On the cusp of turning 100 Saturday, TV legend Dick Van Dyke gets the “American Masters” treatment in the new PBS film “Starring Dick Van Dyke” (9 p.m. Friday, WQED-TV). The two-hour documentary ...

A look at the comedy that shaped America, from Mark Twain to Seinfeld and beyond. What makes comedy culturally significant—popularity, influence, longevity, or its reflection of American life? Drawing ...

In the 1990s, a remarkable wave of Black sitcoms and sketch comedy reshaped American television. Shows like “In Living Color” and “Living Single” reflected a wide range of Black life and helped ...

This story is part of the WTOP Book Report series written by Terik King. Read more of that coverage here. Geoff Bennett discusses his book "Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Geoff Bennett, co-anchor of PBS Newshour, joins TODAY to share his new book "Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black ...