David Letterman received the top honor as the recipient of the "Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence" at the inaugural Comedy Awards.
The event, which honored the industry's top writers, directors, actors and stand-up comedians, took place in New York last month and was simulcast on Comedy Central, Spike TV, TV Land, VH1 and Nick at Nite on Sunday.
Scoop on Modern Family, The Office and more at the Comedy Awards
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The Defenders (Friday, 8/7c, CBS)
One week before she begins a limited run on Broadway — and let's hope HBO or somebody records THAT show! — the irrepressible Kathy Griffin goes to Las Vegas in a guest shot on this struggling courtroom drama. She is cast to type as a brash insult comic sued for offending one of her audience victims (What, Joan Rivers was busy?) In the subplot, the son of a hotel owner turns to buddy lawyers Nick and Pete for help after he wakes up to find a casino host strangled in a hot tub. What are the odds he's guilty? ...
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How does this guy get away with it?!
Last night, Daniel Tosh returned for his third season of Internet clips and politically incorrect quips, and honestly, there was more "did he just say that?" in the 30-minute premiere than in Joe Biden's last two years as Vice President. Depending on your bent, the comic was ...
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Funnyman Daniel Tosh has been getting all sorts of sassy on the second season of his Soup-like Comedy Central series, Tosh.0. But unlike Joel McHale's clipfest, which primarily mines the worlds of talk shows and reality TV for the funny, Tosh trolls the web and headlines for bizarro bits and works them over like they owe him money...
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