“Jeff Ross presents Roast Battle” announces celebrity judges and matchups
Comedy Central and Jeff Ross announced that comedic heavyweights Anthony Jeselnik, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman and David Spade will serve as celebrity judges deciding the fate of 16 insult-comedy combatants during the four nights of Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle. Additional judges are to be announced. The Thunderdome-of-comedy bracket-style tournament will be filmed live in […]
This week on TV: Jeff Ross presents Roast Battle
This week on TV, Comedy Central brings us Roast Battle live from Montreal and the Just For Laughs comedy festival, MADtv returns, and A&E delivers in Black and White. On Tuesday, the sketch comedy series MADtv returns to a new network (CW) and a new time slot (primetime rather than late night) after airing on […]
“Roast Battle” at Just For Laughs adds judges Judd Apatow, Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Hart, and Seth Rogen
Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle at Just For Laughs has just added four new stellar judges to their already ridiculously awesome lineup. The biggest names in comedy will round out the all-star lineup of judges for with Judd Apatow, Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Hart and Seth Rogen joining previously announced judges Anthony Jeselnik, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah […]
Mike Lawrence is the 2016 “Roast Battle” Champion
16 people entered, one man left and that man is Mike Lawrence. Lawrence is the 2016 Roast Battle Champion. He was crowned Sunday evening after a live telecast on Comedy Central and 4 night competition from Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival. Lawrence took down Sarah Tiana to take the title. It wasn’t an easy route […]
“Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle” will be back for season two
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 […]