Danny Cohen's panel-show gender pledge won't halt the comedy rot
The gender imbalance is a problem " but the smugness, scripted improv and stale formats are beyond satireEnchanting comments below the line on my review of Sarah Millican the other day. "Not funny. Ugly to look at," writes one reader. That's the context, like it or not, in which we have to consider Danny Cohen's decision to ban all-male lineups on TV panel shows. Comedy can sometimes be ridiculously male " and so ca…