wraps, though here at IndieWire we do have one strong suggestion: Mr. Music (Jake Gyllenhaal) as bandleader.

Mulaney and Netflix tested this whole thing out earlier this year with six episodes of “John Mulaney’s Everybody’s in L.A.,” a live show that was part of the 2024 Netflix Is a Joke Fest. He’s also debuted three of his standup specials on Netflix: Last year’s “Baby J,” 2018’s “Kid Gorgeous,” and 2015’s “The Comeback Kid.” And then of course there was the excellent...

NBC's long-running late-night sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" returned over the weekend for its season 50 premiere, hosted by "Hacks" star Jean Smart. But as the show greeted a new season, it also said farewell with a memorial tribute to Tom McCarthy at the end of the episode.

The name and face might not be familiar to general audiences, but McCarthy was a familiar face at 30 Rockefeller Center, the home of "SNL" and its parent studio NBC. McCarthy, who died over the summer at the age of 62, was a former United States Secret Service agent who spent the last 11 years of his career working as NBCUniversal's Senior Vice President and Global Chief Security Officer.

It was the latter role that formed his most direct connection to "SNL." McCarthy acted as an intermediary when the Secret Service opened a file on comedian John Mulaney, a former writer for the...

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include more information on how the Lead Actor and Actress in a Comedy Series categories expanded.

To say these past five years have been a rollercoaster for the television industry would be an understatement. Through a global pandemic and a full work stoppage as the WGA and SAG struck for fair wages, we have seen the amount of TV shows vastly expand and contract, making each annual set of Emmy nominations feel fresh (even if some shows still win every year.)

Barely giving us a chance to breathe after the postponed 2023 Emmys happened just this January, the 2024 Primetime Emmy nominations tell a whole new, post-strike story where some of the shows that have been on the nominations bubble for years finally popped. Meanwhile new series, which usually have a premium on awards nominations, did not fare as well as expected.

Given...

Though most people know him as the host of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Fear Factor, and a commentator for the UFC, Joe Rogan’s roots are in stand-up. A stand-up comedian with more than 30 years of experience, the multi-hyphenate comedian returns to Netflix for his first comedy special in six years, Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats, and will be the first to be taped live at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio. Rogan has six hour-long specials to his name, including Joe Rogan: Strange Timesand Joe Rogan: Triggered.

Once described in The Guardian as “an idealistic hippy stuck inside the body of a testosterone-pumped US marine,” the influential comedian and podcaster will be the latest in a heavy-hitting lineup of live Netflix comedy specials that includes Chris Rock: Selective Outrage and Netflix is a Joke Festival (2024) live shows The Roast of Tom Brady, Katt Williams: Woke FokeandJohn Mulaney...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for House of the Dragon, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Clipped and The Watchers.

The Watchers premiere

Writer/director Ishana Night Shyamalan premiered her directorial debut in NYC on Sunday, alongside father M. Night Shyamalan and stars Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouéré and Oliver Finnegan.

M. Night Shyamalan, Alistair Brammer, Olwen Fouéré, Dakota Fanning, Ishana Night Shyamalan, Georgina Campbell and Oliver Finnegan

House of the Dragon premiere

Showrunner Ryan Condal and stars Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Tom Glynn-Carney and Ewan Mitchell debuted season 2 of the Game of Thrones prequel in NYC on Monday.

Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy and showrunner Ryan Condal Fabien Frankel

Clipped premiere

FX celebrated the premiere of Clipped in downtown Los Angeles on Monday,...

We can’t get enough of John Mulaney these days.

After winning his third Emmy last year for writing his Netflix stand-up special “Baby J,” where he spoke candidly (and hilariously) about his stint in rehab for addiction, the former “Saturday Night Live” writer has risen from the ashes like a comically witty Phoenix.

In the Emmy race once again this year in multiple categories, most notably for guest comedy actor for his performance in the brilliant episode “Fishes” from FX’s second season of “The Bear” and outstanding talk series for the Netflix live smash “Everybody’s in L.A.”

On this episode of the award-winning Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Mulaney discusses his experience and perspectives on Los Angeles’ identity, his creative processes, and whether he’ll host the Oscars. Listen below!

Mulaney surprised everyone as the host of the 14th annual Governors Awards, where he killed in the...

There’s a moment in the first episode of Everybody’s in L.A., John Mulaney’s delightfully chaotic live Netflix special, in which Mulaney asks special guest Jerry Seinfeld why he decided to make his Pop-Tarts origin movie Unfrosted (which was released on — you guessed it — Netflix the same day Mulaney’s special aired, because there’s nothing more on-brand for a special about Los Angeles culture than cross-promotional synergy) .

“I don’t know. Because they let me,” Seinfeld responds, referring to Netflix. “Probably the same reason why you’re doing this.

Los Angeles is not the first city fans would associate with comedian John Mulaney. That would be Chicago, his hometown and the backdrop to innumerable childhood anecdotes in his stand-up act, or New York, where he broke out as a writer on “Saturday Night Live” and shot a special at Radio City Music Hall. But L.A. is where Mulaney now lives; it’s also currently home to the second iteration of Netflix Is a Joke, a massive, weeklong comedy festival organized by the streaming service as a show of genre dominance. (Netflix stand-up head Robbie Praw used to run programming at Montreal’s vaunted Just for Laughs event and has essentially created a West Coast version.) And so we have “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA,” a weeklong special event combining studio segments, pre-taped sketches and man-on-the-street interviews into a sort of pop-up talk show.

“We’re only doing six episodes,...

Break out Tom Cruise’s famous coconut cake, the wait is finally over. “Hacks,” TV’s funniest comedy about comedy, is back after a lengthy hiatus. The third season picks up a year after the events of Season 2, which saw Deborah (Emmy winner Jean Smart) fire her writing partner, Ava (Emmy nominee Hannah Einbinder), following the successful release of her comedy special so Ava could finally begin developing her own career.

The new season, the first two episodes of which are now streaming on Max, is as sharp and funny as ever as the two friends find their way back to one another when Deborah decides to have another go at hosting a late-night show. The enviable list of guest stars for the nine-episode season includes J. Smith-Cameron, Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks and Christopher Lloyd. But it’s the chemistry between Smart and Einbinder — easily one of TV’s best...

Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton entering into a unique arrangement, J.Lo fighting evil artificial intelligence, the roasting of an NFL legend, a retelling of the invention of the Pop Tart, Brooke Shields and Benjamin Bratt at war and John Mulaney’s six-night live comedy event from Los Angeles are some of the big titles hitting Netflix in May.

Debuting on May 3 is Jerry Seinfeld’s directorial debut, Unfrosted. The comedy legend works both sides of the camera for this humorous feature take on the birth of the Pop Tart. The movie is set in 1963 as breakfast cereal giants Kellogg’s and Post compete to become the first company to create a morning pastry. Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan and Amy Schumer also star, with Hugh Grant more than likely to steal the whole film with a turn as Tony the Tiger.

May is comedy month on Netflix and to coincide...

John Mulaney returns to Netflix with a six-episode special John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In L.A., the streamer announced Monday. The Mulaney-hosted and executive produced show will stream live during Netflix Is a Joke Fest, the comedy event featuring A-list comics in Los Angeles. Within the six installments, Mulaney will explore the city with his comedian friends, according to the trailer. The special debuts May 3, with additional episodes livestreaming May 6 through May 10.

As stand-up comics flood Los Angeles, Netflix Is a Joke Fest will feature comedians Chris Rock, David Letterman,...

John Mulaney is doing a comedy series in a new way!

The 41-year-old comic is doing a multi-night streaming event, called John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A., airing on Netflix.

The six episodes will air live on Netflix amid the Netflix Is a Joke Fest.

The special debuts May 3, with additional episodes debuting nightly, beginning at 7 p.m. Pt, from May 6 to May 10. John will also be performing at the Hollywood Bowl on May 4 as part of the festival.

Keep reading to find out more…

Each of the live installments will feature John exploring the city, and will incorporate many of the famous (and not so famous) faces in town. The “comically unconventional show will feature special guests and field pieces shot in Los Angeles,” via Netflix.

He will serve as host, co-showrunner and executive producer.

The special follows his other Netflix specials: John Mulaney: Baby J (2023), The Comeback Kid...

Jack Axelrod, the actor who played the role of Victor Jerome on General Hospital, has died. He was 93.

Multiple reports indicate that Axelrod died on Nov. 28 of natural causes in Los Angeles.

Axelrod was featured on the ABC soap for 40 episodes between 1987 and 1989. He had previously made guest appearances in Kojak (1977), Hill Street Blues (1984), Dallas (1983), The Judge (1986), Dynasty (1987), Outlaws (1987) and Night Court (1989).

“I had the pleasure of spending a lot of time with him in his last years, as he had no immediate family,” representative Jennifer Garland said in a statement to EW. “We spent much time outdoors, where Jack loved to sketch, read news articles, and recite Shakespearean sonnets.”

Following his stint on General Hospital, Axelrod went on to play Arnie Zimmer on three episodes of Knots Landing between 1989 and 1990. Guest appearances would follow on shows like Murphy Brown (1992), Everybody Loves Raymond (1999), Boys Meets World (1999), Good vs Evil (1999), Jack & Jill...

John Mulaney is going back on the road. The Emmy-winning comedian and Live Nation announced Tuesday that he’ll be heading out on a solo tour with a new show.

John Mulaney In Concert kicks off on November 2 at the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston, NY with stops across the U.S. in Columbus, Oh; New Orleans, LA; Tampa, Fl and more before wrapping up in Phoenix, Az at Arizona Financial Theatre on New Year’s Eve.

Mulaney’s latest standup special Baby J, released in April, earned him Emmy nominations in Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) and Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special. Baby J was Mulaney’s third Netflix stand-up special following The Comeback Kid (2015) and Kid Gorgeous (2018) for which he won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. His variety special John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch premiered on Netflix in 2019.

Mulaney first became...

If you're looking for a whole lot of laughs, find out where you can watch all of the John Mulaney specials. The former Saturday Night Live writer stepped into the spotlight with his first televised comedy show in 2009 and evolved into one of the industry's most recognizable voices. In 2018, Mulaney made his feature film debut by voicing Peter Porker/Spider-Ham in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, a role that elevated his status within pop culture. However, Mulaney is perhaps best known for voicing the anxious teenager Andrew Glouberman in Big Mouth, a Netflix show that co-stars his frequent collaborator Nick Kroll.

Mulaney also hosted Saturday Night Live five times between 2018 and 2022 and made headlines in 2021 upon being romantically linked to actress Olivia Munn. On the surface, Mulaney appears to be a family-friendly comedian, but his acts often include provocative jokes. He makes sharp observations about the entertainment industry and endears himself...

John Mulaney is revealing the actor and singer who rejected his Saturday Night Live jokes during his time writing for the sketch comedy show.

On a recent episode of Hot Ones, when asked what hosts had the worst reaction to one of his sketch pitches, the comedian recalled Josh Brolin and Mick Jagger not being fans of some of his jokes.

“Josh Brolin went, ‘Well this isn’t funny,’ as I was writing something and I started to walk him through it,” he said of the Avengers actor during one of his times as host. “It was so matter-of-fact, I wouldn’t even call it the worst.… It was such a gentlemanly exchange of ideas.… He did me quite a service.”

Mulaney rose to prominence for his work as a writer on NBC’s SNL from 2008 to 2013. He has gone on to star in and produce comedy specials, work as...

John Mulaney, the guest on this milestone 500th episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the most popular and respected comedians of his generation. He’s a 40-year-old comedian, writer, producer and actor who already has to his name a Peabody Award and 18 Emmy nominations, two of which resulted in wins.

Mulaney, who was born and raised in Chicago, landed a writing job at Saturday Night Live at just 25. There, he co-created, with Bill Hader, one of the show’s most beloved characters, Stefon; and he has often since returned to the show to host the show, becoming a member of its “Five-Timers Club” whose almost annual appearances, to quote The New York Times, “have become one of the show’s more enjoyable traditions in this current era of its history.”

But Mulaney is best known for his standup, including five televised specials, the most...

“American Auto” has been canceled after two seasons on NBC.

Created by Justin Spitzer, “American Auto” was a workplace comedy following the executives of Detroit-based Payne Motors as they struggle to adapt to the changing times, all the while being led by the company’s first female CEO, Katherine Hastings (Ana Gasteyer).

Along with Gasteyer, the cast included Harriet Dyer as Sadie Ryan, Jon Barinholtz as Wesley Payne, Humphrey Ker as Elliot Chisholm, Michael B. Washington as Cyrus Knight, Tye White as Jack Fortin and X Mayo as Dori Ovens.

Season 2 was averaging 2.3 million total viewers and a 0.3 rating among adults 18-49 according to Nielsen’s Live + 7 data from late April.

Spitzer is best known as the creator of “Superstore,” which starred America Ferrera and ran on NBC for six seasons from 2015 to 2021. His other writing credits include “The Office,” “Scrubs” and “Mulaney.”

He is also behind “St. Denis Medical,...

Trevor Noah recently stepped down from “The Daily Show” after seven years as host, hired in 2015 when previous host Jon Stewart decided it was time to exit.

Had things gone another way, however, it would have been John Mulaney who took over for Stewart, as the comedian revealed during a recent appearance on the “Basic!” podcast.

“It was shortly after the ‘SNL’ 40th anniversary,” Mulaney told hosts Doug Herzog and Jen Cheney.

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“I had a sitcom on Fox,” he recalled. “They’d aired all 13 [episodes], but it was canceled. It didn’t do good numbers, but at least critics reviled it. So, it was a fun time.”

According to Mulaney, it was right around the cancellation of that sitcom, “Mulaney”, that he was approached by Ken Alterman, then-president of Comedy Central, asking if he’d...

John Mulaney is back on top of the stand-up comedy world following the release of “Baby J,” his new Netflix special that digs into his recent addiction relapse and subsequent return to sobriety. The special has earned rave reviews for the honesty and vulnerability Mulaney displays, with many viewing it as a warning about the dangers of American celebrity culture.

Mulaney’s press tour to promote the special has seen him take a trip down memory lane, recalling his rise to prominence and some of the high profile opportunities that he missed out on over the years. Appearing on Doug Herzog and Jen Chaney’s “Basic” podcast (via The Hollywood Reporter), the comedian said that he was considered as a potential host of The Daily Show after Jon Stewart vacated the job in 2015. He explained that the offer came right after his ill-fated multi-camera sitcom “Mulaney” aired on Fox.

“It...

John Mulaney is answering questions about being asked by Comedy Central executives if he was interested in hosting “The Daily Show” when Jon Stewart bowed out in 2015.

During a recent appearance on Doug Herzog and Jen Chaney’s “Basic!” podcast, Herzog — who was president of Viacom Music and Entertainment Group, which oversaw Comedy Central, until 2017 — asked Mulaney if he recalled the conversation he had with then-president of Comedy Central, Kent Alterman, about potentially taking over. “I think we were floating your interest in that and you were very lukewarm as I remember,” Herzog said.

Mulaney explained that he ultimately passed because, in part, his Fox sitcom “Mulaney” had just been canceled after only one season.

“It was shortly after the SNL 40th anniversary. I had a sitcom on Fox. They aired all 13 [episodes] but it was canceled. It didn’t do good numbers,” Mulaney said. “I remember going to dinner with Kent.

One year ago, Pete Davidson left Saturday Night Live and moved on to greener pastures, which mostly included dating Kim Kardashian for nine months and inadvertently becoming Kanye West’s mortal enemy. Now, the comedian who spent eight seasons as a cast member on the sketch comedy show will return to host an episode of his own, Rolling Stone has learned.

The May 6 episode will be just like old times, except a chunk of Davidson’s old cast mates who also left — like Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney...

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always movie, John Mulaney’s new stand-up special, the second season of Sweet Tooth and the final seasons of Better Call Saul, Working Moms and Firefly Lane are among the much-anticipated projects hitting Netflix this month.

The Power Rangers movie, streaming April 19, brings back series castmembers David Yost, Walter Jones, Steve Cardenas, Catherine Sutherland, Karan Ashley and Johnny Yong Bosch as they face off against the evil Rita Repulsa (Barbara Goodson) once more.

John Mulaney returns to Netflix for his latest stand-up special, Baby J, on April 25. Baby J, shot at Boston’s Symphony Hall, marks Mulaney’s third stand-up special at Netflix, which also streamed his variety special John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch in 2019. The special is also Mulaney’s first since his recent divorce, stint in rehab and welcoming a baby with Olivia Munn.

At the end of the month, Netflix...

John Mulaney’s latest standup special will premiere next month on Netflix. John Mulaney: Baby J debuts globally April 25 on the streamer.

Baby J is Mulaney’s third Netflix stand-up special following The Comeback Kid (2015) and Kid Gorgeous (2018). His variety special John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch premiered on Netflix in 2019.

The show, directed by Alex Timbers with music by Talking Heads’ David Byrne, was shot in Boston’s Symphony Hall in February 2023.

Baby J is Mulaney’s first Netflix special since leaving rehab in 2021. The Emmy-winning comedian, writer and actor addressed the issue on Late Night With Seth Meyers in 2021. “Do you know how bad of a drug problem you have to have that when you open a door and see people gathered, your first thought is, ‘This is an intervention about my drug problem. There’s no other reason people would be behind the door,’” he told Meyers.

"Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" is one of the most inexplicable movies in recent memory. It's a sequel to a much-maligned movie that came out over a decade ago. It's subtitled "The Last Wish" and billed as the end of an era despite only being the second movie to star Antonio Banderas' swashbuckling kitty. Its star-studded cast includes the likes of not only Banderas, but also Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, John Mulaney, Harvey Guillén, and Salma Hayek Pinault.

The movie has also gained a tremendous amount of acclaim since its release in theaters in December, picking up an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film and earning glowing reviews, including one for IGN in which /Film writer Rafael Motamayor compared it favorably to The X-Men franchise high point "Logan," a comparison that caught on in a big way throughout the movie's theatrical run. /Film's own review, from Josh Spiegel,...

In the niche world of comedy touring, Mike Berkowitz has always been “the guy.” Over his 21-year career, the agent has been a go-to dealmaker in the live entertainment space, diversifying the income of star clients and launching digital crossovers.

Berkowitz, who co-heads WME’s comedy group, first distinguished himself by tapping into the lucrative college market. He also blazed a trail for new acts to reach stadium-level stardom in a landscape where only the likes of Eddie Murphy and George Carlin once played.

The sector has exploded in the past decade, and Berkowitz has been at the forefront. In 2022, he booked and shepherded production on Bill Burr’s 31 million-grossing tour, as well as Kevin Hart and Chris Rock’s co-headlining shows. He sent out John Mulaney (50.2 million) and Amy Schumer (9 mil- lion), the latter for her first tour in five years. Next, he’ll map out dates for Ramy Youssef,...

Pete Davidson, Saturday Night Live‘s “resident young person” for eight years, is growing up.

That was the subject of Davidson’s final Weekend Update appearance. “Hello, Colin and Che, and the billions of people only watching to see if I bring up Kanye,” Davidson deadpanned.

The 28-year-old reflected on how much has changed since he started in September 2014 at age 20, becoming the show’s first cast member born in the Nineties.

“I never imagined this would be my life,” Davidson said. “Back then, I was just a skinny kid...

Pete Davidson has taken to Instagram to reflect on his imminent departure from Saturday Night Live.

While Davidson does not have an account on the social media platform, he posted a long and emotional message via the account of Dave Sirus, who writes for the show and also worked on his 2020 film, The King of Staten Island. His words accompany a video of him celebrating wrap of production on his first episode of SNL with fellow comic Jerrod Carmichael.

“This video was taken 8 years ago. Jerrod sent it to me last night and it made me super emotional in the best way,” said Davidson up top. “In the video I had just gotten back from doing my very first update and sketch. It’s crazy to think that today I’ll be doing my last one.” Davidson said that when he first joined the show in 2014, at the age of...

Tonight is Pete Davidson’s final “Saturday Night Live” episode, and he took to a friend’s Instagram to deliver an emotional message to fans and share a behind-the-scenes video from his first night on the show.

Davidson posted via “Saturday Night Live” writer Dave Sirus’ Instagram on May 21, hours before his last show, to deliver the message. Alongside the text was a video of his emotional reaction to finishing his first sketch and celebrating backstage with fellow comedian Jerrod Carmichael.

“From Pete: This video was taken 8 years ago. Jerrod sent it to me last night and it made me super emotional in the best way,” he wrote. “In the video I had just gotten back from doing my very first update and sketch. It’s crazy to think that today I’ll be doing my last one. When I got the show I was 20 years old and I had...

Just hours before its Season 47 finale, Pete Davidson took to Instagram to confirm his upcoming exit from Saturday Night Live.

Alongside a video of him hugging Jerrod Carmichael, Davidson posted an emotional statement (from the account of SNL and King of Staten Island writer Dave Sirus) about the eight years he spent performing on the late-night sketch series:

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Jerrod sent [the video] to me last night and it...

During a Friday performance on his “From Scratch” tour, comedian John Mulaney surprised his audience — and drew criticism from some fans — when Dave Chappelle appeared as the opener and told what were described as “transphobic jokes.”

Chappelle’s opening set occurred during a show at Ohio State University’s Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Although there is no footage from the event, as attendees were required to lock their phones up beforehand, several audience members took to social media afterwards to criticize the show. According to attendees, Chappelle appeared as a surprise opener, and told jokes targeting the transgender community. Mulaney reportedly came onstage and hugged Chappelle at the conclusion of the opening set. Some fans in the crowd expressed their disappointment after the show on Twitter:

my favorite part of tonight was when dave chappelle ambushed us at the john mulaney show, told a bunch of transphobic jokes,...

Exclusive: Superstore and American Auto creator Justin Spitzer has signed a big new four-year overall deal with the studio behind the NBC comedy series, Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Under the pact, Spitzer will continue as executive producer/showrunner on American Auto while also developing new projects across various platforms via his Spitzer Holding Company.

“Universal has been my home since 2004, and I’m so happy they’re letting me stick around a while longer,” said Spitzer, acknowledging Universal Studio Group Chairman Pearlena Igbokwe, Utv President Erin Underhill and the studio’s head of comedy Jim Donnelly. “Pearlena, Erin, Jim and the rest of the Utv team are ideal collaborators: respectful of the writer’s vision, encouraging of risk and always available to help solve problems along the way. I look forward to developing more shows with them in the coming years.”

In his first major writing gig,...

Photo: 'Hacks'/HBO Max There have been many shows about comedians and stand-up comedians on television, from ‘Seinfeld’ to ‘Mulaney’ and ‘I’m Dying Up Here’. Most of these shows focus on male comics, especially white, male comedians, and their perspective on the world. There have not been many comedy shows about female stand-up comedians or even examine the female perspective, something which the new HBO Max show ‘Hacks’ seeks to fix. 'Hacks' - The Premise ‘Hacks’ follows Jean Smart as Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedienne and QVC host who is struggling to maintain her relevancy with younger audiences. In an effort to keep her career afloat she hires a 25-year-old comedy writer who cannot get work anywhere else named Ava (played by Hannah Einbinder) to help freshen up her material and appeal to a new generation. The two end up learning from each other and Deborah decides to mentor Ava.

Video Version of this Article Photo/Video: Jim Gaffigan/IMDb/Hollywood Insider YouTube Channel Jim Gaffigan is one of the funniest comedians out there today. He has packed stadiums and garnered critical praise. Gaffigan has earned his fans by ranting about subjects the everyday person cares about: family, his kids, and bacon. He dedicates a weird amount of his stage time to talk about the beauty of high-cholesterol food. Gaffigan has made a name for himself as one of the most relatable and down-to-earth comedians in the world. Related article: The Evolution of John Mulaney: The Rise and Journey of the Multil-Talented Stand-Up Comedian Related article: Steve Carell: 32 Facts on the Comedy Genius & The Lovable Boss of ‘The Office’ So today, we will honor the Pale Tourist, the Noble Ape, the one, the only Jim Gaffigan with 32 facts about his career and life. #1- He was born in Illinois.

Exclusive: Danielle Moné Truitt has been cast as a series regular opposite Christopher Meloni, Dylan McDermott and Tamara Taylor in Law & Order: Organized Crime, NBC’s Law & Order: Svu spinoff series.

The drama, now filming in New York after a brief pause earlier this month due to a positive Covid test, will premiere April 1 at 10 Pm as part of a crossover with Law & Order: Svu at 9 Pm that same night.

In Law & Order: Organized Crime, Elliot Stabler (Meloni) returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss. Stabler will aim to rebuild his life as part of a new elite task force that is taking apart the city’s most powerful criminal syndicates one by one. Meloni also is reprising his role as Stabler on Svu this season. No information about the other Organized Crime characters is being released.

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All Mariah Carey wants for Christmas is you… to watch her holiday extravaganza.

Apple TV+ will debut Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special later this year, on the heels of the 25th anniversary of the singer’s hit holiday anthem “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”

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The program will combine music, dancing and animation, in addition to featuring surprise guests,...

AMC is going on another road trip, renewing the motorcycle travelogue series Ride With Norman Reedus for Season 5, well ahead of the show’s Season 4 premiere on Sunday, March 8 at midnight Et.

In the program, The Walking Dead star Reedus “hits the open road with a riding companion to explore different cultures and experience the best scenery, food, nature and local activities in the U.S. and around the world,” per the official synopsis.

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Nasim Pedrad is heading back to high school… as a 14-year-old boy.

TBS has handed a series order to Chad, a 10-episode comedy starring the Saturday Night Live alumna as a Persian boy trying to fit in while reconciling his cultural identity.

In addition to her on-camera role, Pedrad is creator, writer, executive producer and co-showrunner, alongside Hayes Davenport (Vice Principals). Additional EPs include Oly Obst (The Mick) and Rob Rosell (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia).

“I’m so grateful to TBS for believing in Chad and giving an adult woman the opportunity to live her dream of playing a jarringly awkward teenage boy,...

It was destined to come crashing down, eventually. The Crashing TV show has been cancelled by HBO, ahead of the season three finale. Sunday's episode, "Mulaney," will now serve as both the season three and Crashing TV series finale. Watch Ep Judd Apatow confirm there will be no fourth season of Crashing, below. The news isn't all grim, though. Apatow teases that there could be a movie in the offing..

An HBO scripted comedy, Crashing stars creator Pete Holmes in a semi-autobiographical role. Also starring are Lauren Lapkus, George Basil, Ali Reissen, Jamie Lee, Dov Davidoff, Jermaine Fowler, Aparna Nancherla, and Madeline Wise. Dave Attell, John Mulaney, and Artie Lange recur in season three as versions of themselves. The series follows Pete (Holmes), who dives into the cutthroat NYC comedy scene, after his marriage falls apart.

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Writer-comedian John Mulaney will host NBC’s Saturday Night Live on March 2, joined by musical guest Thomas Rhett. The announcement was made during tonight’s SNL telecast hosted by Don Cheadle.

This will be the second hosting stint for former SNL writer Mulaney whose first turn in April 2018 was well received, as was Mulaney’s recent appearance on Weekend Update alongside Pete Davidson (photo above).

Mulaney is one of only three former SNL non-cast member writers to host the show, along with Larry David and Conan O’Brien.

Mulaney, who is part of the voice cast of Netflix’s animated comedy series Big Mouth, headlined his own short-lived Fox sitcom Mulaney and won an Emmy Award for writing the 2018 comedy special John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City.

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John Mulaney is returning to his Studio 8H roots: The former Saturday Night Live writer will host the late-night program on March 2.

Mulaney — who appeared on a “Weekend Update” segment with Pete Davidson just last month — previously took the SNL hosting reins on April 14, 2018. He joins fellow alums Conan O’Brien and Larry David as one of only three non-cast member writers to host the show. The announcement was made during Saturday’s Don Cheadle-led broadcast.

In addition, NBC has confirmed that country singer Thomas Rhett will serve as musical guest, marking the performer’s first time on the sketch comedy series.

NBC has ordered a pilot for the multi-camera comedy “Uninsured.”

In the series, young parents Dave and Rebecca end up having to take care of Dave’s parents who have mishandled their finances and need help to pay down a sizable debt.

Dan Levy will serve as writer and executive producer, with Doug Robinson and Alison Greenspan executive producing via Doug Robinson Productions. Sony Pictures Television, where Robinson is set up under an overall deal, will produce.

Robinson is an executive producer on ABC’s “The Goldbergs,” on which Levy is a co-executive producer and writer. Levy’s other writing credits include “The Awesomes,” “Mulaney,” and his own Comedy Central stand up special. In addition to producing “The Goldbergs,” Robinson also produces the spinoff series “Schooled” and has previously produced shows like “Rules of Engagement” and “Breaking In.”

Levy is repped by UTA and Jackoway Tyerman.

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GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (Lgbtq) media advocacy organization, today announced that the nominees for the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards will be announced live from Park City, Utah from the At&T Hello Lounge during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on Friday, January 25.

The announcement will be hosted by Mj Rodriguez (FX’s Pose) and Nico Santos. GLAAD is an Institute Associate of Sundance and will also host on-the-ground events during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival to raise visibility of Lgbtq-inclusive films and Lgbtq filmmakers.

The nominee announcement for the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, hosted by At&T, will be live-streamed on GLAAD’s Facebook page on Friday, January 25 at 10:00am Et.

The GLAAD Media Awards honor media for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of Lgbtq people and issues. The 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, presented by Delta Air Lines, Gilead, and Ketel One Family-Made Vodka,...