Wanda Sykes News

This summer will be filled with laughs when OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network premieres two one-hour original comedy specials 'Wanda Sykes Presents HERLARIOUS,' which will be hosted by Wanda Sykes.

Tickets for both shows will go on sale this Friday, June 7th at 10 AM at the State Theatre Box Office, 453 Northampton Street, Easton, by phone a t610-252-3132 or online at www.statetheatre.org . These are outside promoter events. State Theatre Member Benefits and Gift Cards do not apply.

Stage and screen superstar Brooke Shields joins with comedian Wanda Sykes and more talented leading ladies in the new feature film comedy HOT FLASHES and the first trailer has just been released.

NickMom welcomes the acclaimed family comedy series The New Adventures of Old Christine (88 episodes) to the block tonight, June 1, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), under a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.

Tonight, May 30 @ 11:00pm ET/PT, W. Kamau Bell welcomes comedian Jim Norton and Jezebel blogger Lindy West to discuss the on-going debate between censorship and artistic freedom. Will Bell, both comedian and feminist, be able to bridge the ideological divide? Let the games begin!

On Thursday, May 30 @ 11:00pm ET/PT, W. Kamau Bell welcomes comedian Jim Norton and Jezebel blogger Lindy West to discuss the on-going debate between censorship and artistic freedom. Will Bell, both comedian and feminist, be able to bridge the ideological divide? Let the games begin!

W. Kamau Bell welcomes MSNBC's Melissa V. Harris-Perry as his guest tonight, May 9 @ 11:00pm ET/PT, on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell.

Considered "one of the funniest stand up comics' by her peers and ranked among Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America, Wanda Sykes will perform at Treasure Island Theatre June 21 at 9 p.m. Guests must be 18 years or older to attend.

OVER THE HEDGE, featuring the voices of Bruce Willis, Gary Shandling, Wanda Sykes, Steve Carell, William Shatner, Thomas Hayden Church and Nick Nolte, airs as the 'ABC Saturday Movie of the Week,' TONIGHT, APRIL 27 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network

Deadline reports that Wanda Sykes, along with Page Hurwitz's Push It Productions have inked a 'first look' deal with the NBC network to 'develop and produce' an upcoming unscripted series.

Film, television and stand-up comedy star Wanda Sykes will appear for her very first stand-up comedy concerts in Sacramento, California Friday, May 10 at Sacramento Community Center Theater and in San Rafael, California Saturday, May 11 at the Marin Center. Tickets are on-sale now at www.rbpconcerts.com.

OVER THE HEDGE, featuring the voices of Bruce Willis, Gary Shandling, Wanda Sykes, Steve Carell, William Shatner, Thomas Hayden Church and Nick Nolte, airs as the "ABC Saturday Movie of the Week," APRIL 27 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network

FX has gotten decidedly more biased, taking its late night comedy series Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell from weekly to a five-night a week late night strip this Fall with the launch of FXX. It was announced today by Nick Grad, Executive Vice President, Original Programming & Development, FX Networks.

W. Kamau Bell welcomes House of Lies star Don Cheadle as his guest Thursday, February 21 @ 11:00pm ET/PT, on the winter finale episode of TOTALLY BIASED with W. Kamau Bell. The series will return with all-new episodes on May 9.

Talk Show Listings For Wednesday, February 20

LESBIAN LOVE OCTAGON, described as a musical comedy about dyke drama, has joined the crowd-sourcing platform Indiegogo to help fund it's 2013 run at The Kraine Theater. The musical's writers Kim Kressal and Will Larche took the idea of a pitch video a step further; the team wrote, recorded, staged and filmed a go-go inspired musical number to plea their case to potential backers. See their one of a kind fundraising video and help bring this original lesbian musical to NYC by visiting www.indiegogo.com/projects/331167.