Fans of Los Angeles and its comedy festivals need not worry any longer. The annual Riot LA comedy festival takes place in late January and brings the best alternative performances. Even better is Mel Brooks who's slated to open the festival with a showing of the great Blazing Saddles followed by a fan Q&A. There will also be a live version of Dr. Katz and Ali Wong will perform on Saturday at the Ace Hotel. Of course there will be dozens of more acts that have yet to be announced so hold onto your buckets. Riot LA takes place on Friday, January 20th through Sunday the 22nd.
ABC is speaking spanglish with its latest comedy
FX's John Landgraf might say that there's too much TV but that won't stop ABC from bolstering their comedy offerings. In some weird backwards universe, the alphabet branded company is turning into what NBC once was with its comedy shows. The network recently bought what Deadline is dubbing a "Latino sibling comedy" from Peter Murrieta and Bobby Bowman. The untitled show will star Felipe Esparza, Dustin Ybarra, and a to be determined third sibling who live in a working class Mexican-American neighborhood in Los Angeles. The pilot was written by Murrieta and Bowman, who both have storied careers in the entertainment world from My Name Is Earl to Raising Hope to The Goldbergs and an upcoming Netflix Latino family reboot of One Day at a Time.