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

Last updated April 05, 2025

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

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

Overview

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

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	12	May 11, 2012 (2012-5-11)	June 15, 2012 (2012-6-15)
	2	17	May 4, 2013 (2013-5-4)	January 5, 2014 (2014-1-5)
	3	14	June 6, 2014 (2014-6-6)	July 25, 2014 (2014-7-25)
	4	14	August 23, 2015 (2015-8-23)	November 28, 2015 (2015-11-28)
	5	17	August 26, 2016 (2016-8-26)	October 21, 2016 (2016-10-21)
	6	13	September 15, 2017 (2017-9-15)	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)

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

Season 2 (2013–14)

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

Season 3 (2014)

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

Season 4 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original release date
44	1	Liza Treyger	August 23, 2015 (2015-8-23)
45	2	Hampton Yount	August 23, 2015 (2015-8-23)
46	3	Michelle Buteau	September 6, 2015 (2015-9-6)
47	4	Barry Rothbart	September 6, 2015 (2015-9-6)
48	5	Brooks Wheelan	September 20, 2015 (2015-9-20)
49	6	Andy Woodhull	September 20, 2015 (2015-9-20)
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)

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

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original release date
75	1	Chris Redd	September 15, 2017 (2017-9-15)
76	2	Yamaneika Saunders	September 15, 2017 (2017-9-15)
77	3	Shane Torres	September 22, 2017 (2017-9-22)
78	4	Jenny Zigrino	September 22, 2017 (2017-9-22)
79	5	Casey James Salengo	September 29, 2017 (2017-9-29)
80	6	Jo Firestone	September 29, 2017 (2017-9-29)
81	7	Anthony DeVito	October 6, 2017 (2017-10-6)
82	8	Julio Torres	October 6, 2017 (2017-10-6)
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)

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original release 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)

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original release date
97	1	Jaboukie Young-White	October 18, 2019 (2019-10-18)
98	2	Vanessa Gonzalez	October 18, 2019 (2019-10-18)
99	3	Dulcé 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

↑ "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 May 7, 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.
1 2 "The Half Hour". Zap2it. Retrieved November 2, 2015.^{[ dead link ‍]}

External links

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[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 May 7, 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] 1 2 "The Half Hour". Zap2it. Retrieved November 2, 2015.^{[ dead link ‍]}

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]