The Half Hour

The Half Hour
Genre	Stand-up comedy
Created by	Paul Miller
Directed by	Joe DeMaio Ryan Polito
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	57 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Bravakis Stephen Kroopnick Stu Schreiberg[1]
Producer(s)	Neil A. Sheridan
Location(s)	Royale Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Triage Entertainment
Release
Original network	Comedy Central
Picture format	1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	May 11, 2012 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Comedy Central Presents
External links
Website

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.

Premise

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

Overview

Every episode features a relatively unknown comedian or sometimes a group of them performing a set of stand-up at the Royale theatre in Boston, Massachusetts for half an hour.

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	12	May 11, 2012	June 15, 2012
	2	17	May 4, 2013	January 5, 2014
	3	14	June 6, 2014	July 25, 2014
	4	14	August 23, 2015	November 28, 2015

Season 1 (2012)

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

Season 2 (2013–14)

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

Season 3 (2014)

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

Season 4 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Performer	Original air date
44	1	Liza Treyger	August 23, 2015
45	2	Hampton Yount	August 23, 2015
46	3	Michelle Buteau	September 6, 2015
47	4	Barry Rothbart	September 6, 2015
48	5	Brooks Wheelan	September 20, 2015
49	6	Andy Woodhull	September 20, 2015
50	7	Randy Liedtke	October 11, 2015
51	8	Beth Stelling	October 11, 2015
52	9	Sam Morril	October 25, 2015
53	10	Joe List	October 25, 2015
54	11	Sean Donnelly	November 15, 2015
55	12	Phil Hanley	November 15, 2015
56	13	Tone Bell	November 28, 2015[2]
57	14	Andrew Santino	November 28, 2015[2]

References

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 7 May 2013.
2. "The Half Hour". Zap2it. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

External links

• Official website
• The Half Hour at the Internet Movie Database