This year's Emmys had a lot of nominees of color but a majority of the winners were white. Again. After hashtags, diversity pushes, and slight improvements behind the camera, Television Academy voters appear to choose predictable winners. What is their voting process? How can it be improved? When will It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia get the recognition it deserves? Find out only on News Time!
Conan's best bits
Conan O'Brien is leaving the night-to-night game to head towards HBO Max. Let's take a look at his best jokes, segments and more from the TBS show. Happy trails, Big Orange. @TeamCoco
Live from home it's... late night?!
The coronavirus isn't just affecting lives. It's also hitting late night and news shows! Okay, so one of those issues is more important than the other. With all these precautions in place, hosts are taking their shows to the comfort of their homes. Using everything from children to iPhones, they're able to cobble together basically the same shows as before. How has social distancing, self quarantining and this new world order changed the talk show game? Find out only on News Time!
No one is laughing at joke theft!
Last week, Conan O'Brien settled a joke theft court case against him that was four years in the making. However, he asserts he's not guilty citing that comedians come up with similar jokes all the time. And he's right. If you're in today's comedy world -- posting your jokes online alongside everyone else -- you're bound to come up with the same joke as a percentage of millions of other people. Why does that occur? Find out only on News Time!
Comedy’s charitable contributions! | News Time
“You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Yes, I want to look back and know that I was terrible at a variety of things.”
-Jon Stewart
This is the news you didn’t know about for the week of 11/6/17!
Jon Stewart’s “Night of Too Many Stars” makes its return to airwaves with debut on its new home, HBO. And, most assuredly, there will be no shortage of stars. The ex-late night host looks to be extremely excited to bring back one of television’s biggest benefits. However, comedy is known to lead several organizations. StandUp2Cancer, Red Nose Day and many others are among the numerous charitable federations as they each help a specific segment or an entire population. Let’s take a look at why these exist and how you can help too only on News Time.
Charities:
Night of Too Many Stars: https://www.nextforautism.org/donate/
StandUp2Cancer: https://secure.eifoundation.org/site/SPageServer/?pagename=su2c_donate
Stand Up for Heroes: https://bobwoodrufffoundation.org/donate/
Hilarity for Charity: https://hilarityforcharity.org/take-action/donate/
Comedy Cures: http://comedycures.org/donate/
Red Nose Day: https://secure.donate.comicrelief.com/