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Ricarlo Flanagan, the actor, rapper and stand-up comic who was a semifinalist on the ninth season of Last Comic Standing, has died. He was 40. Showbiz & Media Figures We’ve Lost In 2021 – Photo Gallery Flanagan’s agent Stu Golfman of KMR Talent confirmed the news to Deadline, saying that “Ricarlo was one of the nicest…

Proving once again that location, location, location can be everything, especially in primetime, CBS' time slot shift for Extant (0.7/2) showed immediate results on Wednesday. In its first night back in the 9 PM post-Big Brother (1.8/7) slot where the Halle Berry series debuted in back in 2014, the struggling Extant…

Reporters attending NBCU Summer Press Day — a sort of press speed-dating through NBCU’s summer programs – naturally wanted to talk to Last Comic Standing panelists about Trevor Noah. The new host of The Daily Show came under scrutiny this week when Comedy Central announced his hire and journalists — seeking more…

Get in those last few days of kickin' back if you can because summer is coming to a close. It's not just the calendar slothing toward Labor Day but the fact that finales are popping up all over the place on primetime. In fact, last night saw three summer shows wrap up their runs. On Fox, freshman Gang Related (0.7/2)…

Between NFL preseason pre-emptions in major markets across the country and President Obama's announcement of military action to address the deteriorating situation in Iraq, last night's primetime was all over the shop. All the preliminary ratings will see adjustments when the final numbers come out later today. Related…

NBC said today Jay Leno will return to the network as the final comic mentor on Last Comic Standing on Thursday at 10 PM. In the episode, the final five comics are flown to meet surprise guest Leno in Las Vegas and ask him questions about stand-up comedy. He answers, shares personal stories and anecdotes and gives…

Kicking off NBC’s TCA presentation, NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt announced the renewal of summer reality series America’s Got Talent, American Ninja Warrior and Last Comic Standing. The pickups join the recent renewal of medical drama Night Shift, which turned from a summer burnoff to a breakout, tying CBS’ Extant as…

CBS' 8 PM return of Big Brother to Sunday night (1.8/6, 5.76 million viewers) came in 22% short of last Thursday's time period premiere to tie its lowest-rated Sunday launch to date. It was, nonetheless, the night's top rated broadcast in the demo, as well as 18-34 and 25-54. After BB, CBS' Reckless unveiling (0.7/2)…

If a rerun of The Big Bang Theory is the top program of the night by a landslide, it must be summer. CBS’ comedy juggernaut (2.2 among adults 18-49 for a repeat) ruled the first night after the official end of the 2013-14 broadcast season, which featured two premieres and a finale. After a four-year break, NBC’s Last C…

UPDATE, 8:14 PM: No joke — the strike is over. After a day-and-a-half labor action on the part of the Motion Picture Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, the postproduction crew of Last Comic Standing now have a union contract, I've learned. With that over, everybody is heading back to work tomorrow on the soon-to-debut NBC…

Twitter is not a comic’s best friend, the producers and judges of NBC’s exhumed Last Comic Standing said today at NBC Press Day.  “I want to see you on stage with that mike, then I'm going to get it,” judge Keenen Ivory Wayans said. “I don’t know where the jokes come from when they’re online. It’s not real to me…

NBC‘s reality series Last Comic Standing resumes its search for America’s funniest comic on May 22 at 9 PM with new judges Roseanne Barr (Roseanne), Keenen Ivory Wayans (In Living Color) and Russell Peters (Notorious) and JB Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm) tapped as host. The network is promising innovative format…