Comedy Central is gearing up for another epic battle. They are teaming up again with the Roastmaster General Jeff Ross for another round of Roast Battle, it was announced today by the network’s president, Kent Alterman. Featuring the world’s most venomous comedians in one-on-one standoffs, the bracket-style insult-comedy tournament first debuted on Comedy Central this summer with comedian Mike Lawrence taking home the crown. Roast Battle II will include preliminary competitions airing consecutive Sundays in January before a four-night main event on January 26-29th at 10pm on Comedy Central, with a live championship finale.
Inspired by the gritty, competitive proving grounds of the comedy-club circuit, Roast Battle main events feature an all-star panel of judges deciding the tournament fate of 16 comedic combatants. Led by Ross and referee/comedian Brian Moses, the Roast Battle II main event will be filmed in four nights in Los Angeles. The first three parts air on January 26-28th and the January 29th finals air live same-day. Competitors and judges are to be announced at a later date.
“Roast Battle is a movement. The fans love it and the comics love doing it. I wish all the world’s problems could be settled this way,” said Ross. “I’m grateful to Comedy Central for having the balls to air it live.”
“We will never live up to the epic Roast Battle-level of this presidential campaign, but we will do our best,” said Alterman.
A four-city preliminary-competition tour has been scheduled to seek out the top battlers across the nation, a selection of which will appear in the main event with the to-be-announced additional competitors and judges. The tour dates and locations are Laughing Skull Lounge in Atlanta, Georgia on November 5th; Village Underground in New York City on November 7th, Comedy Works in Denver, Colorado on November 9th, and Comedy Store Belly Room in Los Angeles on November 16th.
Each of the ticketed live shows will be filmed and aired weekly in January on Sundays leading up to the premiere of Roast Battle II. The first of the four preliminary rounds kick off on Sunday, January 1st at 11pm on Comedy Central.
Preliminary Rounds of Roast Battle tickets, times and lineups (subject to change):
ATLANTA: November 5th at Laughing Skull Lounge – 8pm
Erik Bergstrom vs. Jacob Williams
Sean White vs. Megan Gailey
Dulce Sloan vs. Joel Byars
Kim Congdon vs. Kath Barbadoro
Jasmin Leigh vs. Candice Thompson
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NEW YORK: November 7th at Village Underground – 8pm
Kerryn Feehan vs. Luis J. Gomez
Aaron Berg vs. Dina Hashem
Zac Amico vs. Evan Williams
Yamaneika Saunders vs. JP McDade
Patrick Schroeder vs. Sean Donnelly
Eli Sairs vs. Scott Chaplain
Pete Lee vs. Mike Recine
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DENVER: November 9th a Comedy Works – 8pm
Jay Light vs. Karlous Miller
Noah Gardenswartz vs. Clayton English
CJ Sullivan vs. Nate Craig
Bri Pruett vs. Erin Ingle
Justine Marino vs. Sam Tallent
Nicole Aimee Schreiber vs. Andy Haynes
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LOS ANGELES: November 16th at The Comedy Store Belly Room – 9pm
Frank Castillo vs. Greg Roque
Jesus Trejo vs. George Perez
Jamar Neighbors vs. Guy Branum
Keith Carey vs. Anna Valenzuela
Omid Singh vs. Toby Muresianu
Leah Kayajanian vs. Connor McSpadden
Joe Dosch vs. Alex Hooper
Robin Tran vs. Pat Barker
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