Netflix announced a bunch of May premiere dates this week, including previously announced specials from Tracy Morgan (Staying Alive) and Hasan Minhaj (Homecoming King) and three new ones from Maria Bamford, Norm Macdonald, and Sarah Silverman. Here’s a rundown of all the premiere dates: May 2nd – Maria Bamford: Old Baby May 9th – Norm Macdonald: Hitler’s […]
Continue ReadingFormer Late Night writer/performer and current Daily Show writer/contributor Michelle Wolf has a standup special in the works at HBO. The network announced today that Wolf will tape her debut HBO standup special on August 12th at the Skirball Center in New York. The special will be directed by Neal Brennan, who also directed Al […]
Continue ReadingMark Normand’s new standup special just got a premiere date. Comedy Central announced today that the special, titled Amy Schumer Presents Mark Normand: Don’t Be Yourself, will premiere on Friday, May 12th at midnight. Originally announced last year, Don’t Be Yourself was shot in the fall and makes Normand’s first hourlong special. Here’s more from […]
Continue ReadingKeith and Kenny Lucas, aka The Lucas Bros, just dropped a new Netflix special today, fittingly titled On Drugs. The one-hour special is perfectly in line with what fans of the twin stoners have come to know them for: a chilled-out exploration of the brothers’ shared perspective with a nice dose of animation thrown in […]
Continue ReadingAd Madrigal has a new standup special premiering next month. Titled Al Madrigal: Shrimpin’ Ain’t Easy, the hourlong special was directed by Neal Brennan and makes its Showtime debut Friday, May 5th at 9:00pm. In addition to Shrimpin’ Ain’t Easy, Showtime will also debut standup specials from Andrew Santino (Home Field Advantage, June 2nd) and […]
Continue ReadingMarch was a big month for standup specials, specials that ran the gamut from “everybody’s talking about it” to “why isn’t everyone talking about it?” In case you missed it, here’s a rundown of what dropped last month: Kurt Braunohler – Trust Me (Comedy Central) Braunohler’s first full-length Comedy Central special combines his usual absurd […]
Continue ReadingThe Lucas Bros are headed to Netflix with a new standup special next week. Titled Lucas Brothers: On Drugs — the perfect title for the comedians who once got too high to perform at a 4/20 show — the special was filmed at The Bell House in New York and marks the Bros’ Netflix standup […]
Continue ReadingT.J. Miller’s HBO standup special just got a premiere date. Originally announced last year, the special — titled T.J. Miller: Meticulously Ridiculous — will debut on the network Saturday, June 17th at 10:00pm. Meticulously Ridiculous was taped at the Paramount Theater in Denver and makes Miller’s first HBO special. In the meantime, you can catch […]
Continue ReadingBrian Regan is having a very busy 2017. Today Regan announced a pile of standup tour dates, which run from early June through December and include stops in San Antonio, Denver, Wilmington, Orlando, San Diego, Madison, and more. In addition to the tour dates, Regan has landed two standup specials at Netflix, and he’ll tape […]
Continue ReadingComedy fans the world over might know Sasheer Zamata for her improvisational prowess and sketch comedy work, but with the premiere of her very first standup special, Pizza Mind (streaming on Seeso now), they’re about to get familiar with her as an intimate yet searing standup. The 30-year-old UCB alumni and current SNL utility player […]
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