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The Ten Biggest Fails in Late-Night TV History
We are rapidly approaching the day when young people will hear their oldies make a reference to late-night TV and...
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The View Podcast: Who Is Julia Haart and Why Didn't The View Ask Her the Tough Questions?
No Whoopi, no problem.
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Posted Monday 4/11/22 at 4:07PM EDT
The View and guest Melissa Rivers debate whether Joan Rivers would be canceled
“Well, I think she would’ve slapped a lot of people for different reasons,” joked Melissa of her mom.
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Melissa Rivers Says Joan Rivers Would Still Be Joking About Barbara Walters Being 'F*ck Buddies' with Letterman
Comedy has changed quite a bit since Joan Rivers' death in 2014, but Melissa Rivers says her mother wouldn't have...
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Showtime's Joan Rivers series starring Kathryn Hahn not moving forward over life rights issues
When Variety reported last month on the limited series The Comeback Girl, starring Hahn as Rivers and executive produced and directed...
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Posted Monday 10/04/21 at 6:15PM EDT
Sarah Silverman calls out Hollywood's "Jewface" problem in response to Kathryn Hahn's casting as Joan Rivers
Hahn's recent casting as the comedy icon in the Showtime limited series The Comeback Girl was immediately criticized as the...
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Posted Wednesday 9/22/21 at 1:47PM EDT
Kathryn Hahn's The Comeback Girl faces criticism for not casting a Jewish actress as Joan Rivers
Hahn, who will star in the Showtime limited series about the iconic comedian, is the latest non-Jewish actress to play...
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Kathryn Hahn to play Joan Rivers in Showtime's The Comeback Girl
Fresh off her WandaVision Emmy nomination, Hahn has signed on to play the iconic comedian in a limited series in...
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Posted Thursday 7/01/21 at 3:24PM EDT
Margaret Cho: Joan Rivers would drink Chardonnay out of a Starbucks cup while taping Fashion Police
"Sometimes what she would do is she would take her giant Starbucks cup and then empty it, and fill it...
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Posted Friday 4/23/21 at 1:49AM EDT
Melissa Rivers would like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to acknowledge Joan Rivers as an inspiration, though she hasn't watched an episode
Rivers, the daughter of the late comedy icon, expressed her feelings about the Emmy-winning Amazon series Thursday in an interview on the...
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Posted Saturday 2/20/21 at 5:53AM EST
Presenting the best comedian memoirs
Joan Rivers' 1986 Enter Talking, Richard Pryor's 1995 Pryor Convictions, Tina Fey's 2011 Bossypants and Trevor Noah's 2016 Born a...
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Posted Saturday 10/03/20 at 7:13AM EDT
Read an oral history of The New Hollywood Squares
After the original Hollywood Squares aired from 1966 to 1981, the format was revived in sydnication from 1986 to 1989...
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Posted Friday 7/31/20 at 10:42AM EDT
Joan Rivers comedy albums featuring unreleased material is coming in 2021
Comedy Dynamics plans to release a box set and digital albums of Rivers' unreleased work.
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Posted Friday 7/03/20 at 4:09AM EDT
Meet Faye Emerson, who became network TV's first female late-night host in 1949 -- nearly 40 years before Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers is widely considered the first female late-night host with Fox's The Late Show, premiering in 1986.
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Posted Tuesday 1/29/19 at 1:16AM EST
Mindy Kaling's Late Night movie erases Joan Rivers' history as the first female late-night host
In the movie that Amazon purchased for $13 million after it receivied rave reviews at Sundance, Emma Thompson plays the...