Showtime’s “I’m Dying Up Here” is a fictional drama about the Sunset Strip stand-up comedy scene in 1973, and it’s full of revelations that it (wrongly) assumes to be fresh news to a ...

Leo now stars in the new Showtime series "I'm Dying Up Here," based on the L.A. comedy scene in the 1970s. (Jim Carrey, who got his start back then, is executive producer.) Leo plays Goldie ...

The dark side of stand-up comedy is always lurking behind the jokes, and “I’m Dying Up Here,” Showtime‘s drama series set in Los Angeles’ ’70s comedy scene, aims to bring it to light.

Showtime is renewing the drama series about comedy, “I’m Dying Up Here,” for a second season, the network announced Friday. The show, executive produced by Jim Carrey and partially inspired ...

The camera flashes back to last week’s episode and catches us up on the plot while a narrator says “Previously on I’m Dying Up Here.” I feel like I’m watching The Wire but with comedians.

Second, I’ve been watching Showtime’s drama about comedy (the only case where I think the word “dramedy” should ever be used), I’m Dying Up Here. Oddly enough, food, booze, and the ...

This week: An interview with I’m Dying Up Here’s costume designer, Christie Wittenborn. There is also the real life factor as this show is based on a book detailing real events, but all of the ...

At the red carpet premiere for his new Showtime series I'm Dying Up Here on Wednesday, executive producer Jim Carrey got personal about the "darkness" of his early stand-up comedy days Dave Quinn ...

The ‘70s-era standups of Showtime’s new series I’m Dying Up Here may be struggling to find their comedic voices on screen, but behind the scenes, actress Ari Graynor is killing it.