Jon Savitt performs stand-up at the Phoenix Theater. HOST: Twin Cities-based comedian Jon Savitt has been told his whole life that he'd have to move to places like New York or LA to pursue a career in ...

I am a writer in my spare time and humour is something i particularly enjoy writing about so Comedy and humor are notoriously hard to teach, but here are some tips. 1. Conciseness is essential.

It takes a village to write an Emmy-quality episode. The 2025 field for Best Comedy Writing includes a whopping 19 writers, spanning six shows. Only one of the nominated episodes was penned by a ...

The launch of Women Write Now, a screenwriting fellowship for the next generation of Black women in comedy, was announced on Thursday. The fellowship — a collaboration between Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out ...

A distinguished group of comedy writers and writer-directors gathered at the Harmony Gold Theater earlier this month to expound on their craft at the Writers Guild of America's "The Serious Business ...

To clear matters up for your well-meaning parents, here are a couple of things that sketch comedy isn’t: It’s not standup, which involves only one person telling jokes presentationally before an ...

Recently, I spoke with Michael Jamin, Emmy-nominated screenwriter and author of “A Paper Orchestra.” Known for his work on “King of the Hill,” “Just Shoot Me,” “Maron,” “Tacoma FD” and more, Jamin ...

Everyone has a “what I’m doing in Alaska” story: I got a job; I met somebody; I crossed a land bridge from Asia sometime between 60,000 and 50,000 BCE. But nobody moves up here to write comedy. Nobody ...

Pilot episodes are typical favorites here seen with past winners like “Hacks” last year. That puts the first episode of “Only Murders in the Building” in the thick of the race and also serves as a way ...

Outstanding Writing (Drama, Comedy, Limited/Anthology or TV Movie) Series Commentary (Updated May 29, 2025): When submitting episodes for Emmy consideration, especially in the ultra-competitive drama ...