Comedy Impact Report
Countless ways to laugh. From TV to film to stand-up around the globe, these are the year’s maestros of massive
View ArticleSony, in ‘Seinfeld’ Promo, Takes Over Tumblr for Festivus
In non-hacking news: Sony Pictures Television has sponsored the first-ever takeover of Yahoo’s Tumblr, celebrating the allegedly fictional holiday of Festivus from Jerry Seinfeld’s classic sitcom...
View ArticleGuests Get Funny at the Seinfelds’ First L.A. Baby Buggy Fatherhood Lunch
Before a lavish dining room filled with fathers and celebrity supporters of Baby Buggy — a nonprofit started by Jessica Seinfeld in New York 14 years ago to provide childcare goods to families in need...
View ArticleSony Crackle Unveils Drama ‘Art of More,’ Bryan Cranston’s ‘SuperMansion’ at...
Sony’s Crackle Internet-streaming service revealed its upcoming slate of programming for 2015-16, highlighting its first hour-long scripted drama, “The Art of More,” and first animated comedy,...
View ArticleWhy Jerry Seinfeld Is Wrong About YouTube Being a ‘Garbage Can’
Jerry Seinfeld is a very smart and funny guy. But the 60-year-old comic obviously is not familiar with what appeals to younger audiences. Seinfeld, at Sony’s Crackle upfront Tuesday in New York,...
View ArticleHulu Sets ‘Seinfeld’ Full-Series Premiere Date
Hulu will launch the entire run of classic ’90s sitcom “Seinfeld” — spanning 180 episodes over nine seasons in all — on June 24 under its recently announced exclusive pact with Sony Pictures...
View ArticleWatch: Jerry Seinfeld ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’ Season 6 Trailer
Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” — Sony Crackle’s most popular interview original series — is slated to return for a sixth season June 3 with guest stars including Jim Carrey,...
View ArticleJerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus Have ‘Seinfeld’ Reunion on ‘Comedians in...
Jerry Seinfeld and Julia Louis-Dreyfus had a mini “Seinfeld” reunion on last night’s season six premiere of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” and we loved every minute of it. Jerry and Elaine reunited...
View ArticleStephen Colbert Was Going to Leave ‘Colbert Report’ Regardless of ‘Late Show’...
Stephen Colbert revealed to Jerry Seinfeld on Wednesday’s season finale of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” that he was planning on leaving “The Colbert Report” even before getting his “Late Show”...
View ArticleOff Broadway Review: ‘Colin Quinn The New York Story’
No wonder Jerry Seinfeld loves this guy. Colin Quinn is the quintessential New Yorker: rude, lippy, pushy, opinionated, pugnacious, and full of attitude — the very qualities he celebrates in “Colin...
View ArticleJerry Seinfeld Tops Highest-Paid Comedians List
Jerry Seinfeld still reigns supreme in the land of funny people, at least in terms of financial earnings for the year. According to Forbes’ list of the world’s highest paid comedians, Seinfeld pulled...
View ArticleJerry Seinfeld Announces Stand-Up Residency at NYC’s Beacon Theatre
Jerry Seinfeld announced that he’ll be taking up residency at New York City’s Beacon Theatre in 2016, where he’ll perform a monthly show entitled “Jerry Seinfeld: The Homestand.” The stand-up series,...
View ArticleLarry Thomas Recalls How He and Jerry Seinfeld Created ‘the Soup Nazi’ at...
Just in time for Festivus — the fictitious Dec. 23 holiday invented by “Seinfeld” character George Costanza’s father, involving aluminum poles in lieu of more commercial Christmas trees — Hulu is...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s ‘Comedians in Cars’ Visit Has Little Driving, Lots of Coffee
The season premiere of Jerry Seinfeld’s Crackle series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” only really met the third part of its alliterative title, thanks to a humorless security officer refusing to...
View ArticleJerry Seinfeld Revisits Set of His NBC TV Show in ‘Comedians in Cars Getting...
Jerry Seinfeld took a cruise down memory lane with Garry Shandling for the latest episode of his digital comedy series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” on Sony’s Crackle. Seinfeld, tooling around...
View ArticleWatch: Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Comedians in Cars’ Takes Lorne Michaels, John Oliver...
Jerry Seinfeld’s Crackle series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” will premiere its new season on June 16, and the show has debuted the first look at its Season 8 trailer. In the new installments of...
View ArticleJerry Seinfeld on His Surprise Emmy Nomination for ‘Comedians in Cars Getting...
“Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” is perhaps an overlong title for a series, but it’s an accurate reflection of just what happens in Jerry Seinfeld’s talk show. And now after eight seasons on Crackle...
View ArticleLouis C.K., Jon Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld Set for 10th Anniversary of Stand Up...
The annual comedy fundraiser for veterans Stand Up For Heroes will celebrate its 10th anniversary Nov. 1 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, with performances by Louis C.K., Jim Gaffigan, Jerry...
View ArticleGravitas Buys Stand-Up Comedy Documentary ‘Dying Laughing’
Gravitas Ventures has bought rights to the stand-up comedy documentary “Dying Laughing,” which includes Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Jamie Foxx and the late Garry Shandling. Gravitas made...
View ArticleKevin Hart Named World’s Highest-Paid Comedian, Amy Schumer Becomes First...
Kevin Hart has been crowned as the world’s highest-paid comedian by Forbes, ending Jerry Seinfeld’s nine-year reign. According to Forbes’ list, Hart earned a whopping $87.5 million between June 2015...
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