by To kick off this year’s crop of half-hour stand-up specials, which premiere on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, Comedy Central will stream 24 hours of stand-up from the previous two decades of half-hours live on its YouTube channel.
In all, the 24-hour live stream will feature a curated playlist of over 60 half-hour stand-up specials beginning Thursday, Oct. 17 at 11 p.m. ET on the Comedy Central Stand-Up channel on YouTube and culminating with the on-air premiere of the new season of Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents… with back-to-back episodes, Jaboukie Young-White and Vanessa Gonzalez, on Friday, Oct. 18 at 11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.
Specials featured on YouTube also will air throughout the weekend on PlutoTV, Viacom’s free streaming platform. They include:
| Cristela Alonzo (2013) | Ron Funches (2014) | Sam Jay (2017) |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Attell (1999) | Jim Gaffigan (2000) | Anthony Jeselnik (2009) |
| Maria Bamford (2001) | Zach Galifianakis (2001) | Josh Johnson (2017) |
| Joel Kim Booster (2017) | Noah Gardenswartz (2016) | Kyle Kinane (2011) |
| Neal Brennan (2012) | Garfunkel And Oates (2012) | Jessi Klein (2011) |
| Matthew Broussard (2016) | Solomon Georgio (2017) | Michael Kosta (2011) |
| Bo Burnham (2009) | Chris Gethard (2014) | Pete Lee (2009) |
| Michelle Buteau (2015) | Greg Giraldo (2000) | Natasha Leggero (2011) |
| Michael Che (2014) | Nikki Glaser (2013) | Gabe Liedman (2013) |
| Chris D’Elia (2011) | Donald Glover (2010) | Joe List (2015) |
| Chris Distefano (2014) | Kevin Hart (2004) | Sebastian Maniscalco (2008) |
| Naomi Ekperigin (2016) | Mitch Hedberg (1999) | Demetri Martin (2004) |
| Rachel Feinstein (2014) | Emily Heller (2016) | Sam Morril (2015) |
| Nate Fernald (2016) | Lil Rel Howery (2013) | John Mulaney (2009) |
| Jo Firestone (2017) | Gabriel Iglesias (2003) | Aparna Nancherla (2016) |
| Mark Normand (2014) | Casey James Salengo (2017) | Brody Stevens (2014) |
| Tig Notaro (2004) | Yamaneika Saunders (2017) | Nick Swardson (2001) |
| Jacqueline Novak (2016) | Kristen Schaal (2009) | Julio Torres (2017) |
| Patrice O’Neal (2003) | Amy Schumer (2010) | Shane Torres (2017) |
| Patton Oswalt (1999) | Rory Scovel (2012) | Daniel Tosh (2003) |
| Brian Regan (2000) | Ali Siddiq (2016) | Liza Treyger (2015) |
| Chris Redd (2017) | Dan Soder (2013) | Baron Vaughn (2013) |
| Ramon Rivas (2016) | Dan Soder (2013) | Jenny Zigrino (2017) |
