Comedy Central Stand-Up 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.

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[1]
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 (2012-05-11) – November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22)
Related
Comedy Central Presents

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
			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)

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original release 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)

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original release 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)

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original release 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)

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original release 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)

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original release 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)

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original release 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)

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)