Janeane Garofalo News

Just in time for the holiday season, Seeso today announced that ALAN PARTRIDGE'S “SCISSORED ISLE” will debut November 17, and “ANDY RICHTER'S HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS,” an all-new special from the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), will premiere on Seeso platforms December 20.

truTV announced today details for two of its upcoming projects - the new hybrid comedy series Jon JON GLASER LOVES GEAR created by and starring Jon Glaser (Trainwreck, Parks and Recreation, Girls), and the scripted comedy pilot Small Victories, created by and starring Melissa Hunter (Maya and Marty).

OneKid OneWorld (www.onekidoneworld.org), a non-profit that funds education projects in Kenya and El Salvador, will host a blockbuster comedy and variety show Wednesday, October 26th at New York City's famed music and entertainment venue The Cutting Room.  The two hour entertainment extravaganza, benefiting the organization's ongoing efforts to build classrooms, provide desks and books, as well as fund teachers' salaries in rural under-privileged areas, will feature the hysterical talents of a long line-up of comedians including JANEANE GAROFALO (from 'The Larry Sanders Show,' '24,' and HBO's 'One Night Stand'); CAROLINE RHEA ("Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Two Broke Girls"); TODD BARRY ("Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "Late Show with David Letterman," "Flight of the Conchords," "Louie"); and MAEVE HIGGINS ("Inside Amy Schumer," "Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson"), along with other surprise celebrity guests.

Right NOW! with Carolyn Castiglia is a female-driven live talk show that blends the gab fest elements of daytime TV with traditional late-night comedy, topped off with the dark sparkly bite of neo-vaudeville acts from burlesque and cabaret. A night hosted by Carolyn feels like a teenage sleepover at your best friend's house: it's both comforting and full of new discoveries, and chock full of belly laughs.

The Ridgefield Playhouse and Bart's Tree Service Comedy Series presents a night of stand-up with Janeane Garofalo today, September 24 at 8 p.m. Kicking off the night is Christine O'Leary. 

Seeso today announced its "12-Week Stand-Up Streaming Fest" with 12-weeks of exclusive original stand-up comedy specials and series beginning October 20 through January 5. The following comedy specials will debut throughout the festival's run:

truTV announced today details for two of its upcoming projects - the new hybrid comedy series Jon JON GLASER LOVES GEAR created by and starring Jon Glaser (Trainwreck, Parks and Recreation, Girls), and the scripted comedy pilot Small Victories, created by and starring Melissa Hunter (Maya and Marty).

The Ridgefield Playhouse and Bart's Tree Service Comedy Series presents a night of stand-up with Janeane Garofalo on Saturday, September 24 at 8 p.m. Kicking off the night is Christine O'Leary. 

POP to bring viewers a scripted, culture-commentary comedy series NIGHTCAP premiering on Wednesday, November 16 at 8:00 p.m., ET/PT.

Nat Towsen's Downtown Variety Hour continues the fourth year of its run at UCB Theatre East Village on Monday, July 11, at 8 PM. Host Nat Towsen (VICE, Nickelodeon) combines the disappearing, eclectic lower Manhattan culture in which he grew up (around the corner from the theatre, in fact) with interviews, informative presentations, and the best of the NYC alt-comedy scene. The show features native luminaries as well as a few welcome New York transplants.

Seeso, the ad-free comedy streaming channel, today announced it has greenlit the sixth season of “FUNNY AS HELL,” the premium Just For Laughs series. The six-episode season will start production at this year's Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, Canada July 26-27. With five seasons of “FUNNY AS HELL” already available, Seeso is the exclusive streaming network for this one-of-a-kind series that makes its return to this summer's festival.

Emmy and WGA Award winning and Grammy-nominated comedian Wyatt Cenac brings his NYC stand-up comedy staple to Seeso today with “NIGHT TRAIN WITH WYATT CENAC,” a freewheeling mix of stand up, music and other surprises, where anything can happen and anything is welcome.

TNT and Channel 4 have cast Janeane Garofalo as a recurring guest role in the new series FOREIGN BODIES, a comedic drama about a group of young adults venturing across China, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

For its upcoming June performances, New York's funniest show CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY will welcome to its cast stars of stage and screen Ralph Macchio (My Cousin Vinny, The Karate Kid), The View's Sherri Shepherd, Janeane Garofalo (Wet Hot American Summer), Michael Urie (Buyer & Cellar, TV's Ugly Betty), Peter Scolari (HBO's Girls), Rachel Dratch (truTV's Late Night Snack, SNL), Broadway's Jackie Hoffman (On The Town, Once Upon a Mattress), comedy legend Alan Zweibel, Scott Adsit (30 Rock) and Drama Desk-winners Eugene Pack & Dayle Reyfel.

The Just For Laughs Festival, presented by Videotron in association with Loto-Quebec, continues to roll out the biggest names in comedy as they add even more star power to the 80-plus shows already announced for Montreal this summer.

Star of Broadway's WICKED and HBO's GIRLS, Peter Scolari, will soon take part in the June performances of Celebrity Biography. In anticipation, the actor stopped by NEW YORK LIVE! - check out his appearance below!

From the mind of stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan comes the hysterically funny new series “The Jim Gaffigan Show” Season One, debuting on DVD May 10, 2016.  Inspired by Gaffigan's real life, “The Jim Gaffigan Show” explores one man's struggle to find balance between fatherhood, stand up comedy and an insatiable appetite.

Seeso, the newly launched ad-free comedy streaming channel, has greenlit DEBATE WARS, a comedy debate show moderated by Michael Ian Black where two teams of comedians and improvisers enter the 'Debatium' to settle, once and for all, the greatest arguments of all time

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ 'The Union of The State' is one of the most-unique, untold tales in the history of show business. It's the story of eleven teenagers who met in college and formed one of the most prolific and impactful comedy troupes of all-time, The State. The 600-page book is now available. Visit www.CoreyStulce.com for an updated list of purchase locations.