2016 in stand-up comedy

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This is a timeline documenting events and facts about stand-up comedy in the year 2016.

Tours

Comedian Tour Name Countries Schedule
James Adomian N/A United States Official info
Ahmed Ahmed N/A United States Official info
Dave Attell Comedy Underground United States Official info
Bill Bailey Limboland United Kingdom Official info
Maria Bamford N/A United States Official info
Arj Barker Get in My Head Australia Official info
W. Kamau Bell N/A United States Official info
Doug Benson N/A United States Official info
Lewis Black N/A United States Official info
Josh Blue N/A United States Official info
Alonzo Bodden N/A United States Official info
Elayne Boosler N/A United States Official info
Frankie Boyle Hurt Like You've Never Been Loved United Kingdom Official info
Matt Braunger N/A United States Official info
Jim Breuer Marriage Warrior United States Official info
Bruce Bruce N/A United States Official info
Bo Burnham Make Happy Tour United States Official info
Bill Burr N/A United States Official info
Mario Cantone N/A United States Official info
John Caparulo N/A United States Official info
Jimmy Carr The Best of, Ultimate, Gold, Greatest Hits United Kingdom & International Official info
Carrot Top N/A United States Official info
Margaret Cho N/A United States Official info
Sarah Colonna N/A United States Official info
David Cross Making America Great Again! United States & Canada Official info
Seán Cullen N/A Canada & United States Official info
Whitney Cummings N/A United States Official info
Chris D'Elia N/A United States & Canada Official info
Jeff Dunham Unbalanced United States Official info
Jeff Dye N/A United States Official info
Bill Engvall N/A United States & Canada Official info
Mike Epps N/A United States Official info
Craig Ferguson Join or Die United States Official info
Jeff Foxworthy We've Been Thinking United States Official info
Pablo Francisco N/A United States Official info
Ron Funches N/A United States & Canada Official info
Jim Gaffigan Contagious International Official info
Gallagher N/A United States Official info
Janeane Garofalo N/A United States Official info
Todd Glass N/A United States Official info
Tom Green N/A United States Official info
Kathy Griffin N/A United States & Mexico Official info
Gary Gulman N/A United States Official info
Chris Hardwick Funcomfortable Tour United States Official info
Kevin Hart What Now Tour International Official info
John Heffron N/A United States Official info
Corey Holcomb N/A United States Official info
Pete Holmes N/A United States Official info
Paul Hooper N/A United States Official info
Gabriel Iglesias Fluffy Breaks Even United States Official info
Dom Irrera N/A International Official info
Eddie Izzard N/A United Kingdom Official info
Jim Jefferies N/A United States Official info
Tommy Johnagin N/A United States Official info
Anjelah Johnson N/A United States Official info
Myq Kaplan N/A United States Official info
Jamie Kennedy N/A United States Official info
Sean Kent N/A United States Official info
Kyle Kinane N/A United States Official info
Andy Kindler N/A United States Official info
Jen Kirkman N/A International Official info
Hari Kondabolu N/A United States Official info
Jo Koy N/A United States Official info
Nick Kroll N/A United States Official info
Lisa Lampanelli Back to the Drawing Board United States Official info
Larry the Cable Guy N/A United States Official info
Mike Lawrence N/A United States Official info
George Lopez N/A United States Official info
Drew Lynch N/A United States Official info
Norm MacDonald N/A United States & Canada Official info
Kathleen Madigan The Mermaid Lady United States Official info
Al Madrigal N/A United States Official info
Bill Maher N/A United States Official info
Marc Maron N/A United States Official info
Ralphie May N/A United States Official info
Kevin Meaney N/A United States Official info
Carlos Mencia N/A United States Official info
Jay Mohr N/A United States Official info
Tracy Morgan Picking Up the Pieces United States & Canada Official info
T. J. Miller N/A United States Official info
Kevin Nealon N/A United States Official info
Jim Norton Mouthful of Shame United States Official info
Tig Notaro N/A United States Official info
Patton Oswalt N/A United States Official info
Gary Owen N/A United States Official info
Tom Papa N/A United States Official info
Tammy Pescatelli N/A United States Official info
Russell Peters Almost Famous World Tour International Official info
Dat Phan N/A United States Official info
Emo Philips N/A United States Official info
Piff the Magic Dragon N/A United States Official info
Kevin Pollak N/A United States Official info
Paula Poundstone N/A United States Official info
Greg Proops N/A United States Official info
Brian Regan N/A United States Official info
Caroline Rhea N/A United States Official info
Paul Reiser N/A United States Official info
Rod Man N/A United States Official info
Joe Rogan N/A United States Official info
Jeff Ross N/A United States Official info
Rita Rudner N/A International Official info
Amy Schumer N/A United States Official info
Rory Scovel N/A United States Official info
David Sedaris N/A United States & International Official info
Tom Segura N/A United States Official info
Iliza Shlesinger Freezing Hot United States Official info
Craig Shoemaker N/A United States Official info
Sarah Silverman N/A United States Official info
Steve-O The Guilty as Charged Tour United States & Canada Official info
Wanda Sykes N/A United States Official info
Judy Tenuta N/A United States Official info
Paul F. Tompkins N/A United States Official info
Daniel Tosh N/A United States Official info
Theo Von N/A United States Official info
Rich Vos N/A United States Official info
Ron White N/A United States Official info
Brad Williams N/A United States Official info
Josh Wolf N/A United States Official info
Steven Wright N/A United States & Canada Official info

Specials expected / released

January-March

Month Day Comedian Title Filming Location Distribution
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7 Matt Besser Besser Breaks the Record UCB Theatre in Los Angeles Seeso
Rory Scovel The Charleston Special Woolfe Street Playhouse in Charleston Seeso
8 Tom Segura Mostly Stories Neptune Theatre in Seattle Netflix
15 Tony Hinchcliffe One Shot The Ice House in Pasadena Netflix
23 Whitney Cummings I'm Your Girlfriend The Broad Stage in Santa Monica HBO
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5 Hannibal Buress Comedy Camisado Varsity Theater in Minneapolis Netflix
19 Alonzo Bodden Historically Incorrect The Vic Theatre in Chicago Showtime
26 Theo Von No Offense Civic Theatre in New Orleans Netflix
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18 Jimmy Carr Funny Business Hammersmith Apollo in London Netflix
Steve-O Guilty as Charged The Paramount Theatre in Austin Showtime
21 Stephen Lynch Hello, Kalamazoo! The Little Theatre in Kalamazoo Vimeo
24 Cameron Esposito Marriage Material Thalia Hall in Chicago Seeso

April-June

Month Day Comedian Title Filming Location Distribution
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1 Frankie Boyle Hurt Like You’ve Never Been Loved Citizens Theatre in Glasgow Netflix
9 Nikki Glaser Perfect Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York Comedy Central
17 Daniel Tosh People Pleaser Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles Comedy Central
22 Patton Oswalt Talking for Clapping The Fillmore in San Francisco Netflix
23 Rachel Feinstein Only Whores Wear Purple Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York Comedy Central
29 W. Kamau Bell Semi-Prominent Negro Roulette Intermedium in New York Showtime
30 Chris Hardwick Funcomfortable Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco Comedy Central
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1 Gary Gulman It’s About Time Highline Ballroom in New York Netflix
6 Ali Wong Baby Cobra Neptune Theater in Seattle Netflix
13 Michael Ian Black Noted Expert John Jay College in New York Epix
20 Brad Williams Daddy Issues Alex Theatre in Glendale Showtime
21 Dan Soder Not Special Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia Comedy Central
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2 Quincy Jones Burning the Light The Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles HBO
3 Bo Burnham Make Happy Capitol Theatre in Port Chester Netflix
Ben Gleib Neurotic Gangster Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara Showtime

July-September

Month Day Comedian Title Filming Location Distribution
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1 Jim Jefferies Freedumb James Polk Theater in Nashville Netflix
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26 Jeff Foxworthy & Larry the Cable Guy We’ve Been Thinking... Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis Netflix
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23 Iliza Shlesinger Confirmed Kills The Vic Theatre in Chicago Netflix

October-December

Month Day Comedian Title Filming Location Distribution
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14 Kevin Hart What Now? Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia Universal Studios
21 Wanda Sykes What Happened...Ms. Sykes? The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles Epix
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Comedians with material in production

Comedian Title Source
Ward Anderson TBA [1]
Owen Benjamin Huge Pianist [2]
Ed Blaze TBA [3]
Kurt Braunohler TBA [4]
Steve Byrne TBA [5]
Rodney Carrington TBA [6]
Dana Carvey TBA [7]
Deon Cole Cole Blooded Seminar [4]
Samuel J. Comroe TBA [8]
David Cross Making America Great Again [9]
Pete Davidson SMD [10]
Joe DeRosa TBA [4]
Cedric the Entertainer TBA [11]
Pablo Francisco TBA [12]
John Heffron TBA [13]
Shawn Hitchins Ginger Nation [14]
Corey Holcomb TBA [15]
Pete Holmes TBA [16]
Gabriel Iglesias TBA [17]
Keith Lowell Jensen Bad Comedy for Bad People [18]
Trevor Joyner Free Lunch [19]
Kyle Kinane TBA [20]
Jo Koy TBA [21]
Bert Kreischer TBA [22]
Martin Lawrence TBA [23]
Jeff Leeson My Grandma Used to Heckle Me [24]
Kathleen Madigan TBA [25]
Mo Mandel Negative Reinforcement [26]
Sebastian Maniscalco Why Would You Do That? [27]
Trevor Moore TBA [4]
Jay Oakerson Live at Webster Hall [4]
Gary Owen I Got My Associates [28]
Lawrence Owens TBA [29]
Russell Peters TBA [30]
Ben Proulx TBA [31]
Sterling Scott Jokeaholic [32]
Doug Stanhope No Place Like Home [33]
Claude Stuart TBA [34]
Taylor Williamson TBA [35]

See also

References

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  2. "Comedy: Owen Benjamin". Higher Ground Music.
  3. "Comedian Ed Blaze to perform Valentine's Day weekend stand-up show". Syracuse.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Comedy Central announces 2016-2017 development slate including five series pick-ups, ten new specials, and eleven pilot orders". Comedy Central.
  5. "Steve Byrne to tape his 4th special in Chicago early 2016". The Laugh Button.
  6. "Rodney Carrington Shoots New Comedy Special In Nashville". Country Music Pride.
  7. "DANA CARVEY – COMEDY SPECIAL TAPING’s show in Boston, MA Apr 30, 2016". WiseGuys Presales.
  8. "Come watch me film my first half hour special.". Twitter.
  9. "David Cross to record new special live at Moontower Comedy Festival". The Laugh Button.
  10. "COMEDY CENTRAL® TO FILM PETE DAVIDSON’S FIRST ONE-HOUR STAND-UP SPECIAL "PETE DAVIDSON: SMD" DURING TWO SOLD-OUT SHOWS IN NEW YORK CITY ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30 AT 7:30 P.M. AND 10:00 P.M. ET". Comedy Central.
  11. "Cedric the Entertainer Live Comedy Special Filming in Nashville". Eventful.
  12. "Comedian Pablo Francisco 'back to having fun'". El Paso Times.
  13. "I am taping my new comedy special May 7 [...]". Twitter.
  14. "Operation Clementine". Official Website.
  15. "Corey Holcomb - Comedy Special Taping". Live Nation.
  16. "Pete Holmes – Special Taping in Chicago". Eventful.
  17. "I'm working on a new special I'm filming in May.". Twitter.
  18. "It’s kind of a funny story". Sacramento News & Review.
  19. "Free Lunch: a comedy special by Trevor Joyner". Brown Paper Tickets.
  20. "Kyle Kinane to film next comedy special in Chicago". AXS.
  21. "Interview: Jo Koy to film his next comedy special at The Moore Theatre". AXS.
  22. "Comedian Bert Kreischer Talks Book Writing, Flugtag And Boxed Wine". Free Beer and Hot Wings.
  23. "Martin Lawrence Film’s Newest Comedy Special, Kendrick Lamar And P. Diddy Come Out To Support". Comedy Hype.
  24. "JEFF LEESON: LIVE COMEDY SPECIAL TAPING (APRIL 23)". The Making Box.
  25. "Kathleen Madigan’s "The Mermaid Lady" Stand-Up Comedy Tour". Wells Fargo Center for the Arts.
  26. "#32 Mo Mandel". ART19.
  27. "Sebastian Maniscalco Will Tape His Third Showtime Special". The Interrobang.
  28. "Filming my new comedy special tonight "I Got My Associates" in Birmingham!!!". Twitter.
  29. "2 more days until I film another segment of my Netflix special in Dover DE [...]". Twitter.
  30. "Russell Peters To Film Upcoming Netflix Special In Hometown Of Toronto". Comedy Hype.
  31. "Ben Proulx - Live Comedy Special Taping!". TICKETPRO.
  32. "JOKEAHOLIC COMEDY SPECIAL LIVE TAPING AT THE CITADEL THEATRE". Sterling Scott Live.
  33. "Doug Stanhope LIVE taping at the Bisbee Royale". Brown Paper Tickets.
  34. "I just filmed a brand new hour comedy special tonight [...]". Facebook.
  35. "Interviewing Taylor Williamson: 'America's Got Talent' runner-up, coming to Sands Bethlehem Event Center, still smiling at what show's done for him". The Morning Call.
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