Upright Citizens Brigade News

Frank has had a long history with Laughing Squid and has even spoken on stage at some of our previous events.

Solvang, our ebelskiver-loving neighbor to the north, gets the honor of hosting what is perhaps the greatest assembly of sketch comedians ever to visit Santa Barbara County.

NBC's Saturday Night Live opens its 35th season this weekend with Megan Fox, U2 and an impossible task: matching last season's election-year lift to ratings and pop-culture supremacy.

CHICAGO a ' Nick Offerman has a rare skill: the ability to wring laughs from silence.

Sarah Palin may not be around as a font of comic material this year, but Seth Meyers of "Saturday Night Live" doubts he'll be starved for things to poke fun at.

If you're stuck in a wasteland of hollow prime times, hang tight: Amy Poehler is coming to the rescue.

Seth Meyers will remain the lone talking head on the "Saturday Night Live" Weekend Update desk, at least in the near future, according to the comedian.

For a show that brought fame to fame such stars as Gilda Radner, Cheri Oteri and Molly Shannon and Amy Phoeler, "Saturday Night Live" has had a tough time filling its female cast slots of late, letting Kristin Wiig take just about every role in recent years, especially after Amy Poehler pulled out of the second half of last season.

'S ATURDAY Night Live " is adding two new ladies to its cast of characters. The Comic's Comic blog reported Mon day that comedians Jenny Slate and Nasim Pe drad had already started rehearsing with the rest of the cast, preparing for "SNL's" return later this month.

"Saturday Night Live" is upping its femme quotient by adding Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad as cast regulars.

The cast of "Saturday Night Live" will grow by two more people this season. Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate , both veterans of the Upright Citizens Brigade , will join the show for its 35th season.

"I'm going to beat the living crap out of you!" Comedy Central's raucous version of COPS returns for its sixth tour of duty and big changes are afoot.

Aubrey Plaza isn't kidding when she deems this "the best year of my life." In April, she made her debut as Amy Poehler's deeply disinterested intern on NBC's hysterical mockumentary Parks and Recreation .

When Aubrey Plaza shows up to lunch in Manhattan one recent afternoon, she's a little embarrassed to be escorted by a publicist.