UTA has brought aboard Jackie Knobbe as an agent in its Comedy Touring unit. She brings along such big-name stand-ups as Tiffany Haddish — who signed with UTA last month — Lewis Black, Jeanne Robertson and Leslie Jones.

Knobbe, who will work remotely from Florida, joins the agency after nearly two decades at APA, where…

Courtney Simon, whose writing credits include seven Daytime Emmy Awards and seven Writers Guild Awards for her work on 12 different daytime dramas, will be honored with the Writers Guild of America East’s Richard B. Jablow Award at the 69th annual WGA Awards on February 19, 2017.

The award was established in 1978 to re…

Comedian Lewis Black will host the 2017 Writers Guild Awards ceremony in New York, which will be held February 19 at the Edison Ballroom.

"I am honored to be the host of the 2017 Writers Guild Awards, of which I am a proud member," Black said, "though all honors should go to the reality we have lived through for the pa…

Broadway mourned the death last week of Edward Albee and will salute the playwright by dimming the marquee lights on Wednesday at 7:45 PM for one minute. Albee’s Broadway legacy is unlike any other, so powerful was his impact on the theater and theatergoers for more than half a century.

At the same time, it was a good …

Lewis Black up close isn’t nearly as deranged as those who know him only from his guest rants on The Daily Show might have supposed. We were used to seeing him at a desk, suit rumpled and tie askew, having a clamorous nervous breakdown over this or that. Lewis Black is the Andy Rooney of the Jon Stewart set, griping…

The Daily Show thinks Lewis Black would make a perfect new co-host for Kelly Ripa on Live with Kelly and Exiting Michael.

“I'd kick your ass myself I you were the size of the last guy who left that show,” Black says of departing co-host Michael Strahan, who announced two weeks ago he’s bailing to join Good Morning…

When it comes to Jon Stewart’s departure from The Daily Show tonight after 16 years as host, Lewis Black couldn’t say it better.

“People are asking me about the legacy that Jon Stewart is leaving behind,” exclaims the Back In Black contributor who has been on the Comedy Central show since 1996, “Jesus Christ, it feels…

If Mario Lopez can discuss abortion with Sarah Palin on Extra, surely Seth Meyers can talk about the awfulness of the White House Correspondents Dinner…