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In January 2010, late-night talk show hosts Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno engaged in a public relations conflict over who should host The Tonight Show. Due to low ratings for The Jay Leno Show and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, NBC announced a schedule change, moving Leno from 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm, and O'Brien from 11:30 pm to 12:05 am. This ...
SNL will air live on NBC at 8:30pm PT/11:30pm ET. Viewers can also stream it on Peacock. Viewers can also stream it on Peacock. The show will celebrate a half-century on the air with a primetime ...
Comic Strip Live (August 12, 1989–January 15, 1994) – weekly stand-up comedy series; depending on the market, it aired on either Saturday or Sunday evening The Chevy Chase Show (September 7–October 1, 1993) – infamously panned talk show cancelled after a five-week run, which became Fox's last regular weekday late night programming ...
The Punchline is a comedy club first opened in 1982 in Sandy Springs, Georgia now located in Atlanta, Georgia. The venue seats 270 people and presents shows five or more nights per week. The club has hosted comedians as diverse as Robin Williams , Eddie Murphy , Dane Cook , and was the original performance venue of Jeff Foxworthy .
Laff (legal name: Laff Media, LLC) is an American digital multicast television network headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and is owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network specializes in comedy programming, featuring mainly sitcoms from the 1990s through the 2020s. [1]
Gregory was born in Lithonia, Georgia, on May 6, 1946, and worked as a salesman until he was 36, when he began introducing performers at The Punch Line comedy club in Atlanta. His first feature act at the Punch Line was February 17, 1982. [4]
By 1993 he co-owned Uptown Comedy Corner in Atlanta's vibrant Buckhead entertainment district. While there he continued to hone his skills as the much sought after house host and featured some of the greatest minds in stand-up. Later he opened a club of his own, Earthquake's Comedy Corner II in Dallas, Tx. and Atlanta, Ga., resepectively
Initially, success in comedy proved elusive and Wallace worked as a salesman for an advertising agency to pay the bills. Wallace's break came when one of his clients opened a comedy club. The club owner was amused by Wallace's natural humor and friendly demeanor and offered him the chance to perform stand-up comedy. In 1977, Wallace walked on ...