Writing from the Chicagoland area in Illinois, Robert is an avid movie watcher and will take just about any excuse to find time to go to his local movie theaters. Robert graduated from Bradley ...

Think about the political comedians performing today. Of those, how many are conservative? Not many, right? Alison Dagnes, a political scientist, media maven and self-described “comedy dork,” has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about women in comedy. CBS canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last week, and while the three-decade franchise is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is all because on an April 23 episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on ABC, the host staged a faux White House Correspondents' ...

From The Daily Show to headlining their own late-night show, one ex-host is now making the jump to scripted television. The former late-night TV host known for roasting politicians and cable news ...

Comedian Matt Friend, known for his satire and impressions of Donald Trump and other political figures, will headline a comedy special from Washington, D.C. that will air on CNN on the eve of the ...

When Donald Trump seemed poised to win the presidential election in 2016, Trevor Noah, then the host of The Daily Show, began the program’s live night-of special on a somber note. “It feels like the ...

When the premier live political sketch comedy troupe The Capitol Steps ended in 2021 after 39 years of touring and recording, several members of the troupe elected to keep going under a different name ...

"Seinfeld" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says that comedy can be approached with sensitivity without sacrificing the art — and taking issue with political correctness is a "red flag." "If you look back on ...

Veteran comic Conan O’Brien quipped President Trump’s "greatest crime" was inspiring terrible political jokes about him that ruined the landscape in a podcast interview this week. Best-known for his ...

If a joke falls in the forest, does it make a sound? Apparently the answer is a resounding yes. Jimmy Kimmel, the current king of controversy in late night comedy, is at odds with President Donald ...