“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 […]
Special Tapings Radar: The Funniest Comics Taping Comedy Specials This Month (December 2024)
L to R clockwise: Ian Lara, Bill Maher, Kevin Hart, Mike Vecchione, Lizzie Martinez, Lisa Wallen, Derek Gaines, & Mohanad Elshieky. We’re a few days now into December and with a new month comes new comedy specials in the works. Among recent specials shot earlier this year that now have premiere dates include Nate Bargatze‘s […]
Recapping The Annual Brody Stevens Festival, “Brodyfest 2024”
Anyone who ever got to be lucky enough to witness the late, great Brody Stevens onstage knows just how special a moment it was. Whether the room was nearly empty or completely full, watching Stevens take the stage was nothing short of magical. There’s a reason why he did so well in the last spot of the […]
Brad Williams is a Degenerate (or at least he is according to his new Netflix special)
Greg Gayne/Netflix “I want to be able to talk about anything. I want to be able to talk about what’s going on in the news or what’s going on in my life or whatever I just feel is funny.” As an adjective, it’s defined by Dictionary.com as “having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities […]
This Week on TV: The Degenerates arrive and Paul Virzi will say this
If you are into edgy comedy and the comedians that tell them, this is the week in comedy for you. Netflix is set to drop The Degenerates on us beginning this Tuesday. This is the third of the streaming giant’s run of half hour comedies. But rather than just roll out another great crew of […]
Watch a teaser for the new season of Comedy Central’s Half-Hours
On September 15th, the new season of Comedy Central’s Half Hours (recently renamed Comedy Central Standup Presents) will drop (comedy specials “drop” right?). The network released this teaser to give you a sneak peek of all 13 comedians in action. As we previously reported, the scheduled 2 specials will premiere back to back at midnight […]
Comedy Central announces list of comedians taping half hour specials this year
Every year Comedy Central selects a handful of up-and-coming comedians to tape half hours for their series of the same name. It’s a big right of passage for comedians as it’s a great milestone feather to put in their caps. This year’s list of names is no different as it features much-buzzed about names as […]
Comedy Central announces celebrity judges and matchups for “Jeff Ross Presents: Roast Battle II”
Whitney Cummings, Ken Jeong, Anthony Jeselnik, John Mayer, T.J. Miller, Patton Oswalt, Sarah Silverman, Jason Sudeikis and Snoop Dogg will serve as celebrity judges deciding the round–by-round fate of 16 comedian combatants during the four nights of Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle II: War of the Words. The bracket-style insult-comedy tournament will be filmed in […]