Alan Siegel

Going from a paper company to a newspaper company, the ‘Office’ spinoff zeroes in on another dying industry. For anyone who lived in those trenches, the local journalism fantasy will be bittersweet.

A dwindling output of funny movies has left multiplexes strangely devoid of laughter. Could Liam Neeson’s ‘Naked Gun’ reboot bring it back?

After nearly three decades, the golfer that everyone loves to hate finally makes his return to the big screen in ‘Happy Gilmore 2.’ But it’s not like anyone ever forgot Shooter.

In the first chapter of his soon-to-be-released book, ‘Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of “The Simpsons” Changed Television—and America—Forever,’ Alan Siegel traces the many influences of the show’s writing staff

Saying goodbye to George Wendt, the late, great secret weapon of ‘Cheers’

Over the past 25 years, American food culture has exploded. But no millennial gastronomic trend—not cronuts, not cupcakes, not even bacon—has endured like the bowl lunch. Here’s why.

There wasn’t space for it in the oral history of Danny McBride, but we just felt in our plums that we had to cover the greatest outtake ever filmed

As his HBO series ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ comes to a triumphant end, here’s the tale of America’s karate-kicking, wisecracking king of comedy, as told by the people who know him best

Thirteen years ago, bowling’s bad boy, Pete Weber, captured his fifth U.S. Open—and then let loose one of the strangest, most brilliant bits of trash talk ever invented

Ahead of ‘SNL50,’ we asked Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, and more to tell us which of their sketches they hold closest to their hearts