iO veteran and former Chicago-based funny-man Paul Brittain is reportedly leaving Saturday Night Live—right now. He just became a feature player this season, but now he won't even appear in this week's episode with Channing Tatum. more ›

Tomorrow, expats Jordan Vogt-Roberts and Thomas Middleditch will be screening their series of short films, Memoirs of a Manchild, as one of the last events of this year’s Just for Laughs Chicago Festival. In addition to the screening, several of Vogt-Roberts and Middleditch’s favorite comics will perform and harangue the couple for their nerd-dom; being one of the last events of the festival, it would not be surprising to see a few surprise guests show up, as well. more ›

We'll admit we didn't know what we were getting into when we decided to see Dominizuelan's "People in the City" show at iO last night. It's Tall Hispanic-Short Hispanic's first scripted show, and both performers are female. For some reason we assumed the performance would be all about Hispanic women. We assumed wrong. more ›

The best part about DVR-ing ABC’s 60th Primetime Emmys last night was that you could fast forward through Josh Groban’s embarrassing theme show montage and could rewind and re-watch the Gervais/Carell game of comedy chicken. Cheers, technology. more ›