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Up All Night

Together At Last

Sharon Osbourne Will Play Maya Rudolph’s Competition On Up All Night, Henry Winkler Will Play Her Father

by Jamie Frevele | 3:59 pm, February 19th, 2012

The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Sharon Osbourne will be doing a guest spot on NBC‘s Up All Night, playing herself, cast as a rival TV host to Maya Rudolph‘s character Ava Alexander. Not only that, but Henry Winkler will be playing Rudolph’s father in the very same episode. And then, I exploded. Because that might be too much excellence to deal with in one half-hour.

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Essay

Seven Underrated (Female) TV Comedy Writers to Watch

by Alanna Bennett | 12:32 pm, June 30th, 2011

The question of women in comedy can at times (read: most of the time) be vaguely ridiculous, and frequently conflated. Are we talking about the actresses, who may have trouble finding well-rounded or non-cliched characters to take on? Are we talking about the writers, who often face writers’ rooms that are not exactly equally distributed, nor always welcoming? Both are going up against a world which sporadically bursts into debates over whether women are as funny as their male counterparts, which can seem especially ludicrous in times like these, when television is experiencing a veritable renaissance of funny women showcasing their talents, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey exist as a whole different type of triple threat (writer/actor/producers), and next season’s new series are looking to be largely dominated by female characters and creators.

But the question itself played itself out a few dozen posts ago. Bored now. So instead of further “debate,” we decided to showcase a few of the talents of women from the writing staffs of some of our favorite TV comedies.

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