Microsoft bails on sponsored comedy
27/10/2009 … Microsoft has pulled its sponsorship from the comedy special from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane – because they found the material too unpalatable.
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27/10/2009 … Microsoft has pulled its sponsorship from the comedy special from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane – because they found the material too unpalatable.
26/10/2009 … Ricky Gervais is to host next year’s Golden Globes from Los Angeles, it has been announced today.
26/10/2009 … Channel 4 has commissioned a third series of Alan Carr’s talk show Chatty Man – before the second has even aired.
26/10/2009 … Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt have confirmed that they are working on a Mighty Boosh film – but refused to be drawn on too many details.
26/10/2009 … Jimmy Carr has dropped a gag about soldiers who lost their limbs in battle, after receiving widespread condemnation over the weekend.
24/10/2009 … Neil Morrissey wants to bring back his Nineties sitcom Men Behaving Badly.
23/10/2009 … A vast collection of ‘lost’ TV and radio footage featuring Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howerd and Benny Hill is to be shown for the first time in 50 years.
23/10/2009 … Chris Rock: ‘I’m a comic, I’m black, I use it to my advantage.
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