“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 […]
“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 […]
“Roast Battle” hype men The Wave make it onto TMZ
TMZ caught up with Roastmaster General Jeff Ross outside LA’s Comedy Store, to ask his input on who should host the upcoming White House Correspondent’s Dinner – everyone’s favorite thing to speculate about these days. Ross has held his reputation as one of comedy’s most brutal joke writers for decades, earning a spot on the legendary Friar’s […]
This week in comedy: wrapping Roasts and Jefferies
As we all head into the last unofficial week of summer, a lot of late night TV is making the most out of its reruns, but that doesn’t mean there’s not great TV to watch, particularly eyeing Tuesday evening on Comedy Central where we’ll be treated to the season finales of two of the network’s […]
Watch best friends Joe Machi and Sam Morril take jabs at each other on “Roast Battle”
This season’s format on Roast Battle has been pitting comedians against each other heads up – no brackets, no competition for a championship, just comedians roasting each other. This season we’ve already seen some great competitions between spouses (Joe List and Sarah Tollemache), battle regular, and in last night’s case best friends Joe Machi and […]
This week on TV: Roast Battle returns!
Batt-le! Batt-le! That familiar yell returns to the Comedy Central airwaves this week. Hot on the heels of the Roast of Bruce Willis, Comedy Central will air a new season of its other roasting show, Roast Battle beginning this Tuesday night. The new season was taped this weekend in Los Angeles and will feature judges […]
Comedy Central is bringing back Roast Battle for a third season, going international
Photo: Comedy Central Bat-tle! Bat-tle! Bat-tle! Bat-tle! A third season of Roast Battle is coming to Comedy Central. The show, in which co-creator Brian Moses referees a bunch of comedians taking comedic jabs at each other is headed back to the ring. Executive producer and judge, Jeff Ross will also return for season 3. But […]
Frank Castillo is the “Roast Battle II” champion
16 people entered, one man left, and that man happens to be the doorman of The Comedy Store. Frank Castillo bested Matthew Broussard to take home the Roast Battle II championship. Castillo auditioned in the LA Regionals and made it to the final bracket of 16 to take home the trophy after four nights competition […]