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Posted Wednesday 5/27/20 at 4:13AM EDT
The Daily Show's takes on racial incidents caught on video with "Minorities Report" sketch
“The year is 2038,” the Comedy Central show tweeted.
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Better Call Saul has made for brilliant quarantine viewing
The Breaking Bad prequel, like the quarantine, tests our patience, says Sonia Saraiya.
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Posted Wednesday 4/15/20 at 1:26PM EDT
In Living Color shook up TV sketch comedy 30 years ago today
Keenen Ivory Wayans' groundbreaking Fox sketch comedy show debuted on April 15, 1990, airing for five seasons through May 19,...
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Posted Thursday 11/14/19 at 7:32PM EST
The Daily Show parodies Property Brothers in trying to sell President Trump's childhood home in Queens
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Posted Saturday 5/18/19 at 4:45AM EDT
For the first time, The Daily Show is submitting its correspondents in the comedy guest actor and guest actress categories
Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta, Roy Wood Jr.
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Posted Thursday 4/04/19 at 1:24PM EDT
Comedy Central signs Roy Wood Jr. to first-look deal, orders pilot for his and Aaron McGruder's Jefferson County: Probation
Under his new deal, The Daily Show correspondent will star in a third standup special and a digital series titled...
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Posted Thursday 3/14/19 at 5:59AM EDT
Yvette Nicole Brown sparks a Twitter discussion about the dearth of stylists who can do black hair on movie and TV sets
"Most black actresses come to a new set w/ their hair done (me) or bring their wigs & clip-ins w/them.
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Posted Saturday 1/26/19 at 5:56AM EST
Roy Wood Jr. got The Daily Show seven years after bombing while auditioning during the Jon Stewart era
Wood, who stars in the new Comedy Central special Roy Wood Jr.
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Posted Wednesday 1/09/19 at 6:49AM EST
Roy Wood Jr. calls out cable news for playing R. Kelly's music while reporting on the Surviving R. Kelly documentary
The Daily Show correspondent said playing the disgraced R&B star's music probably helps more than hurts R.
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Posted Monday 12/03/18 at 1:18PM EST
Roy Wood Jr. among comedians starring in Comedy Central standup specials in January
Also getting one-hour specials next month are Ron Funches, James Davis and Chris Distefano.
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Posted Monday 2/12/18 at 8:22PM EST
Roy Wood Jr. is set to play a parole officer on a Comedy Central series from Trevor Noah and Aaron McGruder
The Daily Show correspondent has signed on for Re-Established, playing a parole officer who is "willing to bend the rules...
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Posted Friday 1/26/18 at 11:08PM EST
Roy Wood Jr. turned on The Daily Show in response to his airplane seatmate watching Fox News
The Daily Show correspondent also put on the Thurgood Marshall movie Marshall “for balance.
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Posted Friday 12/15/17 at 10:35PM EST
Roy Wood Jr. explains why it’s hard for black standup comics to be political on late-night shows
Comedian Amanda Seales’ “unflinchingly political” standup routine this week on Late Night with Seth Meyers inspired The Daily Show’s Wood...
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Posted Tuesday 11/21/17 at 9:19PM EST
25 comedy writers pick the most influential TV episodes
For The Daily Show’s Roy Wood Jr, it was an episode of The Wire that inspired his comedy.