World War 2 buffs have just discovered a classic sitcom set during the war years that was once set to “rival Dad’s Army”, but instead found itself axed after just one episode. Seven episodes never ...

Long before Volodymyr Zelenskyy became a symbol of the struggle for democracy, he was a Ukrainian comic who created a television show about a fictional president of Ukraine. “Servant of the People” is ...

War and comedy do not seem like the best companions. One conjures images of grit, sacrifice, and tension, while the other thrives on timing, absurdity, and levity. But television being the gift it is, ...

As I ascended the few short steps to the showroom stage at the DC Improv, it seemed as if time briefly stood still. In that dark, non-descript basement venue in Northwest D.C., I now occupied the same ...

Jimmy Kimmel is turning his hand to writing once again. The late-night host is set to pen and executive produce a single-cam comedy pilot titled “Adopted,” which has been ordered at ABC. The ...

Dakoda Potter stepped onto the stage in the nearly empty Blackthorn Bar in downtown Joplin, Missouri. For the past three years, the Army infantry veteran attended open mics like this one in Joplin and ...

WASHINGTON — Can stand-up comedy help military veterans heal after returning from war? That’s the goal of the nonprofit Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP), which presents its latest “Comedy ...

Comedian Ashley Gutermuth’s last name is often mispronounced “gutter mouth,” which is neither an accurate pronunciation nor a description of her stand-up routine. Gutermuth is a clean comic who does ...

Even though the show has aired only seven episodes so far, CBS has given a season two order for “United States of Al,” the situation comedy about a Marine veteran of the Afghanistan War who helps his ...