Tag: Comedy

All things Comedy from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

New Metric Media expands into podcasting, standup

New Metric Media is expanding into podcasting and standup comedy, with SiriusXM veteran Ben Miner joining the Toronto studio as Vice President, Standup &...

Yuk Yuk’s Media content and production venture launches

Yuk Yuk’s International Stand-Up Comedy and Icarus Capital Corporation have unveiled new content development and production venture, Yuk Yuk’s Media. On track to start releasing...

Lionsgate and Bell Media partner on comedy/drama co-development deal

Lionsgate and Bell Media have struck a co-development deal to produce comedy and drama series for the global market. The multi-year partnership will enable Lionsgate...

Canadian Screen Awards winners: Drama & Comedy Crafts, Scripted Programs &...

The Canadian Screen Awards winners were announced Thursday in Drama & Comedy Crafts and Scripted Programs & Performance. On the scripted side, medical drama Transplant...

Sign Offs

Lawrence Morgenstern, 61, on Feb. 27. Getting his start in comedy in the Canadian stand-up scene in the early 1980s, Morgenstern made his foray...

Sign Offs

Norm Macdonald, 61, on Sept. 14, after a private battle with cancer. Born and raised in Quebec City, Macdonald got his start in comedy...

Canadian comedian Norm Macdonald dies at 61

Canadian comedian and former Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" host Norm Macdonald has died. The 61-year old had been quietly battling cancer for the...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: 102.1 the Edge host Kevin Getz...

Kevin Getz, who just celebrated his one-year anniversary at 102.1 the Edge (CFNY-FM) Toronto, dropped an album this week. On Air is essentially a...

CBC’s Workin’ Moms earns second International Emmy nomination

CBC's Workin' Moms has earned its second consecutive International Emmy nomination. The International Emmy Awards, or iEmmys, are bestowed by the International Academy of Television Arts and...

SiriusXM and Netflix partner on “Netflix Is A Joke Radio” comedy...

SiriusXM Canada and Netflix have announced the launch of Netflix Is A Joke Radio, a full-time comedy channel to air exclusively on SiriusXM ch....