That said, 2025 was also an excellent year for comedy TV shows, from sitcoms, to dramedies, to dark comedies. This year, ...

The potential Warner Bros. Discovery sale might jeopardize a lively outlet for artier stand-up shows like those of Sarah ...

A Broadway director goes back home to New Zealand and gets involved in the local musical in this cheery if familiar sitcom.

The Bear, starring Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, is a fast-paced dramedy series that should be at ...

James L. Brooks recounted the moment he knew Andy Kaufman would be a great fit for his sitcom "Taxi." Brooks, 85, tells ...

Pitch-black comedy has been one of the defining features of 21st-century television, as the industry moved from the earnest family sitcoms of the 1970s and 1980s — think “Family Ties” — to shows that ...

The comedian doesn't know if he'll do another comedy special following his 13th, which premiered on HBO earlier this year: "I feel like that's a good body of work." By Carly Thomas Associate Editor In ...

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Owen Gleiberman and Peter Debruge, Variety’s chief film critics, detail the how and the why behind their selections for Variety’s new 100 Greatest Comedy ...

Ricky Gervais‘ next stand-up special will arrive on Netflix on Dec. 30. “Mortality,” the hour he’s been touring since 2024, was filmed in 2025 at the London Palladium. It’s Gervais’ fourth stand-up ...

Ed Weeks is set for one of the lead roles in the CBS comedy pilot “Eternally Yours,” Variety has learned. The single-camera show was picked up to pilot at the broadcaster in July, while CBS had ...

A CBS comedy pilot from Ghosts showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman has found its male lead. Ed Weeks ( The Mindy Project, ...

2024 was a weird year for TV. Which is not to say out there or underwhelming. It was more…all over the place. But although the medium’s output over the past 12 months may not have been as consistently ...