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Looking at the deep, distinguished slate of comedy series Emmy nominees this year, you might wish that the television academy could splinter the category into subsections — best comedy you watch through splayed fingers, occasionally without laughing once through an episode ("Barry"), best comedy in which someone is killed but…

After building a career in comedy, the 27-year-old landed her first screen role in the series about the relationship between two female comics. And after being twice nominated at the Emmys, she is finally starting to believe she is doing a good job

In this week’s newsletter: Veering from slapstick comedy to devastating emotion, Bill Hader’s gripping 30-minute comedy-drama redefines what both genres can be

Dolly Alderton’s millennial memoir and Kit de Waal’s acclaimed social care novel are brought to the screen with aplomb, while David Simon’s new Baltimore cop drama is brutally compelling

There are so many great comedies on TV right now that I want to break out in song — something from "Schmigadoon!" perhaps, maybe "Corn Puddin'" if I'm in the mood to annoy my neighbors. (To be clear, it's my singing that's bothersome, more so than the song.)

She has been a TV regular for 50 years. But playing a blistering, diva-like standup in Hacks has launched Smart into orbit. The actor talks about her ‘Jeanaissance’ – and ending up in an ambulance during Easttown

Iman Vellani gives the Marvel Cinematic Universe its first Muslim teenage hero, while Jean Smart lights up the screen with witty brilliance as veteran Vegas comic Deborah Vance

In season 2, Deborah and Ava try to move forward with their shared future up in the air

Comedy’s favorite odd couple is going on a road trip with all their baggage.