Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents

*Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents*
Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents
	Original title card
Genre	Stand-up comedy
Created by	Paul Miller
Directed by	Joe DeMaio ; Ryan Polito
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	108
Production
Executive producers	John Bravakis ; Stephen Kroopnick ; Stu Schreiberg
Producer	Neil A. Sheridan
Production locations	Royale Theatre ; Boston , Massachusetts (2012?15) ; Civic Theatre ; New Orleans , Louisiana (2016?19) ;
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Triage Entertainment ; Comedy Partners ;
Original release
Network	Comedy Central
Release	May 11, 2012 ? ; November 22, 2019
Related
	Comedy Central Presents

Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents , formerly known as The Half Hour , is an American stand-up comedy television series that airs on Comedy Central in the United States. The program features various stand-up comedians in each episode. It replaced the similar program Comedy Central Presents in 2012.

Premise [ edit ]

The Half Hour shines a spotlight on some of the funniest and most unusual voices in stand-up comedy.

Overview [ edit ]

Every episode features an up-and-coming comedian or sometimes a group performing an original set of stand-up. The first four seasons of the show were filmed at the Royale theatre in Boston , Massachusetts . ^[2] Beginning with the fifth season, the comedians now perform their sets at the Civic Theatre in New Orleans , Louisiana . ^[3] It was announced that a sixth season was picked up with 14 new stand-up comedians given their own set. It was also announced that the show will be retitled Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents . ^[4]

Episodes [ edit ]

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	12	May 11, 2012 ( 2012-05-11 )	June 15, 2012 ( 2012-06-15 )
	2	17	May 4, 2013 ( 2013-05-04 )	January 5, 2014 ( 2014-01-05 )
	3	14	June 6, 2014 ( 2014-06-06 )	July 25, 2014 ( 2014-07-25 )
	4	14	August 23, 2015 ( 2015-08-23 )	November 28, 2015 ( 2015-11-28 )
	5	17	August 26, 2016 ( 2016-08-26 )	October 21, 2016 ( 2016-10-21 )
	6	13	September 15, 2017 ( 2017-09-15 )	October 27, 2017 ( 2017-10-27 )
	7	9	September 28, 2018 ( 2018-09-28 )	October 26, 2018 ( 2018-10-26 )
	8	12	October 18, 2019 ( 2019-10-18 )	November 22, 2019 ( 2019-11-22 )

Season 1 (2012) [ edit ]

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original air date
1	1	Rory Scovel	May 11, 2012 ( 2012-05-11 )
2	2	Michael Palascak	May 11, 2012 ( 2012-05-11 )
3	3	Na'im Lynn	May 18, 2012 ( 2012-05-18 )
4	4	Neal Brennan	May 18, 2012 ( 2012-05-18 )
5	5	Brendon Walsh	May 25, 2012 ( 2012-05-25 )
6	6	Nick Vatterott	May 25, 2012 ( 2012-05-25 )
7	7	Theo Von	June 1, 2012 ( 2012-06-01 )
8	8	Maronzio Vance	June 1, 2012 ( 2012-06-01 )
9	9	Joe Mande	June 8, 2012 ( 2012-06-08 )
10	10	Garfunkel and Oates	June 8, 2012 ( 2012-06-08 )
11	11	David O'Doherty	June 15, 2012 ( 2012-06-15 )
12	12	Jesse Popp	June 15, 2012 ( 2012-06-15 )

Season 2 (2013?14) [ edit ]

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original air date
13	1	Dan Soder	May 4, 2013 ( 2013-05-04 )
14	2	Nikki Glaser	May 4, 2013 ( 2013-05-04 )
15	3	Erik Griffin	May 11, 2013 ( 2013-05-11 )
16	4	Joe DeRosa	May 11, 2013 ( 2013-05-11 )
17	5	Dan St. Germain	May 18, 2013 ( 2013-05-18 )
18	6	Sean O'Connor	May 18, 2013 ( 2013-05-18 )
19	7	Jonah Ray	May 25, 2013 ( 2013-05-25 )
20	8	Gabe Liedman	May 25, 2013 ( 2013-05-25 )
21	9	Jared Logan	June 1, 2013 ( 2013-06-01 )
22	10	Mike Lawrence	June 1, 2013 ( 2013-06-01 )
23	11	Lil Rel Howery	June 8, 2013 ( 2013-06-08 )
24	12	Cristela Alonzo	June 8, 2013 ( 2013-06-08 )
25	13	Andy Haynes	June 15, 2013 ( 2013-06-15 )
26	14	Ben Kronberg	June 15, 2013 ( 2013-06-15 )
27	15	Baron Vaughn	June 22, 2013 ( 2013-06-22 )
28	16	Sean Patton	June 22, 2013 ( 2013-06-22 )
29	17	Brody Stevens	January 5, 2014 ( 2014-01-05 )

Season 3 (2014) [ edit ]

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original air date
30	1	Chris Distefano	June 6, 2014 ( 2014-06-06 )
31	2	Michael Che	June 6, 2014 ( 2014-06-06 )
32	3	Tommy Johnagin	June 13, 2014 ( 2014-06-13 )
33	4	Adam Newman	June 13, 2014 ( 2014-06-13 )
34	5	Chris Gethard	June 20, 2014 ( 2014-06-20 )
35	6	Yannis Pappas	June 20, 2014 ( 2014-06-20 )
36	7	Fortune Feimster	June 27, 2014 ( 2014-06-27 )
37	8	Ron Funches	June 27, 2014 ( 2014-06-27 )
38	9	Damien Lemon	July 11, 2014 ( 2014-07-11 )
39	10	Rachel Feinstein	July 11, 2014 ( 2014-07-11 )
40	11	Mark Normand	July 18, 2014 ( 2014-07-18 )
41	12	Joe Wengert	July 18, 2014 ( 2014-07-18 )
42	13	Kurt Braunohler	July 25, 2014 ( 2014-07-25 )
43	14	Joe Zimmerman	July 25, 2014 ( 2014-07-25 )

Season 4 (2015) [ edit ]

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original air date
44	1	Liza Treyger	August 23, 2015 ( 2015-08-23 )
45	2	Hampton Yount	August 23, 2015 ( 2015-08-23 )
46	3	Michelle Buteau	September 6, 2015 ( 2015-09-06 )
47	4	Barry Rothbart	September 6, 2015 ( 2015-09-06 )
48	5	Brooks Wheelan	September 20, 2015 ( 2015-09-20 )
49	6	Andy Woodhull	September 20, 2015 ( 2015-09-20 )
50	7	Randy Liedtke	October 11, 2015 ( 2015-10-11 )
51	8	Beth Stelling	October 11, 2015 ( 2015-10-11 )
52	9	Sam Morril	October 25, 2015 ( 2015-10-25 )
53	10	Joe List	October 25, 2015 ( 2015-10-25 )
54	11	Sean Donnelly	November 15, 2015 ( 2015-11-15 )
55	12	Phil Hanley	November 15, 2015 ( 2015-11-15 )
56	13	Tone Bell	November 28, 2015 ( 2015-11-28 ) ^[5]
57	14	Andrew Santino	November 28, 2015 ( 2015-11-28 ) ^[5]

Season 5 (2016) [ edit ]

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original air date
58	1	Noah Gardenswartz	August 26, 2016 ( 2016-08-26 )
59	2	Ramon Rivas II	August 26, 2016 ( 2016-08-26 )
60	3	Joe Machi	September 2, 2016 ( 2016-09-02 )
61	4	Drew Michael	September 2, 2016 ( 2016-09-02 )
62	5	Aparna Nancherla	September 9, 2016 ( 2016-09-09 )
63	6	Nate Fernald	September 9, 2016 ( 2016-09-09 )
64	7	Ali Siddiq	September 16, 2016 ( 2016-09-16 )
65	8	Cy Amundson	September 16, 2016 ( 2016-09-16 )
66	9	Emily Heller	September 23, 2016 ( 2016-09-23 )
67	10	Erik Bergstrom	September 23, 2016 ( 2016-09-23 )
68	11	Martha Kelly	September 30, 2016 ( 2016-09-30 )
69	12	Nick Turner	September 30, 2016 ( 2016-09-30 )
70	13	Mike Recine	October 7, 2016 ( 2016-10-07 )
71	14	Jacqueline Novak	October 7, 2016 ( 2016-10-07 )
72	15	Naomi Ekperigin	October 14, 2016 ( 2016-10-14 )
73	16	Ahmed Bharoocha	October 14, 2016 ( 2016-10-14 )
74	17	Matthew Broussard	October 21, 2016 ( 2016-10-21 )

Season 6 (2017) [ edit ]

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original air date
75	1	Chris Redd	September 15, 2017 ( 2017-09-15 )
76	2	Yamaneika Saunders	September 15, 2017 ( 2017-09-15 )
77	3	Shane Torres	September 22, 2017 ( 2017-09-22 )
78	4	Jenny Zigrino	September 22, 2017 ( 2017-09-22 )
79	5	Casey James Salengo	September 29, 2017 ( 2017-09-29 )
80	6	Jo Firestone	September 29, 2017 ( 2017-09-29 )
81	7	Anthony DeVito	October 6, 2017 ( 2017-10-06 )
82	8	Julio Torres	October 6, 2017 ( 2017-10-06 )
83	9	Josh Johnson	October 13, 2017 ( 2017-10-13 )
84	10	Sam Jay	October 13, 2017 ( 2017-10-13 )
85	11	Joel Kim Booster	October 20, 2017 ( 2017-10-20 )
86	12	Solomon Georgio	October 20, 2017 ( 2017-10-20 )
87	13	Adam Cayton-Holland	October 27, 2017 ( 2017-10-27 )

Season 7 (2018) [ edit ]

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original air date
88	1	Langston Kerman	September 28, 2018 ( 2018-09-28 )
89	2	Megan Gailey	September 28, 2018 ( 2018-09-28 )
90	3	Devin Field	October 5, 2018 ( 2018-10-05 )
91	4	Emmy Blotnick	October 5, 2018 ( 2018-10-05 )
92	5	Ryan O’Flanagan	October 12, 2018 ( 2018-10-12 )
93	6	Chris Garcia	October 12, 2018 ( 2018-10-12 )
94	7	Tim Dillon	October 19, 2018 ( 2018-10-19 )
95	8	Sarah Tiana	October 19, 2018 ( 2018-10-19 )
96	9	Mike Lawrence	October 26, 2018 ( 2018-10-26 )

Season 8 (2019) [ edit ]

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original air date
97	1	Jaboukie Young-White	October 18, 2019 ( 2019-10-18 )
98	2	Vanessa Gonzalez	October 18, 2019 ( 2019-10-18 )
99	3	Dulce Sloan	October 25, 2019 ( 2019-10-25 )
100	4	Will Miles	October 25, 2019 ( 2019-10-25 )
101	5	Tom Thakkar	November 1, 2019 ( 2019-11-01 )
102	6	Mia Jackson	November 1, 2019 ( 2019-11-01 )
103	7	Joe Kwaczala	November 8, 2019 ( 2019-11-08 )
104	8	Nore Davis	November 8, 2019 ( 2019-11-08 )
105	9	David Gborie	November 15, 2019 ( 2019-11-15 )
106	10	Allen Strickland Williams	November 15, 2019 ( 2019-11-15 )
107	11	Charles Gould	November 22, 2019 ( 2019-11-22 )
108	12	Sara Schaefer	November 22, 2019 ( 2019-11-22 )

References [ edit ]

^ "Comedy Central's(R) New Stand-Up Series "The Half Hour" Premieres Friday, May 11 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT and 11:30 p.m. ET/PT" . The Futon Critic . Retrieved 7 May 2013 .
^ "Here Are the Comedians Getting Comedy Central 'Half Hour' Specials in 2015" . Splitsider . May 5, 2015. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015 . Retrieved May 14, 2015 .
^ "Here Are the Comedians Getting Comedy Central 'Half Hour' Specials in 2016" . Splitsider . May 9, 2016. Archived from the original on May 16, 2016 . Retrieved May 14, 2016 .
^ "Here Are the Comedians Getting Comedy Central 'Half Hour' Specials in 2017" . Splitsider . March 20, 2017. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018 . Retrieved December 31, 2018 .
^ ^a ^b "The Half Hour" . Zap2it . Retrieved 2 November 2015 . ^{[
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External links [ edit ]

[1] "Comedy Central's(R) New Stand-Up Series "The Half Hour" Premieres Friday, May 11 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT and 11:30 p.m. ET/PT" . The Futon Critic . Retrieved 7 May 2013 .

[2] "Here Are the Comedians Getting Comedy Central 'Half Hour' Specials in 2015" . Splitsider . May 5, 2015. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015 . Retrieved May 14, 2015 .

[3] "Here Are the Comedians Getting Comedy Central 'Half Hour' Specials in 2016" . Splitsider . May 9, 2016. Archived from the original on May 16, 2016 . Retrieved May 14, 2016 .

[4] "Here Are the Comedians Getting Comedy Central 'Half Hour' Specials in 2017" . Splitsider . March 20, 2017. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018 . Retrieved December 31, 2018 .

[zap2it-5] "The Half Hour" . Zap2it . Retrieved 2 November 2015 . ^{[
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