Streaming has become a great home for stand-up comedy, and Netflix's lineup in particular includes 15 of the best stand-up ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Wow, 2025 — in the race to dismantle civilization, you certainly outdid yourself. And it took some brilliant stand ...

If you’re like me, then you would have been proven wrong or severely let down by too many of 2025’s stand-up comedy specials. Which made those who did step up this year stand out that much more. I’ve ...

From left, Steph Tolev, Frankie Quiñones and Nate Jackson. (Photo illustration by Josep Prat Sorolla / For The Times; photographs by Christina House / Los Angeles Times and Ethan Benavidez / For The ...

Wow, 2025 — in the race to dismantle civilization, you certainly outdid yourself. And it took some brilliant stand-ups this year to take our problems big and small and turn them into jokes that ...

Late-night came roaring back to life, Roy Wood Jr. delivered a must-see special and Amy Poehler made a must-listen podcast. By Jason Zinoman Many savvy observers declared the death of the late-night ...

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 ...

Mainstream comedy is frankly in a bit of a lull right now. Sitcoms and theatrical comedy movie are disappearing, few comic novels are getting published, and comedy podcasts are just comedians ...

In the late 1980s and early '90s, as TV fans were being presented with the new Wild West of basic and premium cable, two channels were available for comedy junkies: The Comedy Channel and the simply ...