Jason Zinoman

With a “Strangers With Candy” reunion, stars like Margaret Cho and hundreds of events across the city, how can you sort through the offerings? Try our guide.

Three obsessives debate their all-time favorites.

At the Beacon, he shared details about “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” but on more topical subjects, like his ex-castmate Cheryl Hines, he kept mum.

A documentary about the writer Jim Downey is streaming just as he can be seen in “One Battle After Another” and a new Tim Robinson series.

Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly vague about how much dissent is possible in Saudi Arabia.

Natalie Palamides and Julia Masli are among the stars of a new clowning movement that revels in the comedy of failure. How did these fools become prestige?

The hosts’ monologues may feel especially pointed right now, but the trend really took off during the George W. Bush administration before the Iraq war.

With the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel on the heels of the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s show, the landscape has unquestionably shifted for comics and hosts.

Conversations on his YouTube show can reflect his standup but more often he confounds interviewees like Ritchie Torres.

Ali Siddiq, Beth Stelling and Vir Das are among the stand-ups delivering engaging sets that are worth your time.