Comedy is tragedy plus time, as the saying goes — and in TV comedies, timing is everything. Historically, the TV Academy has considered a comedy to be a half-hour of television. But this season, ...

And by that, I mean, what’s so funny about “The Flight Attendant,” “Barry,” “The Kominsky Method,” “Cobra Kai,” “Dead to Me” and other shows that were nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series Emmys ...

The difference between comedy and drama is hazier than ever, as is the future of the Emmy Awards ceremony itself. By James Poniewozik and Margaret Lyons The 2023 Primetime Emmy nominations were ...

I love attending dress rehearsals when things can – and often – go wrong. Case in point, a performance of Meylinda Kiring’s wonderful romantic comedy “Quadrille.” I attended the final dress rehearsal ...

Margaret Cho isn’t the only comedy legend to hail from the Bay, but she might be the angriest. She grew up in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, and began her comedy career doing sets at a ...

They say making people laugh is harder than making them cry. Doing both simultaneously might be hardest of all. A film that ping-pongs between rigorous class drama and raucous physical comedy, “Anora” ...

The definitions of the two genres have never been more fluid — or befuddling — than in this year’s Emmy race. By Tyler Coates Awards Editor Comedy is tragedy plus time, as the saying goes — and in TV ...