Best Talent ClusterNot since the days of Colbert and Carell has The Daily Show had such a robustly talented core of correspondents. Best Career TransitionIn her most skillfully frank special yet, Amy Schumer, who shot Netflix’s “Growing” while pregnant, finds jokes from avoiding sex with her husband as easily as she once did from having sex with single men. And yet, her punch lines, about tampons, porn and periods, among other things, remain just as visceral and raunchy. Best Scene-StealerConnor O’Malley is one of those comedians who pops up on shows or podcasts or viral videos, injects a frenzied dose of derangement and then exits, leaving behind a giddier mood. But for consistency of wit and performance, Alyssa Limperis has stood out, making quirky and finely observed portraits of women on the verge of repressing a nervous breakdown.

Source: New York Times December 17, 2019 09:56 UTC