'It's a better time than ever to be really famous': why comedians are taking over TV gameshows
From Romesh Ranganathan to Lee Mack, big-name standups are increasingly fronting quiz shows. What's causing the glut of comics? Going from telling jokes about your sex life in a room above a pub to asking someone in a studio what the capital of Malaysia is might not seem like an obvious career transition. It is, however, increasingly common to turn on your TV and see a comedian fronting a gameshow. In recent times, R…