Comedy Central to Live Stream 24 Hours of Stand-Up Content From Over 60 Comedians on Its Comedy Central Stand-Up YouTube Chan...
October 16 2019 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
Live Stream Begins on Thursday, October 17 at
11:00 p.m. ET and Leads Up to the On-Air Season Premiere of Comedy
Central Stand-Up Presents..., Half-Hour Stand-Up Series on Friday,
October 18 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central
Half Hour Specials Featured in the YT Live
Stream to Also Air on PlutoTV All Weekend Long
Watch a Preview of the Specials to be Streamed
HERE
Comedy Central is opening its deep vault of half-hour stand-up
specials for a 24-hour live stream event on the #1 brand in
comedy’s Stand-Up channel on YouTube that will cover specials
curated from the past two decades. The live stream will include
performances from some of the biggest names in comedy including
Kevin Hart (2004), Jim Gaffigan (2000), Amy Schumer (2010), John
Mulaney (2009), Zach Galifianakis (2001), Patton Oswalt (1999),
Michael Che (2014), Gabriel Iglesias (2003), Anthony Jeselnik
(2009), Daniel Tosh (2003), Sebastian Maniscalco (2008), Chris Redd
(2017), Donald Glover (2010). In all, the 24-hour live stream will
feature a curated playlist of over 60 half-hour stand-up specials
beginning Thursday, October 17 at 11:00 p.m. ET on the Comedy
Central Stand-Up channel on YouTube and culminating with the on-air
premiere of the new season of Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents...
with back-to-back episodes, Jaboukie Young-White and Vanessa
Gonzalez, on Friday, October 18 at 11:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. ET/PT
on Comedy Central.
In addition, the half-hour specials featured in the YT Live
stream will also air throughout the weekend on PlutoTV, the leading
free streaming service in the U.S.
The selection of half-hour stand-up specials to stream
include:
Cristela Alonzo (2013) Dave Attell (1999) Maria Bamford (2001)
Joel Kim Booster (2017) Neal Brennan (2012) Matthew Broussard
(2016) Bo Burnham (2009) Michelle Buteau (2015) Michael Che (2014)
Chris D'Elia (2011) Chris Distefano (2014) Naomi Ekperigin (2016)
Rachel Feinstein (2014) Nate Fernald (2016) Jo Firestone (2017) Ron
Funches (2014) Jim Gaffigan (2000) Zach Galifianakis (2001) Noah
Gardenswartz (2016) Garfunkel And Oates (2012) Solomon Georgio
(2017) Chris Gethard (2014) Greg Giraldo (2000) Nikki Glaser (2013)
Donald Glover (2010) Kevin Hart (2004) Mitch Hedberg (1999) Emily
Heller (2016) Lil Rel Howery (2013) Gabriel Iglesias (2003) Sam Jay
(2017) Anthony Jeselnik (2009) Josh Johnson (2017) Kyle Kinane
(2011) Jessi Klein (2011) Michael Kosta (2011) Pete Lee (2009)
Natasha Leggero (2011) Gabe Liedman (2013) Joe List (2015)
Sebastian Maniscalco (2008) Demetri Martin (2004) Sam Morril (2015)
John Mulaney (2009) Aparna Nancherla (2016) Mark Normand (2014) Tig
Notaro (2004) Jacqueline Novak (2016) Patrice O'Neal (2003) Patton
Oswalt (1999) Brian Regan (2000) Chris Redd (2017) Ramon Rivas
(2016) Casey James Salengo (2017) Yamaneika Saunders (2017) Kristen
Schaal (2009) Amy Schumer (2010) Rory Scovel (2012) Ali Siddiq
(2016) Dan Soder (2013) Beth Stelling (2015) Brody Stevens (2014)
Nick Swardson (2001) Julio Torres (2017) Shane Torres (2017) Daniel
Tosh (2003) Liza Treyger (2015) Baron Vaughn (2013) Jenny Zigrino
(2017)
The new season of Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents… half-hour
specials will kick off with back-to-back episodes with its on-air
premiere on Friday, October 18 at 11pm and 11:30 pm ET/PT on Comedy
Central. Comedians featured this season include Jaboukie
Young-White, Dulcé Sloan, Tom Thakkar, Mia Jackson, Will Miles,
David Gborie, Vanessa Gonzalez, Charles Gould, Nore Davis, Joe
Kwaczala, Sara Schaefer and Allen Strickland Williams. Fans can
catch up on the past two seasons of Comedy Central Stand-Up
Presents… unlocked without authentication for a limited time on the
Comedy Central App and cc.com from 10/16-10/22 and then tune-in to
watch the new specials every Friday night on Comedy Central.
Viewers can also follow @standup on twitter to tweet about the
series using the hashtag #CCStandUpPresents.
Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents…has long served to showcase
emerging classes of exciting, dynamic stand-up talent. The weekly
series is a vital springboard in the network’s talent-development
pipeline for stand-up and scripted projects on all platforms. The
third season of Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents… was filmed at the
Civic Theatre in New Orleans, as well as the two previous
seasons.
About Comedy Central Stand-Up:
Featuring an expertly curated line-up of series and specials,
Comedy Central is the epicenter of stand-up. The Comedy Central
stand-up universe includes the Friday Night Stand-Up anchor on
television; social platforms; 24/7 access on Comedy Central Radio;
Comedy Central App; home assistants; and Stand-Up with Chris
Distefano, a first-of-its-kind podcast that utilizes a decades-deep
Comedy Central library of proprietary stand-up content for a weekly
listening party. Launched in October 2018, The Comedy Central
Stand-Up channel on YouTube (712k subscribers) features a gold mine
of both original material and exclusive clips for fans looking to
revisit a classic special from a legendary comedian or discovering
a new favorite performance.
Available on-air, online and on the go, Comedy Central gives
viewers access to a world of super funny, provocative and relevant
comedy that tell the funny truths of life, every day and
everywhere. From award-winning late-night, scripted and animated
series to stand-up specials, short-form and sketch, Comedy Central
has it all. A subsidiary of Viacom Inc., Comedy Central is
available to more than 300 million households in over 150 countries
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