Welcome to The Jokebook, your Sunday update on comedy. This week:

SNL UK is moving fast, confirming a March 21 premiere on Sky Max/NOW with an 11-person cast and six-episode first run. You can read about the chosen cast members here. The show’s London home will be BBC Studioworks’ TC1.

Meanwhile, Alexander Skarsgård hosting SNL (US) delivered a ratings bump, drawing 4.8M total viewers and boosting +37% among adults 18–49.

LateNighter and Mike Murray also broke down which cast members are being featured most this season. Ashley Padilla and Sarah Sherman are getting strong visibility, while Kam Patterson logged zero screen time last week. On his Netflix set for Kill Tony: Once Upon a Time in Texas, Patterson joked: “I’m 26 and I’m Black. I’ve never seen the show! I have no idea what the fuck I signed up for, dog!”

Dustin Callahan, a Nashville comic, had his name pulled from the “bucket” on Kill Tony, a comedy show where aspiring comics sign up for a chance to perform a one-minute set in front of a crowd and panel of well-known comedians. 

During the show’s US tour at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Dustin was selected to perform in front of roughly 16,000 people. The comedian panel included Tony Hinchcliffe, along with Matt Rife and Adam Ray. 

Dustin’s minute went well. You can watch his timestamped clip here. He describes what it felt like and advice for comics hoping to succeed on Kill Tony.

Save your spot and sign up here.

The Super Bowl today will feature multiple comedians. Bowen Yang appears in a Ritz Crackers spot alongside Scarlett Johansson and Jon Hamm, as well as Mikey Day for Eos, Kenan Thompson and Ana Gasteyer for Novo Nordisk, Andy Samberg for Hellmann’s, and Tim Robinson for Rippling.

Comedian Simran Rye alleged that Greenwich Village club The Comedy Shop has fostered a toxic environment, sharing disturbing sexual misconduct allegations tied to the venue’s management. In addition, producer Alysa Browne shared that signage for her show Hot Chips was allegedly destroyed after she stopped running it at the club, adding to growing backlash around the venue’s culture and leadership.

→ Nate Bargatze will host ABC’s new game show The Greatest Average American, premiering Feb. 25, with contestants competing in comedy-heavy trivia for a grand prize of $67,920.

→ Hulu struck a licensing deal to stream comedy advice podcast We’re Here to Help, hosted by Jake Johnson and Gareth Reynolds, beginning Feb. 10 with new episodes twice weekly.

→ FCC chair Brendan Carr warned that Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert could face scrutiny under rarely used “broadcast hoax” and “news distortion” rules, escalating his pressure campaign over equal-time requirements for political candidates.

→ Comedian Gareth Reynolds announced his dark comedy mockumentary Give It Up will premiere at Cinequest in San Jose, screening March 15 (California Theatre) and March 18 (Alamo Drafthouse).

→ Jon Stewart addressed his name appearing in newly released Epstein files, explaining on The Daily Show that the reference came from a 2015 Epstein note proposing a Woody Allen stand-up special and suggesting “somebody like Jon Stewart” could host or narrate a related biographical project.

→ Donald Trump threatened to sue Trevor Noah after the comedian joked during the Grammys that with Epstein’s private island “gone,” Trump would need “a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton,” prompting Trump to call the line defamatory and claim he never visited Epstein’s island.

→ Ketchup Entertainment acquired distribution rights to Rolling Loud, a scripted comedy feature starring Owen Wilson and Matt Rife that’s set at the real-life Rolling Loud hip-hop festival. The film, written and directed by Jeremy Garelick (The Hangover, The Wedding Ringer), has a planned wide theatrical release on Sept. 18 in 2,000+ theaters.

One cringe thing: Ok, who recorded this ultra-cringy POV open mic performance?

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