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 ...

Find Robby Hoffman: Wake Up streaming alongside many of Netflix's best stand-up comedy specials.

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Andy Dick rose to fame through comedy and has since become more known for serious incidents Vinnie Zuffante/Getty; Amy Graves/Getty Andy Dick is a stand-up comedian who transitioned his work into ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Before streaming specials and social media clips, stand-up comedy was discovered through late-night television, vinyl records, and smoky nightclub stages. For Baby Boomers, certain comedians were once ...

After another wild year for the industry, the women making the biggest impact across film and television reveal their predictions for Hollywood 2026, discuss the perks and pains of AI and even pitch ...

There are a lot of streaming services out there, all with acclaimed, interesting TV shows to watch. But if you start subscribing to them all — Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, and more — ...

Fourteen years ago, Emily Nussbaum, one of my esteemed predecessors in the TV-critic chair, notoriously titled her Top Ten list “I Hate Top Ten Lists.” I’ve seldom felt the same. I’m not much of a ...

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 ...