Reality Rumors

Esther Ku and God’s Pottery were revealed to be the first two finalists eliminated from Last Comic Standing’s sixth season during last night’s broadcast of the NBC reality series.

Esther and God’s Pottery — a comedy duo consisting of Jeremiah Smallchild and Gideon Lamb — were both booted from Last Comic Standing’s sixth season by studio audience votes that were cast following last night’s pre-taped comic showdown.

“I guess I’m going home,” said Esther after her ouster was revealed. “I’m happy with my performance. I get to say I was a finalist on Last Comic Standing, which is amazing.”

Last Comic Standing’s next sixth-season episode will air Thursday, July 17 at 8PM ET/PT on NBC.

U.S. comedian Dane Cook is set to appear on the season finale of the TV reality series “Last Comic Standing,” NBC said Monday.

The winner of the comedy competition will be revealed during a two-hour season ending episode set to air Wednesday.

During the show, finalists Lavell Crawford and Jon Reep will be roasted by fellow comics, including Jeffrey Ross, top 10 finalist Doug Benson and talent scout and Season 3 winner, Alonzo Bodden.

Cook will also make an appearance to wish the contestants luck on their quest for the grand prize of $250,000, an exclusive talent contact with NBC Universal and a half-hour comedy special on Bravo.

Auditions for this season’s contestants were in London, Montreal, Sydney, Australia, Los Angeles, New York, Minneapolis, San Antonio and Tempe.

Gerry Dee was eliminated from Last Comic Standing’s during last night’s broadcast on NBC.

“Thanks to everyone back home… especially my wife,” said an emotional Gerry after Last Comic Standing host Bill Bellamy revealed he had been eliminated.

The Toronto, ON-native was sent home based on the results of home viewer voting that followed last week’s performance episode broadcast. Gerry was the last “international” Last Comic Standing 5 finalist remaining in the competition.

The final two comics remaining are Lavell Crawford and Jon Reep.

Last night’s broadcast also included stand-up routines by former Last Comic Standing second-season finalist Kathleen Madigan; Whose Line Is It Anyway? star Greg Proops; and comedian Gilbert Gottfried.

Following Gerry’s elimination both Jon and Lavell delivered their final stand-up routine performances of the season. Home viewers in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada were allowed to vote for either Jon or Lavell following last night’s broadcast.

Last Comic Standing 5’s live two-hour finale will air on Wednesday, September 19 at 9PM ET/PT. The winner will receive a grand prize package that includes a talent contract deal with NBC, a Bravo half-hour comedy special and $250,000.

Amy Schumer was eliminated from Last Comic Standing’s fifth season during last night’s broadcast of the NBC reality competition series.

Last Comic Standing is an incredible opportunity to grow,” said Amy during a video montage of her journey on the show. “This is just sort of so beyond my wildest dreams… I’ve only been doing this for about three-and-a-half years, but I feel like I have so much ahead of me, and I feel like I’m just going to keep getting better because I’m going to keep working at it. This is like one of the most fun things I’ve ever done in my whole life.”

Amy was sent home based on the results of home viewer voting that followed last week’s performance episode broadcast, which saw the season’s Top 4 finalists — Amy; Lavell Crawford; Gerry Dee; and Jon Reep — each deliver a stand-up routine.

“Support live comedy, and if a girl takes the stage, give her a chance, she may surprise you,” Amy told host Bill Bellamy after he revealed she was being sent home.

Home viewers in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada were allowed to vote for their favorite Top 3 finalist following last night’s broadcast. Last Comic Standing 5’s Top 2 finalists will be revealed on Wednesday, September 5 at 9PM ET/PT and perform one last time for home viewer votes.

The show’s two-hour live season finale will air on Wednesday, September 19 at 9PM ET/PT. The winner will receive a grand prize package that includes a talent contract deal with NBC, a Bravo half-hour comedy special and $250,000.

Ralph Harris was cut from Last Comic Standing’s fifth season during last night’s broadcast of the NBC reality competition series.

“I had a great time,” said Ralph after his elimination was revealed by Last Comic Standing host Bill Bellamy. “Keep coming out and seeing live comedy. This is what we do, This is what we do! We need this in the world right now.”

The Valley Village, CA-resident was sent packing based on viewer votes cast following last Wednesday night’s performance episode broadcast, which saw the Top 5 finalists each deliver a stand-up routine. Following last week’s broadcast, Last Comic Standing 5’s international home viewing audience in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada cast their votes to determine who would be ousted.

Home viewers in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada were allowed to vote for their favorite Top 4 finalist following last night’s broadcast. Last Comic Standing 5’s Top 3 finalists will be revealed on Wednesday, September 5 at 9PM ET/PT, in which they’ll also battle for a spot in the final two.

The show’s two-hour live season finale will air on Wednesday, September 19 at 9PM ET/PT. The winner will receive a grand prize package that includes a talent contract deal with NBC, a Bravo half-hour comedy special and $250,000.

Matt Kirshen and Doug Benson were revealed to be the fourth and fifth Top 10 finalists eliminated from Last Comic Standing during last night’s broadcast.

With the season’s Top 5 now revealed, Last Comic Standing will now dump its studio audience head-to-head format and switch to a format in which all the remaining finalists will perform weekly and home viewers will determine which comedian should be eliminated each week. Although only one international finalist (Gerry) still remains in the competition, the show will also — for the first time ever — allow viewers in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada to participate in each week’s home viewer voting.

Last Comic Standing 5’s next episode will air on Wednesday, August 22 at 9PM ET/PT. The show’s two-hour live season finale will air on Wednesday, September 19 at 9PM ET/PT. The winner will receive a grand prize package that includes a talent contract deal with NBC, a Bravo half-hour comedy special and $250,000.

Debra DiGiovanni was eliminated from Last Comic Standing’s fifth season during last night’s broadcast on NBC.

Debra faced off with Matt Kirshen at the Last Comic Theatre. When the audience votes were counted, Bill revealed that the head-to-head had resulted in “the closest margin we’ve ever had in Last Comic Standing victory. However unfortunately for Debra, Matt had come out on top and Debra was eliminated from Last Comic Standing’s fifth-season competition via 55% to 45% audience vote.

Last Comic Standing 5’s next episode will air on Wednesday, August 15 at 9PM ET/PT.

The solid ratings enjoyed by “Last Comic Standing” and “America’s Got Talent” have earned both unscripted NBC series a renewal from the U.S. TV network.

With the two series enjoying a successful summer in terms of ratings, NBC executives decided to renew “Comic” for a sixth season and give “Talent” a third season to find unknown stars, Variety reported.

“Both of these innovative series have proven to be summer staples and important franchises for NBC,” network alternative programming exec Craig Plestis said.

“Comic” has averaged an audience of 6.7 million viewers during its run, while “Talent” has enjoyed greater success with an average audience of 12.1 million viewers.

The series’ ratings were solidified this summer through massive makeovers of their base concepts, Variety said.

Each series was given new hosts to introduce their featured amateur performers and new judges to determine the season’s final winners.