It was a childhood treat fueled by a grandmother with a good-natured taste for vengeance. At midnight, the grandchildren were urged to make crank calls people who had crossed grandma in the past year.

Series concept: Comedians make crank telephone calls to unsuspecting victims. Calls are then reenacted by Muppetlike marionettes. Series creators: The brains behind Comedy Central's unashamedly sexist ...

The British hospital treating the former Kate Middleton admitted Wednesday it was victimized by a crank call in which information on her condition was given out to woman impersonating Queen Elizabeth ...

Cabler is finalizing a deal to put the series, which features celeb-voiced puppets pulling phone pranks, back into production. “Crank Yankers” originally aired on Comedy Central for three seasons from ...

The digital revolution has left plenty of once-beloved formats broken and twitching on the floor, from CDs and newspapers to brick-and-mortar retail chains. But one thing that’s remained surprisingly ...