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Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter & Love Is a Fitting Tribute to a Living Legend By Clare Martin April 26, 2023 | 10:12am
John Mulaney Has a Lot to Get Off His Chest By Michelle Cohn April 25, 2023 | 11:37am
Hari Kondabolu Enters New Dad Comedy Canon with Vacation Baby By Clare Martin April 24, 2023 | 2:29pm
Ana de Armas Isn't the Only Problem on a Listless Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins April 16, 2023 | 6:32am
Molly Shannon Returns for a Feel-Good Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins April 9, 2023 | 2:10pm
Quinta Brunson Brings Some Black Lady Sketch Show Energy to a Middling Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins April 2, 2023 | 11:17am
Kai Choyce Is Effortlessly Funny in His New Comedy Special Kaipocalypse Now By Clare Martin March 30, 2023 | 6:30pm
Chris Rock Blusters His Way Through Selective Outrage By Clare Martin March 14, 2023 | 1:38pm
Jenna Ortega Leaves Wednesday Behind on a Funny, Confident Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins March 12, 2023 | 4:09pm
Brad Wenzel Thrives on Simplicity in joke. joke. joke. By Clare Martin March 6, 2023 | 3:14pm
Football Star Travis Kelce Hosts an SNL That's Funnier Than You Might Expect By Dennis Perkins March 5, 2023 | 7:00am
Clay Tatum and Whitmer Thomas Have Killer Chemistry in The Civil Dead By Clare Martin March 3, 2023 | 12:30pm
Josh Johnson Invites Us to Laugh and Heal with Up Here Killing Myself By Clare Martin February 27, 2023 | 2:54pm
Five-Timer Woody Harrelson Gets His Jacket on a Woozy, Amusing Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins February 26, 2023 | 6:00am
Chase O'Donnell Is Best When She Goes Big on People Pleaser By Clare Martin February 23, 2023 | 11:18am
Niles Abston Is Ready to Be a household name By Clare Martin February 9, 2023 | 11:37am
Pedro Pascal Gets the Giggles on a Fun, Breezy Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins February 5, 2023 | 6:01am
Cara Connors' Voice Shines Through on Straight for Pay By Clare Martin January 30, 2023 | 11:16am
Michael B. Jordan Helms the Most Confident Saturday Night Live of the Season By Dennis Perkins January 29, 2023 | 6:00am
Aubrey Plaza Brings Some Welcome Chaos to a Solid Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins January 22, 2023 | 6:05am
Drew Landry's Mini Special All My Friends Are Dead Is Full of Life-Affirming Laughs By Clare Martin January 19, 2023 | 11:12am
Velma: Mindy Kaling's Take on Mystery Gang's Super Sleuth Can't Unmask a Clear Identity By Paste Staff January 10, 2023 | 2:20pm
Atsuko Okatsuka Makes a Dazzling Debut with The Intruder By Clare Martin January 5, 2023 | 10:48am
Chelsea Handler's New Netflix Special Is No Revolution By Clare Martin January 3, 2023 | 11:47am
Chicago Party Aunt's Second Season Proves Poignant, but Needs More Laughs By Paste Staff December 30, 2022 | 12:00pm
Vir Das Delivers a Bumpy But Still Insightful Landing By Clare Martin December 28, 2022 | 11:36am
Santa Dies in the Murderville Christmas Special, and So Does My Holiday Spirit By Clare Martin December 19, 2022 | 2:33pm
Austin Butler Sings a Lovely Farewell To an SNL All-Star on a Funny, Warm Holiday-Themed Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins December 18, 2022 | 6:07am
It’s (Steve) Martin and Martin (Short), Bringing Some Holiday Cheer and Chummy Laughs to SNL By Dennis Perkins December 11, 2022 | 7:09am
Kenice Mobley Is Absurd and Analytical on Her Debut Album Follow Up Question By Clare Martin December 9, 2022 | 11:40am
On Saturday Night Live, Keke Palmer Kills It (With Some Help From Kenan & Kel) By Dennis Perkins December 4, 2022 | 1:30pm
Inside Job Part 2 Returns with More Kooky Sci-Fi Shenanigans and a Fully Realized Romance By Paste Staff November 22, 2022 | 11:14am
Apple TV+’s Acapulco Offers Rest, Relaxation, and a Swimming Pool Full of Laughs By Jack Probst November 21, 2022 | 11:47am
Maeve Higgins Is Indeed A Very Special Woman By Clare Martin November 16, 2022 | 10:45am
Dave Chappelle Takes Over Saturday Night Live, Doesn't Address The Elephant In Studio 8H By Dennis Perkins November 13, 2022 | 6:28am
Dakota Ray Hebert's Comedy Album I'll Give You an Indian Act Is a Hilarious and Much-Needed History Lesson By Clare Martin November 10, 2022 | 11:09am
Ian Lara Proves He Can Be a Leading Man with His New HBO Special Romantic Comedy By Clare Martin November 9, 2022 | 12:29pm
Amy Schumer Is Game for Grossness on a Middling Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins November 6, 2022 | 6:02am
Chris Redd Lights Up the Room with Why Am I Like This? By Clare Martin November 2, 2022 | 1:14pm
Jack Harlow Hosts an SNL That Would Have Been Better with a Host By Dennis Perkins October 30, 2022 | 4:33am
Kurt Braunohler's Special Perfectly Stupid Is Deceptively Heartwarming By Clare Martin October 28, 2022 | 1:04pm
Comedian Craig Fay Earns a Gold Star in His Latest Performance By Clare Martin October 27, 2022 | 11:41am
Inside Amy Schumer Makes a Scattershot Return on Paramount+ By Paste Staff October 20, 2022 | 12:00pm
Danny Jolles' Interactive Special You Choose Is More Than a Gimmick By Clare Martin October 19, 2022 | 3:15pm
Host-Musical Guest Megan Thee Stallion Is Game, But Saturday Night Live Fizzles Again By Dennis Perkins October 16, 2022 | 7:43am
Matt Braunger Jokes about Hot Guys and Becoming a Father in His New Special, Doug By Jack Probst October 12, 2022 | 12:13pm
Brendan Gleeson’s Charms Can’t Save a Listless Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins October 9, 2022 | 2:06pm
Nick Kroll Weaponizes Humiliation on Little Big Boy By Rory Doherty October 6, 2022 | 1:00pm
Despite His Protestations, Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Have Faith in His Audience on The King’s Jester By Clare Martin October 5, 2022 | 3:32pm
Miles Teller Makes Himself at Home as Saturday Night Live’s 48th Season Gets Off to a Wobbly Start By Dennis Perkins October 2, 2022 | 9:05am
Jena Friedman Sharpens Her Jokes in Ladykiller By Clare Martin September 28, 2022 | 12:26pm
Kelly Bachman and Dylan Adler Want You to Know Rape Victims Are Horny Too By Clare Martin September 27, 2022 | 1:50pm
For Its Season 3 Premiere, The Great North Continues to Be a Great Comfort By Jack Probst September 23, 2022 | 8:50am
We All Politely Applaud for Patton Oswalt's Middling New Stand-up Special By Garrett Martin September 21, 2022 | 10:00am
Sheng Wang's First Netflix Special Is a Sweet and Juicy Treat By Clare Martin September 15, 2022 | 11:04am
Patti Harrison Compromises Nothing in a Chaotic and Fearless Edinburgh Debut By Rory Doherty September 12, 2022 | 12:20pm
Liz Miele Masters Metaphor (and More) in The Ghost of Academic Future By Clare Martin September 7, 2022 | 1:04pm
Season 6 of Rick and Morty Gets Back to the Show's Fresh and Funny Roots By Paste Staff September 6, 2022 | 11:22am
Sam Morril's Edgelord Tendencies Undermine Same Time Tomorrow By Clare Martin August 31, 2022 | 4:11pm
Kristal Adams Does Comedy on Her Own Terms with Ain't I a Wombat? By Clare Martin August 30, 2022 | 12:07pm
Mo Amer Turns His Life Story into the Humane, Funny Series Mo By Tara Bennett August 22, 2022 | 1:15pm
Freevee’s COVID-Set Crime Comedy Sprung Is Greg Garcia at His Most Concentrated By Alexis Gunderson August 18, 2022 | 10:29am
Annick Adelle Thrives in the Gray Areas on Between Two Worlds By Clare Martin August 11, 2022 | 1:35pm
Katrina Davis Makes a Winning Debut with Her Special Figuring It Out By Clare Martin August 5, 2022 | 9:53am
The New Beavis and Butt-Head Series Is a Grand Return to Form By Paste Staff August 4, 2022 | 11:54am
Harley Quinn Season 3 Brings Harlivy to the Forefront and Gives Batman Lore New Depth By Rendy Jones August 3, 2022 | 12:28pm
David A. Arnold Teaches Hilarious Life Lessons in It Ain't For the Weak By Clare Martin July 27, 2022 | 2:03pm
Nikki Glaser's Good Clean Filth Needs to Be Messier By Clare Martin July 21, 2022 | 9:07am
Bill Burr Falls into His Usual Contradictions in Live at Red Rocks By Clare Martin July 14, 2022 | 12:24pm
Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal Is Mind-Blowingly Weird and Extremely Fascinating By Reuben Baron July 13, 2022 | 8:56am
Tuca & Bertie Shines in Its Colorful, Heartening Third Season By Clare Martin July 11, 2022 | 12:07pm
Kate Berlant and John Early Create Surreal, Uncomfortable Comedy on Would It Kill You to Laugh? By Clare Martin June 30, 2022 | 11:36am
Josh Gondelman's Clever People Pleaser Is a Welcome Comedic Oasis By Clare Martin June 28, 2022 | 1:48pm
Joel Kim Booster Challenges Our Expectations on Psychosexual By Clare Martin June 21, 2022 | 2:10pm
The Best Friends Punch Up in Pete Davidson’s Netflix Is A Joke Showcase By Brooke Knisley June 20, 2022 | 10:37am
Hilarious and Heartwarming, Season 2 of Rutherford Falls Is Must-See TV By Clare Martin June 16, 2022 | 10:00am
Comedian Jon Daly Proves Stupidity Can Actually Be Complex on Ding Dong Delicious By Jack Probst June 9, 2022 | 10:44am
I Watched the New Ricky Gervais Stand-up Special So You Don’t Have To By Clare Martin May 24, 2022 | 12:08pm
Natasha Lyonne and a Whole Lot of Cast Farewells End SNL's 47th Season By Dennis Perkins May 22, 2022 | 8:16am
George Carlin’s American Dream Is a Comprehensive, Compassionate Look at the Legendary Comedian By Clare Martin May 20, 2022 | 8:45am
Selena Gomez Sleepwalks Through a Listless Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins May 15, 2022 | 8:24am
The Pentaverate Shows Mike Myers Is Obsolete By Kevin Fox and Paste Staff May 10, 2022 | 12:52pm
Benedict Cumberbatch and Saturday Night Live Pull Off a Self-Assured and Funny Episode By Dennis Perkins May 8, 2022 | 10:54am
Season 2 of Hacks Is About the Journey, Not the Destination By Clare Martin May 6, 2022 | 10:06am
Steven Rogers Tells a Compelling Origin Story on Before He Was Super By Clare Martin May 5, 2022 | 3:43pm
Grace and Frankie Say Goodbye in a Hilarious, Yet Poignant Final Season By Clare Martin April 29, 2022 | 9:00am
David Spade Is Going Through the Motions in Nothing Personal By Clare Martin April 26, 2022 | 3:58pm
Amy Miller Earns Her Crown on California King By Clare Martin April 22, 2022 | 12:27pm
Host and Musical Guest Lizzo Delights on a Truly Entertaining Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins April 17, 2022 | 10:25am
Alice Hamilton's Mini Special Cex Kriminal Is a Relentless Takedown of Comedy Creeps By Clare Martin April 15, 2022 | 12:00pm
Jake Gyllenhaal's Game Goofiness Can't Rescue a Limply Written Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins April 10, 2022 | 7:33am
Ronny Chieng Thrives on Conflict in Speakeasy By Clare Martin April 8, 2022 | 1:21pm
Suit, Tie, and a Single Tube Sock: On Bob Odenkirk’s Memoir Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama By Annie Berke April 6, 2022 | 9:48am
Jerrod Carmichael Is Hilarious and Heartbreaking in His New Stand-up Special Rothaniel By Garrett Martin April 5, 2022 | 9:14am
A Strong Monologue from Jerrod Carmichael Can't Save a Middling Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins April 3, 2022 | 12:40pm
Irene Tu Radiates Casual Confidence on Her Debut Album We're Done Now By Clare Martin March 28, 2022 | 8:45am
Jen Kirkman Is at the Top of Her Game in OK, Gen-X By Clare Martin March 24, 2022 | 2:20pm
Life & Beth Reveals a Different Side of Amy Schumer By Clare Martin March 21, 2022 | 2:16pm
Look at You, Taylor Tomlinson—You’re Doing It! By Brooke Knisley March 17, 2022 | 9:04am
Catherine Cohen’s Exuberant Cabaret Comedy Dazzles in The Twist…? She’s Gorgeous By Clare Martin March 15, 2022 | 3:25pm
A Weird and Well-Written Saturday Night Live Gives Zoë Kravitz Room to Shine By Dennis Perkins March 13, 2022 | 8:33am
MST3K: Santo in the Treasure of Dracula (Ep. 1301) By Jim Vorel March 9, 2022 | 1:45pm
Oscar Isaac Makes Himself Right at Home on a Very Funny Saturday Night Live By Dennis Perkins March 6, 2022 | 10:45am
Luba Magnus Is a Nonsensical Delight on Her Debut Comedy Album Baba Luba By Clare Martin February 25, 2022 | 3:42pm
Ali Wong Steals Our Hearts Yet Again in Don Wong By Clare Martin February 18, 2022 | 2:52pm
Ms. Pat Doesn’t Dwell on Things She Can’t Control—But She Does Make Fun of Them By Brooke Knisley February 16, 2022 | 10:56am
In a Rare Miss, David Cross Stumbles on I'm From the Future By Jack Probst February 10, 2022 | 7:50am
Murderville Found Guilty of Being an Unfunny Flop By Clare Martin February 9, 2022 | 12:05pm

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