Proving the rules are no game, Saturday Night Live may have been saved by the clock from finding itself in the crosshairs of the Federal Communications Commission. A shouted-out “sh*t” from the Studio 8H audience last night during a call-and-response bit from Ego Nwodim during the NBC late…

George Carlin once noted that "bulls**t is truly the American soundtrack." Well, today the music got just a little bit more authentic – at least online. A little more than two months since the estate of the comedy genius took the creators of an AI generated special that uses Carlin's style and vo…

Over 50 years ago, the late and great George Carlin listed off the seven words you couldn't say on television. Based on a lawsuit from the iconic comedian's estate filed in federal court in California today, at least two of those words may apply to the creators of an AI generated special that uses…

George Carlin’s daughter Kelly Carlin is not laughing at an AI-generated comedy special on YouTUbe consisting entirely of an “impersonation” of her comic-genius father. The special, titled George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead!, is attributed to the AI-generated Dudesy, with the Dudesy voice…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. Today is the day. Your Emmy ballots are live, and now is the beginning of the final run for the roses, as it were. All voting is done online, with ballots needing to be completed by August 22. It has been a very, very long season and the first…

Where would you ever see a competition between Britney Spears, George Carlin, Lucille Ball, José Andrés & The Tinder Swindler? The Emmys, it seems. This group have all been nominated for Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special. 2022 Emmy Nominations: Deadline’s Complete Coverage FX/Hulu's Controlling Britney…

Today, beards are commonplace, unremarkable bits of facial shrubbery. Even as conservative a figure as Sen. Ted Cruz sports one. But 50 years ago, a man choosing to wear a beard sent a political message. It signaled participation in the counter-culture, a spurning of orthodoxy. George Carlin captured the…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is teaming with Knocked Up creator Judd Apatow to make a two-part documentary on legendary U.S. comedian George Carlin, with UK outfit Rise Films producing alongside Apatow Productions. HBO Documentary Films has commissioned Apatow and his longtime collaborator Michael Bonfiglio to direct the…