It’s Comedy Night on Google Hot Trends! That’s where I double-taked to see John Mulaney — a very funny comedian and SNL writer but not yet a household name. I knew he had a comedy special tonight on TBS thanks to the Twitter feed of “Comic’s Comic” blogger Sean McCarthy ; I also knew that [...]

Millions of Americans tuned in as Diane Sawyer made her full-time debut behind the anchor desk Monday night for ABC World News, and shared an exclusive sit-down interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But that voice you heard in English calling Sawyer a “respectable lady?” That was Jewish-Iranian stand-up comedian, New York City’s Dan Ahdoot.

Adding two new women must have been an estrogen overdose for SNL. Comedy industry blog The Comic’s Comic reports that comediennes Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson have gotten the boot from the show.