In the last 50 years, the world of sketch comedy and improv have benefited from the funny footprint of the Groundlings. The list of stand-up, Hollywood and late-night TV legends who started their ...

This Tina Turner bit on Saturday Night Live may have been lifted from another comedy sketch group. Members of a Groundlings troupe in Los Angeles are claiming the NBC show swiped their sketch, and ...

The Groundlings comedy troupe allege that "Saturday Night Live" stole one of their sketches. In this weekend's SNL episode, host Sarah Silverman, along with cast members Cecily Strong and Sasheer ...

“Saturday Night Live” is denying accusations that the show writers ripped off the sketch “River Sisters” from The Groundlings comedy troupe. An individual close to the show passed off the similarities ...

When I tune in to Saturday Night Live every Saturday, I expect to be blown away by the creativity and comedy provided by the show. And while some of the sketches that SNL produces aren’t always ...

Saturday Night Live is pinching comedy sketches, according to some members of the Groundlings in Los Angeles, who spoke out after seeing Saturday’s Tina Turner impersonators sketch they say bore way ...

"The similarities represent parallel thinking in the comedy world," refutes a source close to the show By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital A teacher at the Groundlings in Los Angeles has ...

Improv troupe Groundlings join the web TV fray Tuesday with the debut of a new online series. The Los Angeles-based comedy collective, which boasts alumni like Saturday Night Live‘s Kristen Wiig and ...

The Groundlings Theatre will present Glow in the Dark Groundlings, a brand-new, side-splitting sketch show from the Main Company. Directed by H. Michael Croner, this highly anticipated production will ...

3 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 The Groundlings Sunday Company is returning to the stage with a brand-new show on August 4: Sundays of Our Lives. Love stories, family troubles ...

Gary Austin, who founded the Los Angeles improv company the Groundlings — a troupe that launched the careers of Paul Reubens, Will Ferrell, Lisa Kudrow and Melissa McCarthy — died Saturday at ...