Netflix has become a premier platform for streaming modern comedy specials, with some of the biggest names in the business launching their shows on the service. This includes a growing number of ...

Whether they're delivering sidesplitting laughs or serious character drama, movies about stand-up comedy offer a fascinating look at the profession. Though it seems like there wouldn't be a lot of ...

After everything that happened in 2024, and heading into the five-year anniversary of the pandemic, you might have expected comedians to either reckon with the wreckage of the recent past and their ...

No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

The time has finally come: We’re back with our year-end list on the emerging comics you need to know. It’s been another hugely dynamic year for comedy, with 29 stand-up specials from Netflix, 12 ...

Brett Goldstein may be behind two of Apple TV+’s biggest shows, but he really wants to talk about puppets. The comedian — whose breakout role as foul-mouthed football player with a heart of gold Roy ...

No other comedy special this year accomplishes quite the same mixture of emotion that Jordan Jensen’s does. It is so closely written, so thoroughly and carefully conceived as a window into Jensen’s ...

Stand-up comedy has been engrained in American television since practically the very beginning. Comics would emerge from the clubs, step out on late night TV, and deliver their best material in front ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brett Goldstein's first filmed special is the culmination of two years of touring across the U.S. and UK. (The Tyler Twins / For ...