With their brains “poisoned with all the anxieties of their internet-obsessed cohort,” the characters on FX’s Gen Z hang-out comedy connect most successfully when their antics are “just straight-up zany,” said Esther Zuckerman at The New York Times. (Hulu)

Comedy group Smosh is scrubbed in for its next live digital special: “Smosh Hospital,” a spoof of TV medical dramas like “The Pitt,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “E.R.” “Smosh Hospital” is billed as a one-night-only,

A new Silver Lake production company launches unpolished, unconventional comedy specials designed to break streaming industry molds.

Smosh has revealed their first official live show of 2026, as their new digital comedy event Smosh Hospital will air in mid-January

Such books were all about asserting judgment. A little bit of nostalgia plays in too. How could it not? Comedy shapes us in our youth, and our youth shapes our comedic taste. But the goal of these books was mostly to assess or reassess largely overlooked cultural artifacts that acquired their legendary status over time.

If you need a laugh, here are the best comedy movies streaming on Amazon Prime Video in December 2025, from Uncle Buck to Barbershop.

Tropic Thunder, Some Like It Hot, and 21 Jump Street are all among the all-time greatest, funniest comedy movies that are basically perfect.

Candice Guardino's debut comedy special 'Italian Bred' is set to release through Comedy Dynamics on January 27, 2026.

Some of the students are seeking careers as actors, among other entertainment-related pursuits, making the minor a sensible specialization. But many others are interested in careers in medicine, science and engineering. For them, comedy offers a chance to develop skills that could be useful in their hoped-for professions — and in their daily lives.

Playing everything from a harried hostess to Sherlock Holmes, here are the 2025 Orlando Sentinel honorees for best leading actor in a comedy, as selected by theater critic Matthew J. Palm.

The annual celebration of the end of slavery brings Kalamazoo together for education, lawn games, music and food, she said. Burrell offers cash-prizes and raffles bikes to kids that need them. She also pays for every kid to eat for free at the event, said Dave Yonkman, who is helping Burrell promote the comedy show.

Late-night came roaring back to life, Roy Wood Jr. delivered a must-see special and Amy Poehler made a must-listen podcast.