Jon Savitt performs stand-up at the Phoenix Theater. HOST: Twin Cities-based comedian Jon Savitt has been told his whole life that he'd have to move to places like New York or LA to pursue a career in ...

It’s always been tough to be a woman in comedy, and while we’ve seen some progress in recent years, the cliché of a male-dominated TV comedy writing staff remains very much a reality. (Just take a ...

It takes a village to write an Emmy-quality episode. The 2025 field for Best Comedy Writing includes a whopping 19 writers, spanning six shows. Only one of the nominated episodes was penned by a ...

After making history as the first Black woman to receive three Emmy nominations for comedy, Quinta Brunson did it again Monday when she won Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for her work on ...

With 94 submissions, this year's Best Comedy Writing category at the Emmys will have six finalists when the nominations are announced July 15. As expected, there are many single submissions from many ...

The Emmy-nominated comedian reinvents herself as a self-help author--a funny self-help author--in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying." By Tim Appelo Carol Leifer - P 2013 And now, in ...

Recently, I spoke with Michael Jamin, Emmy-nominated screenwriter and author of “A Paper Orchestra.” Known for his work on “King of the Hill,” “Just Shoot Me,” “Maron,” “Tacoma FD” and more, Jamin ...

A distinguished group of comedy writers and writer-directors gathered at the Harmony Gold Theater earlier this month to expound on their craft at the Writers Guild of America's "The Serious Business ...

Who’s funnier, AI or humans? A new study found that we find ChatGPT-generated comedy funnier than, or as funny as, comedy written by humans, including professional writers. The findings suggest that ...

Writing comedy in the age of Donald Trump poses many challenges, the most obvious being how to compete with a President determined to be more outrageous—and to draw more attention—than any form of ...

Pilot episodes are typical favorites here seen with past winners like “Hacks” last year. That puts the first episode of “Only Murders in the Building” in the thick of the race and also serves as a way ...