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Comedy Central has set dates for the next five guest hosts who will fill in at the desk of The Daily Show. Hasan Minhaj steps in for the week Febuary 27, followed by Marlon Wayans the week of March 6; Kal Penn the week of March 13; Al Franken the week of March 20 and John Leguizamo the week of…

Trevor Noah is leaving The Daily Show on Thursday December 8, and after the comedian exits stage left, a tranche of guest hosts are set to take the reins of the Comedy Central series before a new host or hosts officially takes over. This group will include Chelsea Handler, Kal Penn, Al Franken, Sarah…

In what was the final Real Time with Bill Maher episode before the 2020 election, the host welcomed Al Franken, former US Senator from Minnesota, and one of the original writers and sometimes player on Saturday Night Live. The meeting of joke-telling veterans wasn’t always comedy gold — far from it — but they engaged…

Al Franken, the former Saturday Night Live star turned Democratic politico turned suddenly ex-Democratic politico, is back in the media business: SiriusXM announced today that the former U.S. Senator will launch a weekly radio show this Saturday, Sept. 28. His first guest is expected to be fellow former SNLer Chris…

Al Franken’s name once again trended on social media Monday thanks to a lengthy profile on the former Minnesota Senator by Jane Mayer in The New Yorker. The story, which runs more than 12,000 words, features an extensive interview with Franken. The former writer and performer on Saturday Night Live reflects on having…

President Donald Trump took a shot at an old Democrat foe last night, saying former Minnesota Senator Al Franken, who resigned in January after accusations of sexual misconduct, was "a wacky guy" who folded "like a wet rag." Trump spoke at a massive rally at the Rochester, Minn. Mayo Civic Center, stumping for the…

The issue of crime and punishment shouldn't be too toxic for rational discussion, but I find this is becoming the case. And this is wrong, because decision time is looming – albeit a decision no one is eager to make. Over the course of the past year the careers of many prominent figures have collapsed amidst the newly…

Bill Maher, with the help of an apparently sleeping Bob Saget, decided to have a little fun mocking the now-infamous photo of Al Franken groping a woman on a plane. The host of HBO’s Real Time tweeted the staged pic overnight, indicating that it took place during a New Year’s Eve trip to Hawaii. “These New Years…

Carter Page, man of a thousand MSNBC promos, just added to his year’s already stuffed stocking of loony moments. In a 15-page letter to the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence’s Dianne Feinstein, the former Trump advisor explains his reluctance to submit personal emails and other documents by comparing himself…

Remember all those minutes ago when Saturday Night Live stood accused of ignoring Hollywood’s sexual harassment scandals and crimes? Now the phrase “making up for lost time” seems to be hovering over the NBC comedy like so many groping Christmas spirits. Last night’s episode, hosted by James Franco, hit the subject…

Updated with additional details:  The GOP congressman from Arizona who announced he would resign at the end of 2017, apologizing discussing his and his wife’s efforts to have more children via a surrogate,  has resigned  immediately after reports he approached female staffers about acting as surrogates. One former…

Seth Meyers took a Closer Look at Sen. Al Franken’s resignation amid a growing number of sexual harassment allegations and 30+ Dem colleagues demanding his exit. Maybe, when asked if more were coming after the first wave of women claiming he grabbed them during photo-taking or forced a kiss, Franken should not have…