Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

Her heroes are the Saturday Night Live funny girls, but now Aubrey Plaza is a TV comedy icon in her own right.  Next on her to do list? Movie stardom... Read More

SNL is bringing in some new guest writers: standup Chelsea Peretti and humor writer Cora Frazier. Read More

Congratulations to UCB Theatre performer Ben Rameaka (AIRWOLF, MAUDE NIGHT) who has been cast in Amazon's upcoming comedy pilot Alpha House. The show is written by Gary Trudeau (Doonesbury) and stars John Goodman. Read More

This year's marathon will be the last weekend of June: Friday June 28th - Sunday June 30th. Read More

The Jeselnik Offensive brings Anthony Jeselnik and his signature dark and twisted point-of-view to Comedy Central in a new weekly, topical series. Jeselnik, known for his blistering appearances on the recent Roasts of Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump, will unleash his razor-sharp take on each week's must-see "train wreck" news ripped from the headlines of Gawker, Reddit and the places we all troll for the darker, more shocking and lurid stories. Read More

Christopher Evan Welch, Amanda Crew, Angela Trimbur, Zach Woods and Kumail Nanjiani are set to co-star in Silicon Valley, HBO’s single-camera dark comedy pilot from the King Of The Hill trio of Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky and producer Scott Rudin. Read More

Giving hope to both TV shows inspired by podcasts and the nascent "surreal, deconstructed talk show" genre, IFC has renewed Scott Aukerman's "Comedy Bang! Bang!" for a second season, the network announced today. Read More

June Diane Raphael and her husband, Paul Scheer, make fun of bad Hollywood movies. They're also in them, occasionally, but why should that stop the mockery? Read More

Echo Kellum, the breakout co-star of another recently cancelled freshman series, Fox comedy Ben & Kate, is set to co-star opposite Sean Hayes in  NBC multi-camera comedy pilot, the untitled Sean Hayes/Victor Fresco project. Read More

Fifteen years ago, you couldn't name a single television writer. If they sold a feature or had some stand-up chops, you might have learned their name and found out that they made their bread writing for Home Improvement, but the TV writer as a household name is a new phenomenon. Read More

Tonight at the UCB Theater in Hollywood, a group of TV writers will perform an 8-bit musical version of a "King of Kong," based on the 2007 documentary film about the intense competition to get the highest score in the classic video game, Donkey Kong. Read More

It takes chutzpah to name a debut Shakespeare, in part because it invites critics to complain that while subsequent albums might have their charms, they're no Shakespeare. Then again, someone who begins a second album with a track called "Rape" and ends it with one called "Shut The Fuck Up," as comedian Anthony Jeselnik does on Caligula, doesn't lack audacity. Read More

Comedy Central has given a second-season order to "Kroll Show." The new season will consist of 10 episodes. Read More

Last season on Yahoo's Burning Love, Julie Gristlewhite (June Diane Raphael) had her heart broken by hose-happy fireman Mark Orlando (Ken Marino). But this season, the tables have turned — and now Julie's the one who gets to select a mate from a wide pool of eligible bachelors played by the likes of Adam Scott, Jerry O'Connell, Michael Cera, Adam Brody, Colin Hanks, Joe Lo Truglio, Ryan Hansen, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Nick Kroll, Nick Thune, Martin Starr, and Kumail Nanjiani. Read More

CBS seems determined to get a comedy from My Name Is Earl and Raising Hope creator Greg Garcia on the air next season, handing out pilot orders to both of his scripts, one single- and one multi-camera. They were among four CBS pilots ordered tonight as the network kept its odd pilot season tradition of greenlighting a slew of pilots after hours on a Friday night. Read More

UCBT performers are hitting the talk show circuit. A collection of recent appearances from Anthony Jeselnik, Kyle Kinane, Nick Kroll, Adam Pally, Aubrey Plaza, Amy Poehler, Rob Riggle and Charlyne Yi. Read More

2013 is sure to have its share of unexpected success stories and breakout performances in the comedy arena. However, we here at SO would like to make some predictions and point out those stand-ups that we deem regular shoe-ins for esteemed recognition in the new year. Read More

Even as Scott Aukerman's Comedy Bang! Bang! continues to build momentum as an IFC talk/sketch series and Earwolf podcast, the earliest incarnation of the brand, a long-running live show originally named Comedy Death-Ray, ended its weekly run at UCB LA in late November. Most in the comedy community assumed the multimedia forerunner was simply shifting its focus (plans for a TV production and distribution company have since been announced), but the question remained: what show would assume the... Read More

Audiences may be more fractured than ever before, but they're also more loyal to performers who cut though the din to foster personal connections under the guise of humor. Here we highlight a few of the L.A. comedians who are taking originality, DIY mentality and creative vision to a whole new level, with picks from local industry and fellow performers. Read More

Interview recently spoke to the 34-year old comedian about the truth in his comedy, turning out a never-ending supply of jokes, and his impressive multitasking skills in the entertainment industry. Read More