2020 in stand-up comedy

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This is a timeline documenting events and facts about English-speaking stand-up comedy in the year 2020.

January

• January 3: Ilana Glazer's special The Planet Is Burning for Amazon Prime Video. ^[1]
• January 14: Leslie Jones's special Time Machine on Netflix
• January 21: Fortune Feimster's special Sweet and Salty for Netflix. ^[2]
• January 26: Vir Das's special For India on Netflix. ^[3]
• January 28: Alex Fernándezs special The Best Comedian in the World on Netflix. ^[3]
• January 28: Maria Bamford's special Weakness Is the Brand on Comedy Dynamics.

February

• February 4: Tom Papa's special You're Doing Great on Netflix.
• February 11: Sam Morril's special I Got This on YouTube. ^[4]
• February 22: Whitmer Thomas's special The Golden One on HBO.
• February 25: Pete Davidson's special Alive From New York on Netflix.

March

• March 3: Taylor Tomlinson's special Quarter Life Crisis on Netflix.
• March 10: Marc Maron's special End Times Fun on Netflix.
• March 17: Bert Kreischer's special Hey Big Boy on Netflix.
• March 24: Tom Segura's special Ball Hog on Netflix.
• March 27: Fancy Ray McCloney's album The Best Lookin' Man in Comedy on Stand Up! Records. ^[5]

April

• April 4: Louis C.K.'s special Sincerely on his website.
• April 14: Chris D'Elia's special No Pain on Netflix.
• April 14: Christopher Titus's special Born With A Defect on christophertitustv.
• April 17: Amber Preston's album Sparkly Parts on Stand Up! Records. ^[6]
• April 24: Derek Sheen's album Macho Caballero on Stand Up! Records. ^[7]

May

• May 1: Tim Harmston's album The Whim of Tim on Stand Up! Records. ^[8]
• May 1: Tom Walker's mime show special Very Very on Amazon. ^[9]
• May 5: Jerry Seinfeld's special 23 Hours to Kill on Netflix.
• May 8: Jimmy O. Yang's special Good Deal on Amazon.
• May 12: Mark Normand's special Out to Lunch on YouTube. ^[10]
• May 19: Patton Oswalt's special I Love Everything on Netflix. ^[11]
• May 19: Doug Stanhope's special The Dying of a Last Breed on Vimeo.
• May 26 Hannah Gadsby's special Douglas on Netflix.

June

• June 12: Dave Chappelle's special 8:46 on YouTube.
• June 23: Eric Andre's special Legalize Everything on Netflix. ^[12]
• June 30: George Lopez's special We'll Do It For Half on Netflix.

July

• July 3: Hannibal Buress's special Miami Nights on YouTube.
• July 7: Jim Jefferies's special Intolerant on Netflix.
• July 17: Esther Povitsky's special Hot for My Name on Comedy Central.
• July 21: Jack Whitehall's special I'm Only Joking on Netflix.
• July 24: Jim Gaffigan's special The Pale Tourist on Amazon.
• July 24: Frankie Boyle's special Excited For You To See And Hate This on BBC 2.
• June 26: Wendy Maybury's album She's Not From Around Here on Stand Up! Records. ^[13]
• June 27: Luiki Wiki's album #StandupConMadre on Stand Up! Records. ^[14]
• July 31: Kelly Pryce's album Life with a Pryce on Stand Up! Records. ^[15]

August

• August 4: Sam Jay's special 3 in the Morning on Netflix.
• August 6: Joe List's special I Hate Myself on YouTube.
• August 20: Beth Stelling's special Girl Daddy on HBO Max.
• August 25: Dante Powell's album The Squirrels Get Fat on Stand Up! Records. ^[16]

September

• September 1: Felipe Esparza's special Bad Decisions on Netflix.
• September 12: Michael McIntyre's special Showman on Netflix.
• September 18: Bil Dwyer's album Am I Yelling? on Stand Up! Records. ^[17]
• September 25: Glenn Wool's album Viva Forever on Stand Up! Records. ^[18]

October

• October 2: Chris Maddock's album Country Music Legend on Stand Up! Records. ^[19]
• October 6: Lewis Black's special Thanks for Risking Your Life. ^[20]
• October 23: Tim Heidecker's special An Evening With Tim Heidecker on YouTube.
• October 23: Chelsea Handler's special Evolution on HBO Max. ^[21]

November

• November 17: Kevin Hart's special Zero F**ks Given on Netflix. ^[22]
• November 20: Doug Mellard's album Fart Safari 3: Fart Hard with a Vengeance on Stand Up! Records. ^[23]
• November 27: Firesign Theater's album Dope Humor of the Seventies on Stand Up! Records. ^[24]

December

• December 17: James Acaster's special Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 is live-streamed on DICE.
• December 22: London Hughes's special London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck on Netflix. ^[25]

See also

• List of stand-up comedians

References

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3. Aswell, Sarah. "All The New Netflix Comedy Specials, Movies And Series Coming In January 2020". Forbes.
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14. "#StandupConMadre, Luiki Wiki". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
15. "Life with a Pryce, Kelly Pryce". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
16. "Dante Powell: The Squirrels Get Fat". Allmusic . Retrieved 2025-04-14.
17. "Am I Yelling?, Bil Dwyer". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
18. "Viva Forever, Glenn Wool". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
19. "Country Music Legend, Chris Maddock". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
20. Thanks for Risking Your Life
21. "Chelsea Handler's personal 'Evolution' inspires new stand-up special".
22. "Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given | Netflix Official Site". Netflix .
23. "Fart Safari 3: Fart Hard with a Vengeance". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
24. "Stand Up! Records Presents The First New Firesign Theatre Record In 35 Years". Cave Hollywood. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
25. Wright, Megh (11 December 2020). "London Hughes Knows Why Male Comedians Are 'Treated Like Gods'". Vulture . Retrieved 13 February 2021.