Here are the 2017 comedy Emmy nominations

The Emmys come only but once a year. And this year's looks to be more diverse than ever, comedy wise that is. The usual suspects like Veep are there but then newcomers like Samantha Bee and Pamela Aldon join the fun. The Emmys air on Sunday, September 17th at 8 PM. Stephen Colbert will host so we know who's not winning his award...(jk I don't know).

“Outstanding Comedy Series
Atlanta
Black-ish
Master of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Real Time with Bill Maher

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Billy on the Street
Documentary Now!
Drunk History
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
Tracey Ullman’s Show

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Zach Galifianakis, Baskets
Donald Glover, Atlanta
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Allison Janney, Mom
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia-Louis Dreyfus, Veep
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale, Veep
Matt Walsh, Veep

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Kathryn Hahn, Transparent
Judith Light, Transparent
Anna Chlumsky, Veep

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Riz Ahmed, Girls
Matthew Rhys, Girls
Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Saturday Night Live
Tom Hanks, Saturday Night Live
Hugh Laurie, Veep

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Wanda Sykes, Black-ish
Carrie Fisher, Catastrophe
Becky Ann Baker, Girls
Angela Bassett, Master of None
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Jamie Babbitt, Silicon Valley
Mike Judge, Silicon Valley
Morgan Sackett, Veep
David Mandell, Veep
Dale Stern, Veep

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Stephen Glover, Atlanta
Lena Waithe, Master of None
Alec Berg, Silicon Valley
Billy Kimball, Veep
David Mandell, Veep

Outstanding Animated Program
Archer
Bob’s Burgers
Elena and the Secret of Avalor
The Simpsons
South Park

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Louis C.K. 2017
Sarah Silverman: A Speak of Dust
Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going to Clean Up This Sh*t?
70th Annual Tony Awards

Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama
Brown Girls
Fear the Walking Dead: Passage
Hack into Broad City
Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot

Outstanding Short Form Series – Variety
Behind the Voice
The Daily Show – Between the Scenes
Epic Rap Battles of History
Honest Trailers
The Star Wars Show

Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama
Ty Burrell, Boondoggle
Alan Tudyk, Con Man
Kim Estes, Dicks
Ben Schwartz, The Earliest Show
Jason Ritter, Tales of Titans
John Michael Higgins, Tween Fest

Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama
Mindy Sterling, Con Man
Jane Lynch, Dropping the Soap
Lauren Lapkus, The Earliest Show
Kelsey Scott, Fear the Walking Dead: Passage
Mindy Sterling, secs & EXECS”

Pamela Aldon’s Louis C.K.-produced show is coming to FX this fall

Pamela Aldon’s appearances on Louie (R.I.P) were always the best the series had to offer and equally cringe inducing. Remember that time they tried to date but she really, really wasn’t into it? Now, the show they co-created together will bow on September 8 on FX. Deadline reported the news of Better Things from the Awardline Emmy meeting during which an episode of C.K.’s other show Horace and Pete was aired. The show follows a single mother of three and is also an actress. C.K. stated he’d never seen this type of woman character on television before. He’s obviously forgetting Joyce Summers (Buffy), Christine Campbell (New Adventures of Old Christine), Susan Meyer (Desperate Housewives) but who’s counting. Aldon and C.K. wrote the pilot.

Louis C.K. has a few more tour dates, Madison Square Gardens and Europe included

Remember that time Louis C.K. sold out Madison Square Garden? Well, he's about to do it again. C.K. announced new tour dates yesterday which included Thursday, September 8th and Monday September 12th. This expands C.K.'s initial tour was from May to June but now, it's going through to the middle of September. He's even going over seas to London, Prague, Dublin, Paris and Amsterdam. Hopefully, this tour can pay for the next season of Horace and Pete. Here's the full list on C.K.'s site.

Louis C.K. has a new web series (short?) featuring Steve Buscemi, Alan Alda and more

Boy, Louis C.K. sure does love to work. While taking a break from his FX series, the few movies he's done and producing a handful of other TV shows for FX, C.K. made a new web series called Horace & Pete for his fans. The first episode -- and what I presume may be the only episode -- was released unexpectedly to the world via C.K.'s website. It's a monster and runs about 67 minutes. The cast feature C.K. and Steve Buscemi as two guys who run a century old Brooklyn bar. The supporting cast features big names like Alan Alda, Jessica Lange, Edie Falco, Aidy Bryant, Nick DiPaolo, Steven Wright, Kurt Metzger, and others. Who knows when the second episode will drop. It could be this week or next year. Louis is one finicky man. The first episode of Horace & Pete will only run you five dollars so check it out.

Amy Poehler, Craig Ferguson and others nominated for the coveted Grammy

Music lovers rejoice as the 2016 Grammy nominations were announced this morning. However, among the musicians and singers alike were some of the top comedians who had their own audiophile styled releases this year. Amy Poehler was nominated for her work reading her book Yes Please and Craig Ferguson, Wyatt Cenac and Louis C.K. were given nods for their latest standup releases. The Grammys will air on Monday February 15 on CBS. Check out the nominations below.

“Best Comedy Albums:

Lisa Lampanelli, Back to the Drawing Board (Comedy Dynamics)

Wyatt Cenac, Brooklyn (Other Music Recording)

Jay Mohr, Happy. And a Lot. (Lolflix Inc.)

Craig Ferguson, Just Being Hones (Lionsgate Records)

Louis C.K., Live at Madison Square Garden (Comedy Dynamics)”

“Best Spoken Word Albums:

Patti Smith, Blood On Snow (Jo Nesbø) (Random House Audio)

Dick Cavett, Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks (Macmillan Audio)

Jimmy Carter, A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Janis Ian & Jean Smart, Patience And Sarah (Isabel Miller) (Audible Studios)

Amy Poehler, Yes Please (HarperAudio)”