With so much focus on the unprecedented amount of specials released this year, we felt that we should take some time to shine a spotlight on the stand-up staple of the full-length comedy album. Audio ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two comedians who caused a stir this year took very different approaches: One stood in a sold-out Australian opera house, speaking into a traditional microphone on a stand. The other ...

What qualifies as a stand-up special? This question became the idée fixe that generated a surplus of hot takes and passionate debates within comedy circles in 2018. It’s a valid inquiry, as this past ...

After a dozen years, the annual Stand Up For Heroes benefit has settled into a steady rhythm that consistently makes it one of the most entertaining benefit shows of the year. With the exception of ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Happy holidays! It’s the time of year where families take a break from their workaday lives, convene at the old family homestead, and proceed to get snowed in together ...

Once again, Jerry Seinfeld is the King of Comedy. The Seinfeld creator earned $57.5 million in 12 months, before taxes and fees, claiming the top spot on our list of the world’s highest-paid comedians ...

There's one key difference between Daytime Ellen and Stand-Up Ellen. "Ellen on the show gives stuff away, and Ellen on stage doesn't," deadpans DeGeneres, 60, who returns to her comedy roots with ...

It feels like only two years ago that, with 80-plus new stand-up comedy specials released into the world, I was arguing the need in 2016 for comedy specials to be, well, special. Oh wait. That was ...

This year offered much vital humor from comedians we can be thankful for—and hopeful about—in 2019. Despite different ideas of what a comedian should do, or be, right now, no one on this year’s list ...