Comedy News

Kid television actor turned go-to comic straight man Jason Bateman makes a - shall we say surprising? - feature-directing debut with "Bad Words."

The president urged young people to sign up for the new health care plan through an appearance posted Tuesday on the comic website Funny or Die, bypassing the news media and even previous favorites like TV talk-show titans Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman.

As far as prime-time television goes, police precincts haven't historically been a friendly place to be gay or lesbian.

Actor and comedian Zach Galifianakis, who hosts "Between Two Ferns" and interviewed Obama on an episode that posted Tuesday.

Cristin says that the crazy conspiracy theories actually make her love the " HIMYM " fans more, and then later compares the theories to "Lost."

Al Sharpton and the National Action Network led a march Monday from the Tallahassee Leon Country Civic Center to the State Capitol to address 'stand your ground' laws.

An influx of money and resources is transforming an Oxfordshire science centre into a hub of space research Matt Oliver reports from Harwell And now its space industry, currently centred around the Harwell Oxford Science and Innovation Campus, near Didcot, is starting to take off.

Jennifer Beals is returning to television to star in a new supernatural medical drama produced by Kyra Sedgwick.

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Jason Manford returns to The Anvil with First World Problems on Saturday, May 24. A wealth of comedy anecdotes, comic misunderstandings and audience banter delivered with Jason's trademark likeable charm and teasingly intelligent wit.

" General Hospital " fans have been waiting for the other shoe to drop with the Britt/Dante/Lulu story line for quite some time.

More than 15,000 lesbians from across the world will trek to Palm Springs, California from April 2-6 for Club Skirts Dinah Shore, the original party weekend celebrating its 24th anniversary.

The show fictionalizes the exploits of real-life comedy folk duo Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome, who perform under the name Garfunkel and Oates.

MacRae played the iconic character on a Honeymooners segment that ran from 1966 to 1970 on "The Jackie Gleason Show."

This publicity image released by HBO shows Peter Dinklage in a scene from "Game of Thrones."

"Saturday Night Live" served up a healthy dose of hipster feminism on this weekend's show with host Lena Dunham starring in a majority of the skits.

Comedian Lily Tomlin made her TV debut more than 40 years ago on a show that also featured James Brown, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and a Beatles music video.

For 30 years, twice a day, Michell Bond has been feeding ducks at Capitol Lake. But, today she noticed a strange film covering the surface of the water.

The half-hour single-camera comedy pilot starring "30 Rock" alum Krakowski is reportedly close to being ordered as a series production.

TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: "Saturday Night Live," 11:29 p.m., NBC. Lena Dunham grew up on "Saturday Night Live," even taking notes as she watched it.