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Ellen DeGeneres' Final Special Is All Ego, No Substance By Clare Martin September 25, 2024 | 1:15pm
Have I Got News For You Doesn’t Have A Mean Bone In Its Body By Dylan Fugel September 19, 2024 | 3:49pm
Rhys Nicholson's Huge Big Party Congratulations! Lives Up to Its Celebratory Title By Rory Doherty August 29, 2024 | 1:33pm
Adam Sandler: Love You Masterfully Brings All the Laughs and Feels By Will DiGravio August 27, 2024 | 12:34pm
Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip Has Plenty Laughs, But Fumbles the Dismount By Rory Doherty August 15, 2024 | 12:30pm
Conner O'Malley's Rap World Is the Manic Movie of the Summer By Will DiGravio August 14, 2024 | 5:18pm
Laura Merli's Debut Special Belly Slappin' Fun Focuses on the Funny By Clare Martin August 13, 2024 | 1:55pm
Abby Govindan Exists in the Context of Everything By Felicia Reich August 12, 2024 | 1:27pm
Steph Curry Shows Off Comedy Skills in Mr. Throwback By Will DiGravio August 8, 2024 | 7:42am
Joe Rogan Is Up to His Usual Antics in Burn the Boats By Brooke Knisley August 7, 2024 | 3:16pm
Reggie Watts Relies Too Much on Nostalgia in New Special Never Mind By Clare Martin July 26, 2024 | 11:23am
Josh Glanc Captures the Fringe Spirit in New Special Vrooom Vrooom By Clare Martin July 19, 2024 | 10:21am
Elaine May's Shaping of American Comedy Chronicled in Essential New Biography By Will DiGravio July 16, 2024 | 12:37pm
Sausage Party: Foodtopia Is Undercooked By Rendy Jones July 10, 2024 | 4:38pm
Brad Howe's Live at the Legion Is as Cool and Refreshing as a Light Beer By Clare Martin July 9, 2024 | 2:01pm
Rachel Scanlon Radiates Joy in Gay Fantasy By Clare Martin July 3, 2024 | 2:28pm
Group Therapy Falls Short of Its Compelling Premise By Will DiGravio July 3, 2024 | 12:20pm
Hannah Einbinder Gives It Her All in Everything Must Go By Clare Martin June 21, 2024 | 11:56am
Fantasmas Shows Us the World Through Julio Torres' Eyes By Reuben Baron June 3, 2024 | 2:22pm
Nikki Glaser's Someday You'll Die: Sometimes She Kills By Will DiGravio June 1, 2024 | 11:30am
Comedian Dan Licata's Special Is Not Just For the Boys By Clare Martin May 31, 2024 | 12:49pm
Clare O'Kane Gets Silly and Sincere on Her Sophomore Comedy Album By Clare Martin May 23, 2024 | 12:07pm
Comedian Paul Scheer Reveals Past Trauma in Touching and Hilarious Memoir By Jack Probst May 21, 2024 | 12:43pm
Jake Gyllenhaal Hosts a Confident, Funny SNL Season Finale By Dennis Perkins May 19, 2024 | 5:18am
Conner O'Malley's Stand Up Solutions Is a Feverish Masterpiece By Clare Martin May 16, 2024 | 8:49am
Maya Rudolph Puts a Mother's Day SNL on Her Back By Dennis Perkins May 12, 2024 | 5:19am
Daniel Van Kirk Makes His Grandma Proud with Rose Gold By Clare Martin May 10, 2024 | 12:26pm
Dua Lipa Pulls Double Duty on a So-So SNL By Dennis Perkins May 5, 2024 | 4:58am
Hacks Fires On All Cylinders for Its Third (and Best) Season By Clare Martin May 2, 2024 | 2:14pm
Kate Willett's Hilarious Special Loopholes Basks in Life's Messiness By Clare Martin April 29, 2024 | 11:20am
Amy Bugg’s Debut Comedy Special Is a DIY Delight By Clare Martin April 16, 2024 | 1:23pm
SNL Hopes You Like Watching Ryan Gosling Lose It By Dennis Perkins April 14, 2024 | 4:12am
Ian Abramson Pulls Off a Winning, Weird Debut with The Heist By Clare Martin April 12, 2024 | 9:59am
Ellie Hino Gets Delightfully Dirty on Her Debut Album Soft Bones By Clare Martin April 8, 2024 | 3:08pm
Kristen Wiig Shines in a Sea of Stars on a Delightful SNL By Dennis Perkins April 7, 2024 | 4:24am
Liz Miele Is Familiar and Fun on Murder Sheets By Clare Martin April 4, 2024 | 6:27am
Demetri Deconstructed Is Wholly Magnificent By Clare Martin April 2, 2024 | 2:20pm
Ramy Youssef's a Charmer, but Saturday Night Live Stays Dull By Dennis Perkins March 31, 2024 | 4:52am
Good One Explores the Messy Process Behind Well-Crafted Comedy By Clare Martin March 28, 2024 | 1:21pm
Tig Notaro's Hello Again Is Hilarious, Even Though It Doesn't Stick the Landing By Clare Martin March 27, 2024 | 2:06pm
Humanity Meets Humor in Ramy Youssef's More Feelings By Clare Martin March 21, 2024 | 4:59pm
We Want More Girls5eva By Clare Martin March 18, 2024 | 2:10pm
Rory Scovel Masters His Craft on Religion, Sex, and a Few Things in Between By Clare Martin March 15, 2024 | 12:54pm
Gender Agenda Has Something for Everyone (Except Bigots) By Clare Martin March 13, 2024 | 11:10am
SNL Benefits From Josh Brolin's Weird Intensity By Dennis Perkins March 10, 2024 | 4:34am
Kiwi Comedian Guy Montgomery Serves Up a Stealth Existential Anxiety Special By Rory Doherty March 6, 2024 | 1:00pm
Kyle Kinane Nails It Once Again with Dirt Nap By Clare Martin March 4, 2024 | 1:57pm
Sydney Sweeney and Saturday Night Live Are Equally Dull By Dennis Perkins March 3, 2024 | 4:56am
Shane Gillis Finally Gets His Predictably Dire SNL Debut By Dennis Perkins February 25, 2024 | 6:04am
Jenny Slate Is Bigger and Better Than Ever in Seasoned Professional By Clare Martin February 23, 2024 | 1:02pm
Taylor Tomlinson's New Special Have It All Feels Forced By Rory Doherty February 14, 2024 | 10:53am
Ayo Edebiri Is a Delight, Even If SNL Sabotages Her Goodwill By Dennis Perkins February 4, 2024 | 5:02am
Goodbye to All That: Curb Your Enthusiasm's Final Season By Felicia Reich February 2, 2024 | 12:59pm
Laurie Kilmartin Does Dark Humor Right in Cis Woke Grief Slut By Clare Martin January 29, 2024 | 2:16pm
Dakota Johnson Is Too Placid To Bring SNL to a Boil By Dennis Perkins January 28, 2024 | 4:35am
In the Know Is a Hyperspecific and Thoroughly Funny Parody of Public Radio Egos By Rory Doherty January 25, 2024 | 11:26am
Get On Your Knees Edges Towards Greatness By Michelle Cohn January 23, 2024 | 9:09am
Saturday Night Live Wants You to Know Host Jacob Elordi Is Very Handsome By Dennis Perkins January 21, 2024 | 4:18am
Dusty Slay Becomes an Instant Classic with His Netflix Special Workin' Man By Clare Martin January 17, 2024 | 12:36pm
Pete Davidson Savors Low-Hanging Fruit on His New Special Turbo Fonzarelli By Clare Martin January 9, 2024 | 12:49pm
Mike Birbiglia Gets Older, Slippery When Wet By Felicia Reich December 18, 2023 | 12:40pm
Kate McKinnon Brings All the Funny Ladies to a Cozy Christmas SNL By Dennis Perkins December 17, 2023 | 4:53am
Adam Driver's Intensity Props Up a Wobbly Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins December 10, 2023 | 4:21am
Emma Stone Gets a Jacket as She Lifts Her Fifth SNL By Dennis Perkins December 3, 2023 | 4:46am
Don't Underestimate Dina Hashem By Clare Martin November 27, 2023 | 12:54pm
Jason Momoa's Charms Buoy an Otherwise Soggy Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins November 19, 2023 | 5:03am
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain Reminds Us Why SNL Movies Rarely Work By Clare Martin November 17, 2023 | 11:27am
Timothée Chalamet's Second SNL Hosting Gig Is Just as Amiable By Dennis Perkins November 12, 2023 | 4:21am
Max's Rap Sh!t Returns for a Hilarious and Heartfelt Second Season By Kaiya Shunyata November 9, 2023 | 10:54am
Heather McMahan Knocks It Out Of The Park in Son I Never Had By Felicia Reich November 8, 2023 | 3:32pm
The Curse Review: Fielder-Safdie-Stone Satire of White Guilt Is an Exercise in Emotional Masochism By Brianna Zigler November 6, 2023 | 3:01am
Jon Glaser's Debut Comedy Album Is Paws-itively Hilarious By Clare Martin November 2, 2023 | 11:43am
Natasha Vaynblat Is Silly and Searingly Smart on Her Debut Album We're All Dads Here By Clare Martin October 30, 2023 | 1:37pm
Saturday Night Live Excels with Unlikely Host Nate Bargatze By Dennis Perkins October 29, 2023 | 4:43pm
Aparna Nancherla Proves Herself an Unreliable Narrator in Debut Essay Collection By Felicia Reich October 24, 2023 | 4:16pm
Host and Musical Guest Bad Bunny Is All Charm on a Fun SNL By Dennis Perkins October 22, 2023 | 1:02pm
Joe Pera's Stand-up Special Slow & Steady Is a Rare Island of Decency and Joy By Garrett Martin October 20, 2023 | 3:56pm
Reggie Watts Sparks Creativity in His Memoir Great Falls, MT By Jack Probst October 19, 2023 | 2:35pm
A Handy Pete Davidson Ushers in SNL's Delayed 49th Season By Dennis Perkins October 15, 2023 | 10:30am
Beth Stelling Looks Homeward on New Special If You Didn't Want Me Then By Robert Ham October 11, 2023 | 12:52pm
Paramount+’s Frasier Will Restore Your Faith in Revivals By Amy Amatangelo October 9, 2023 | 9:00am
We Have Nothing But Respect For Sam Jay's New Special On Max By Felicia Reich September 29, 2023 | 4:17pm
Krapopolis: Not Krap, But a Mere Mortal Compared to Harmon’s God-Tier Creations By Rendy Jones September 26, 2023 | 12:57pm
Michelle Wolf's New Special It's Great to Be Here Is Funny But Flawed By Clare Martin September 14, 2023 | 12:25pm
Derrick Brown Marries Poetry and Comedy on His Exuberant Debut By Clare Martin September 12, 2023 | 3:13pm
Sasheer Zamata's New Special The First Woman Brims with Informative Hilarity By Clare Martin September 8, 2023 | 9:28am
Greg Proops Provides Effortless Eloquence on His New Album French Drug Deal By Clare Martin September 5, 2023 | 11:35am
Liz Barrett Reminds Us to Take It Easy on Her Wry Debut Gettin' By By Clare Martin August 24, 2023 | 10:10am
Killing It's Remarkable Second Season Loses Snakes But Finds Its Fangs By Rendy Jones August 18, 2023 | 12:50pm
Let Me Be a Demon in Chris Fleming's Hell By Michelle Cohn August 17, 2023 | 11:55am
Síomha Hennessy Doesn't Play It Safe in The Coil's Lament By Rory Doherty August 15, 2023 | 2:13pm
Papp Johnson Provides Leisurely Laughs on His Debut Album Timeless By Clare Martin August 14, 2023 | 11:47am
Kyle Kinane's Shocks and Struts Is a Rough-Hewn Gem By Clare Martin August 3, 2023 | 12:51pm
Maria Bamford's Goofy Brilliance Shines on Her New Album CROWD-PLEASER By Clare Martin July 24, 2023 | 1:28pm
Miracle Workers: End Times Tackles the Apocalypse with the Anthology's Signature Charm and Creativity By Rendy Jones July 13, 2023 | 11:03am
Jacob Balshin Makes a Conversational, Candid Debut with Thirty and Breathing Funny By Clare Martin July 10, 2023 | 2:56pm
Marcella Arguello's Debut Special Bitch, Grow Up! Is Characteristically Fearless By Clare Martin July 3, 2023 | 1:16pm
John Early Sees Right Through You By Michelle Cohn June 16, 2023 | 11:29am
Emergency Contact Feels Like Amy Schumer’s Gift to Her Core Millennial Audience By Tomasz Lesniara June 13, 2023 | 10:19am
Always Sunny’s 16th Season Proves Idiocy Doesn’t Age By Rendy Jones June 9, 2023 | 2:04pm
I'm An Entertainer Is Wanda Sykes at Her Best By Clare Martin June 7, 2023 | 1:34pm
I Think You Should Leave's Third Season Is Increasingly Formulaic, and Without a Hit By Shane Ryan May 30, 2023 | 10:10am
Jimmy O. Yang's Guess How Much? Is an Undercooked Effort By Clare Martin May 26, 2023 | 11:48am
Platonic Tests the Limits of How Fun It Is to Watch Two Friends Stumble Through Their Midlife Crises By Tara Bennett May 23, 2023 | 2:21pm
Emma Arnold's Storytelling Skills Shine in Her New Special Myself By Clare Martin May 12, 2023 | 10:29am
A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou Delivers Half-Hearted Laughs By Clare Martin May 9, 2023 | 12:08pm
Hannah Gadsby Goes Frothy and Feel-Good with Something Special By Clare Martin May 5, 2023 | 11:06am
Hannah Gadsby's Sophomore Comedy Special Is No Nanette By Garrett Martin May 2, 2023 | 12:20pm

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