Is political satire still the crown jewel of comedy or has pop culture stolen the spotlight?” The season 51 premiere of Saturday Night Live answered that one jokingly. The cold open hit directly at ...

Political satire has been a longstanding theme in media. Recently, I read an LA Times article quoting a statement about ...

For the past 25 years, the best political satire in America hasn’t been found in newspapers, or in comedy clubs, or on movie screens or live theater stages. Its home has been Comedy Central‘s “The ...

Egyptian-American comedian and satirist Bassem Youssef made a long-awaited comeback to Egyptian TV on Tuesday night, having been off air for more than a decade after going into exile following intense ...

Nothing more American than kicking off a new season of Saturday Night Live with a Puerto Rican legend roasting Fox News, ...

Political satire has long been a hallmark of "Saturday Night Live." The climate for late-night comedy, however, has changed.

Jokes allow a society to mock itself, spotlight uncomfortable truths, bridge differences and say what cannot otherwise be ...

The best satire has always been self-searching as well as critical. It teases and ridicules power, but the real target is us ...

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said on Wednesday he believed his comments about the reaction to the assassination of political ...

At its core, the First Amendment safeguards freedom of speech, including the right to critique public figures, government institutions, and societal norms, even when that speech takes the form of ...