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THOSE WHO CAN'T , truTV's first venture into full-length scripted comedy, premieres Thursday, Feb. 11 at 10:30pm ET/PT with two back-to-back episodes.

TV's first scripted comedy, THOSE WHO CAN'T has received a greenlight for a second season ahead of its debut.

BROAD CITY is back bb! Season three of the hit Comedy Central series returns with ten all-new episodes beginning on Wednesday, February 17 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Yaaaas Kweens! The ball has dropped and the broads of NYC are kicking off 2016 in a big way! Comedy Central has renewed the critically-acclaimed scripted series BROAD CITY for a fourth and a fifth season

Last night in a Long Island star studded event The Gold Coast International Film Festival and Arts Center held it's 2015 Gala at the Tilles Center. The Gold Coast Arts Center's honorees this year were, Vince Giordano, Artist of Distinction - Music, Actor Navid Negahban, Artist of Distinction, Film, and Director Patricia Riggen, Director, Woman of Influence Award.  The evening's presenters were Will Friedwald, author & music editor, Michael Cuesta, Screenwriter, director of Showtime's "Homeland" and Lou Diamond Phillips, Actor Director and the star of the upcoming fiom "The 33" The Gala Emcee was Award winning WABC correspondent Kristin Thorne.  Regina Keller Gil is founder & executive director of The Gold Coast Arts Center and Caroline Sorokoff is an associate director of the Gold Coast Arts Center and Director of the Gold Coast International Film Festival.  The festival will run November 9-15th.

The 2015 Gold Coast International Film Festival announces an exciting slate of films for this year's Festival taking place November 9 - 15, 2015

TLC is jumping for Joy - literally - with the announcement of its new half-hour weekly series LATE NIGHT JOY (wt), hosted by comedienne/talk-show personality Joy Behar and her real-life pals. Every week, Joy plays host to a late-night house party in her NYC apartment where she gathers her closest friends to drink and dish about the things that can only be said behind closed doors - (her closed doors, in fact!). The party starts Wednesday, November 4, at 11/10c. The series is produced by True Entertainment and Behar's JoyBee Productions.

The Star-Studded lineup for the 2015 Gold Coast International Film Festival was announced today by festival director Caroline Sorokoff. Actor/Director Lou Diamond Phillips is the latest addition to the list of celebrities that will be attending the Gold Coast Arts Center Gala onOctober 28th at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts.

 Comedian Brad Zimmerman performs “My Rise to the Middle,” a sequel to his off-Broadway one man show , “My Son, the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy” in Mayo Performing Art Center's Starlight Room tonight, October 7 at 7:30 pm.

The Battle of the Sexes just got Sicilian! This Fall in NYC, renowned Frog & Peach Theatre Company is guaranteed to delight and excite audiences with Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare's sexiest  comedy of unlikely romance, police incompetence, and the hilarious war of words between the enchantingly lovely Beatrice and charming Ladies' Man Benedick. Can anything bring these two foes together?

 Comedian Brad Zimmerman performs “My Rise to the Middle,” a sequel to his off-Broadway one man show , “My Son, the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy” in Mayo Performing Art Center's Starlight Room tonight, September 30 and Today, October 7 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20.

To kick off its 21st Season and celebrate the world of William Shakespeare, Frog & Peach Theatre Company will host a Benefit Gala NATURAL MAGIC tonight, September 24 at 7pm at the Greenwich House Music School (46 Barrow Street) to raise funds for the company (which includes free and subsidized tickets for NYC public school students).

To kick off its 21st Season and celebrate the world of William Shakespeare, Frog & Peach Theatre Company will host a Benefit Gala NATURAL MAGIC on Thursday, September 24 at 7pm at the Greenwich House Music School (46 Barrow Street) to raise funds for the company (which includes free and subsidized tickets for NYC public school students).

 Comedian Brad Zimmerman performs “My Rise to the Middle,” a sequel to his off-Broadway one man show , “My Son, the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy” in Mayo Performing Art Center's Starlight Room on Wednesday, September 30 and Wednesday, October 7 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20.

Garlin, who portrayed David's fictional entertainment manager Jeff Greene in Curb Your Enthusiasm shared his thoughts about the future of the show at yesterday's TCA press tour.

Broad City's Abbi Jacobson joins Strand for an exclusive event celebrating Color This Book: New York City tonight, June 23 from 7 to 8 p.m.

Broad City's Abbi Jacobson joins Strand for an exclusive event celebrating Color This Book: New York City on June 23 from 7 to 8 p.m. 

The rich history of entertainment and laughter are revealed in the half-hour documentaryTreasures of New York: Friars Club, tonight, May 22 at 10 p.m. on THIRTEEN.

The rich history of entertainment and laughter are revealed in the half-hour documentaryTreasures of New York: Friars Club, premiering on Thursday, May 21 at 10 p.m. on WLIW21 and Friday, May 22 at 10 p.m. on THIRTEEN.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that Joseph Vecsey is back again to host the ALL STAR COMEDY SHOW 'A SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT' on Monday, June 1 at 8 pm. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 day of; available online at www.baystreet.org, or by calling the Bay Street Theater Box Office at 631-725-9500. The Box Office is open Tuesday through Saturday 11 am to 5 pm and beginning Memorial Day weekend, it will be open 7 days a week.