The Just For Laughs comedy festival, a once-dominant stand-up comedy showcase for Hollywood, is set to return under new owner ComediHa! next year. Following a post-bankruptcy restructuring, an 11-day ...

After filing for bankruptcy and canceling its latest edition earlier in 2024, the revered international comedy festival Just for Laughs is making a comeback. The fest returns in Sydney, Australia, ...

In the Season 3 opener of “Hacks,” stand-up legend Deborah Vance, played by Jean Smart, touches down in Montreal to accept the comedy special of the year award at the venerable Just for Laughs ...

Stand up comedy showcases are planned for Sydney, Australia and Bermuda by new parent ComediHa! By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The new owner of the Just For Laughs festival brand has taken the ...

Last year, the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival looked like a thing of the past — after being founded in 1982, the venerated Montreal fest was bankrupt and cancelled. But like a well-told joke, it was ...

‘Clean Slate’ star George Wallace, ‘Overcompensating’ creator and star Benito Skinner, and comic Hannah Berner will pick up trophies in Montreal. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Mac, who recently ...

Just For Laughs’ digital content, including Just For Laughs Gala Stand-Up Comedy Specials, Just For Laughs Gags and LOL Just For Laughs programming on online platforms and OTT, has reached over 100 ...

Paramount’s FAST service Pluto TV and Just For Entertainment Distribution have announced a deal between the two companies to bring the Just For Laughs FAST Channel to Canada, LatAm, Brazil, France, ...

I ran into an old episode of Hogan’s Heroes the other day that stuck me as odd. It didn’t have a laugh track. Ironically, the show was one where two pilots were shown, one with and one without a laugh ...

Quebec’s TVA has commissioned a 12th season of Just For Entertainment Distribution’s LOL Just For Laughs (LOL Juste pour rire). The comedy series features non-verbal sketches in which characters ...

The fest returns in Sydney, Australia, from Nov. 18-28, 2024, under its new owner ComediHa!, which acquired Just for Laughs in June after it was forced to slash its staff and sell select assets.