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Comedy Central Presents

1998 – 2011Show15 seasons286 episodesTV-14

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51
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb7.9Metacritic–0.4
51
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb7.9Metacritic–0.4

Summary

These half-hour specials showcased some of the best up-and-coming comedians of the moment. The show was a pivotal stepping stone for many of today's stand-up stars.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Party vibe

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15 seasons · 286 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Wanda Sykes-Hall, 6.7
  2. S1 E2 Marc Maron, 6.1
  3. S1 E3 Reggie McFadden, 5.6
  4. S1 E4 Lewis Black, 7.6
  5. S1 E5 Greg Fitzsimmons, 6.7
  6. S1 E6 Mitch Hedberg, 8.4
  7. S1 E7 Sue Murphy, 6.4
  8. S1 E8 Kevin Brennan, 6.1
  1. S2 E1 Kevin Nealon, 6.9
  2. S2 E2 Margaret Smith, 6.1
  3. S2 E3 Mark Curry, 5.8
  4. S2 E4 Greg Proops, 6.7
  5. S2 E5 Hugh Fink, 6.7
  6. S2 E6 Kevin Meaney, 5.1
  7. S2 E7 Dave Attell, 7.3
  8. S2 E8 Mario Cantone, 5.8
  9. S2 E9 Todd Barry, 7.2
  10. S2 E10 Patton Oswalt, 6.2
  11. S2 E11 Elvira Kurt, 5.8
  12. S2 E12 Jack Coen, 5.6
  1. S3 E1 Lewis Black: 2, 8.0
  2. S3 E2 Steve Marmel, 3.4
  3. S3 E3 Jeremy Hotz, 8.1
  4. S3 E4 Dane Cook, 7.3
  5. S3 E5 Kathleen Madigan, 6.6
  6. S3 E6 Jim Gaffigan, 8.2
  7. S3 E7 Dom Irrera, 7.0
  8. S3 E8 Ralph Harris, 6.8
  9. S3 E9 Stephen Lynch, 8.4
  10. S3 E10 Greg Giraldo, 7.7
  11. S3 E11 Victoria Jackson, 3.6
  12. S3 E12 Don 'D.C.' Curry, 6.5
  13. S3 E13 Johnny Sanchez, 6.3
  14. S3 E14 Brian Regan, 8.2
  15. S3 E15 Judy Gold, 6.5
  16. S3 E16 Arj Barker, 6.7
  1. S4 E1 Darrell Hammond, 6.8
  2. S4 E2 Jim David, 5.2
  3. S4 E3 Rene Hicks, 5.0
  4. S4 E4 Pablo Francisco, 8.3
  5. S4 E5 Adam Ferrara, 8.0
  6. S4 E6 Nick Swardson, 7.8
  7. S4 E7 Greg Behrendt, 6.0
  8. S4 E8 Sabrina Matthews, 6.7
  1. S5 E1 The Amazing Johnathan, 7.9
  2. S5 E2 Maria Bamford, 7.2
  3. S5 E3 The Sklar Brothers, 6.7
  4. S5 E4 Slovin & Allen, 6.7
  5. S5 E5 Louis Ramey, 7.5
  6. S5 E6 Tom Rhodes, 5.3
  7. S5 E7 Ted Alexandro, 7.4
  8. S5 E8 Tony Woods, 7.0
  9. S5 E9 Tom Papa, 7.1
  10. S5 E10 Louis C.K., 7.4
  11. S5 E11 Bil Dwyer, 5.2
  12. S5 E12 Zach Galifianakis, 8.0
  13. S5 E13 Doug Stanhope, 7.0
  14. S5 E14 Gary Valentine, 6.4
  15. S5 E15 Ardal O'Hanlon, 6.4
  16. S5 E16 Todd Glass, 6.8
  1. S6 E1 Lewis Black: 3, 8.1
  2. S6 E2 Sean Cullen, 6.5
  3. S6 E3 Richard Jeni, 6.4
  4. S6 E4 Mike Britt, 5.2
  5. S6 E5 Lenny Clarke, 6.1
  6. S6 E6 Adele Givens, 4.8
  7. S6 E7 Nick DiPaolo, 6.6
  8. S6 E8 Brian Posehn, 6.6
  9. S6 E9 Gilbert Gottfried, 6.9
  10. S6 E10 Carlos Mencia, 6.1
  11. S6 E11 Jimmy Pardo, 6.0
  1. S7 E1 Gabriel Iglesias, 7.9
  2. S7 E2 Bill Burr, 7.5
  3. S7 E3 Bruce Bruce, 6.4
  4. S7 E4 Jackie Kashian, 6.0
  5. S7 E5 Earthquake, 5.3
  6. S7 E6 Paul F. Tompkins, 7.0
  7. S7 E7 Carol Leifer, 4.6
  8. S7 E8 Laura Kightlinger, 4.9
  9. S7 E9 Jake Johannsen, 6.4
  10. S7 E10 Patrice O'Neal, 7.6
  11. S7 E11 Otis Lee Crenshaw, 7.1
  12. S7 E12 Freddy Soto, 7.1
  13. S7 E13 Ron White, 6.7
  14. S7 E14 Charlie Viracola, 4.1
  15. S7 E15 Jeff Stilson, 5.0
  16. S7 E16 Dwayne Kennedy, 5.6
  17. S7 E17 Eddie Brill, 5.8
  18. S7 E18 David Feldman, 4.9
  19. S7 E19 Rich Vos, 6.1
  20. S7 E20 Robert Hawkins, 5.8
  21. S7 E21 Joey Kola, 4.7
  22. S7 E22 Jeff Dunham, 6.2
  23. S7 E23 Daniel Tosh, 7.7
  24. S7 E24 Sheryl Underwood, 4.5
  25. S7 E25 Gregg Rogell, 6.0
  26. S7 E26 Wayne Federman, 5.9
  27. S7 E27 Tracy Smith, 5.9
  28. S7 E28 Arnez J., 5.4
  1. S8 E1 Dat Phan, 6.3
  2. S8 E2 John Heffron, 6.5
  3. S8 E3 D.C. Benny, 6.2
  4. S8 E4 Frank Caliendo, 7.3
  5. S8 E5 Retta, 5.7
  6. S8 E6 Kevin Hart, 6.4
  7. S8 E7 Eddie Gossling, 5.4
  8. S8 E8 Jimmy Shubert, 4.5
  9. S8 E9 Carlos Alazraqui, 5.0
  10. S8 E10 Vanessa Hollingshead, 6.2
  11. S8 E11 Mike Birbiglia, 6.8
  12. S8 E12 Doug Benson, 6.1
  13. S8 E13 Tom Cotter, 7.9
  14. S8 E14 Demetri Martin, 7.9
  15. S8 E15 Bob Oschack, 6.1
  16. S8 E16 Gene Pompa, 4.7
  17. S8 E17 Vince Morris, 5.8
  18. S8 E18 Greg Giraldo: 2, 7.3
  19. S8 E19 Dwayne Perkins, 5.9
  20. S8 E20 Jimmy Dore, 5.9
  21. S8 E21 Clinton Jackson, 4.9
  22. S8 E22 Paul Mercurio, 6.4
  23. S8 E23 Rudy Rush, 5.5
  24. S8 E24 Paul Gilmartin, 6.5
  25. S8 E25 Tig, 6.2
  26. S8 E26 Stella, 7.0
  27. S8 E27 Cory Kahaney, 5.8
  28. S8 E28 Scott Kennedy, 4.9
  1. S9 E1 Steve McGrew, 6.8
  2. S9 E2 Lizz Winstead, 4.6
  3. S9 E3 Jimmy Carr, 8.0
  4. S9 E4 Godfrey, 6.6
  5. S9 E5 Tess, 3.2
  6. S9 E6 Reno Collier, 5.5
  7. S9 E7 Christian Finnegan, 7.1
  8. S9 E8 Jeff Cesario, 6.1
  9. S9 E9 Drew Fraser, 5.2
  10. S9 E10 Russ Meneve, 6.0
  11. S9 E11 Dan Naturman, 5.6
  12. S9 E12 Lynne Koplitz, 7.0
  13. S9 E13 Tom Shillue, 4.9
  14. S9 E14 Todd Lynn, 5.6
  15. S9 E15 Aries Spears, 7.2
  16. S9 E16 Vic Henley, 5.5
  17. S9 E17 Keith Robinson, 5.7
  18. S9 E18 Rocky LaPorte, 7.0
  19. S9 E19 Craig Shoemaker, 5.5
  20. S9 E20 Harland Williams, 6.9
  21. S9 E21 Al Madrigal, 5.7
  22. S9 E22 Alonzo Bodden, 6.2
  23. S9 E23 Henry Phillips, 5.8
  24. S9 E24 Corey Holcomb, 5.5
  1. S10 E1 Rickey Smiley, 6.1
  2. S10 E2 Ty Barnett, 5.9
  3. S10 E3 DeRay, 5.1
  4. S10 E4 Rod Man, 5.3
  5. S10 E5 Steve Byrne, 7.3
  6. S10 E6 Mike Birbiglia: 2, 7.3
  7. S10 E7 Ted Alexandro: 2, 5.9
  8. S10 E8 Greg Fitzsimmons: 2, 4.9
  9. S10 E9 Megan Mooney, 6.0
  10. S10 E10 Tammy Pescatelli, 6.0
  11. S10 E11 Jon Reep, 6.1
  12. S10 E12 Todd Barry: 2, 6.2
  13. S10 E13 Arj Barker: 2, 5.8
  14. S10 E14 Nick Swardson: 2, 8.0
  15. S10 E15 John Caparulo, 7.1
  16. S10 E16 Andy Kindler, 4.7
  17. S10 E17 Pat Dixon, 6.5
  18. S10 E18 Brian Kiley, 4.4
  19. S10 E19 Ben Bailey, 5.4
  20. S10 E20 Peter Berman, 4.7
  21. S10 E21 Becky Pedigo, 6.0
  22. S10 E22 Bill Santiago, 4.4
  23. S10 E23 Jeff Garcia, 5.2
  24. S10 E24 Kyle Cease, 7.4
  1. S11 E1 Marc Maron 2, 6.7
  2. S11 E2 John Heffron 2, 4.8
  3. S11 E3 Andrew Kennedy, 5.0
  4. S11 E4 Nick DiPaolo 2, 6.5
  5. S11 E5 Dov Davidoff, 6.2
  6. S11 E6 Kyle Grooms, 4.9
  7. S11 E7 Bob Marley, 6.3
  8. S11 E8 Lisa Landry, 6.0
  9. S11 E9 Tom Papa (2), 6.8
  10. S11 E10 Maria Bamford 2, 6.5
  11. S11 E11 Finesse Mitchell, 5.9
  12. S11 E12 Loni Love, 4.2
  13. S11 E13 Chelsea Handler, 4.8
  14. S11 E14 Deon Cole, 5.6
  15. S11 E15 Paul F. Tompkins 2, 6.0
  16. S11 E16 Kyle Dunnigan, 6.4
  17. S11 E17 Ian Bagg, 5.5
  18. S11 E18 Josh Sneed, 5.6
  19. S11 E19 Mitch Fatel, 6.4
  20. S11 E20 Howard Kremer, 6.7
  1. S12 E1 Stephen Lynch 2, 7.6
  2. S12 E2 Dan Cummins, 7.8
  3. S12 E3 Jo Koy, 5.9
  4. S12 E4 Sebastian Maniscalco, 7.5
  5. S12 E5 Hard 'N Phirm, 7.3
  6. S12 E6 Leo Allen, 4.9
  7. S12 E7 Eugene Mirman, 7.4
  8. S12 E8 Jordan Rubin, 6.1
  9. S12 E9 My First Time, 6.2
  10. S12 E10 Nick Thune, 6.8
  11. S12 E11 Bonnie McFarlane, 6.0
  12. S12 E12 Rich Vos 2, 5.9
  13. S12 E13 Lavell Crawford, 6.0
  14. S12 E14 Joe Matarese, 5.9
  15. S12 E15 Big Jay Oakerson, 6.5
  16. S12 E16 Juston McKinney, 5.7
  17. S12 E17 Nick Griffin, 6.0
  18. S12 E18 Chad Daniels, 6.5
  19. S12 E19 Kirk Fox, 6.8
  20. S12 E20 Dan Mintz, 5.7
  21. S12 E21 Brian Posehn 2, 6.8
  22. S12 E22 Robert Kelly, 6.7
  23. S12 E23 Billy Gardell, 6.8
  24. S12 E24 Shaun Majumder, 5.4
  1. S13 E1 Kurt Metzger, 6.1
  2. S13 E2 Doug Benson 2, 6.7
  3. S13 E3 Anthony Jeselnik, 7.6
  4. S13 E4 Brian Scolaro, 7.3
  5. S13 E5 Jasper Redd, 5.0
  6. S13 E6 Rob Stapleton, 5.8
  7. S13 E7 Tommy Johnagin, 5.7
  8. S13 E8 Jamie Lissow, 4.9
  9. S13 E9 Dan Levy, 6.0
  10. S13 E10 Joe DeRosa, 5.0
  11. S13 E11 Pete Lee, 5.6
  12. S13 E12 Rebecca Corry, 5.9
  13. S13 E13 Greer Barnes, 7.2
  14. S13 E14 Red Grant, 4.0
  15. S13 E15 Eddie Ifft, 5.1
  16. S13 E16 Chris Porter, 7.1
  17. S13 E17 Jimmy Carr 2, 7.0
  18. S13 E18 Erin Foley, 6.1
  19. S13 E19 Greg Warren, 6.4
  20. S13 E20 Tom Rhodes 2, 5.1
  21. S13 E21 Josh Blue, 6.9
  22. S13 E22 Bo Burnham, 7.4
  23. S13 E23 John Mulaney, 8.3
  24. S13 E24 Kristen Schaal, 5.7
  1. S14 E1 Tony Rock, 5.1
  2. S14 E2 Doug Williams, 5.1
  3. S14 E3 Owen Benjamin, 4.6
  4. S14 E4 Pete Holmes, 6.6
  5. S14 E5 Rob Riggle, 5.0
  6. S14 E6 Jon Lajoie, 6.8
  7. S14 E7 Julian McCullough, 6.4
  8. S14 E8 Shane Mauss, 6.8
  9. S14 E9 Donald Glover, 7.5
  10. S14 E10 Jon Dore, 6.2
  11. S14 E11 Rachel Feinstein, 5.5
  12. S14 E12 The Sklar Brothers 2, 5.2
  13. S14 E13 Rory Albanese, 5.1
  14. S14 E14 Amy Schumer, 5.7
  15. S14 E15 Matt Braunger, 5.5
  16. S14 E16 Mo Mandel, 5.3
  17. S14 E17 Brett Ernst, 6.2
  18. S14 E18 Iliza Shlesinger, 6.8
  19. S14 E19 Eliot Chang, 5.6
  20. S14 E20 Mike DeStefano, 6.8
  21. S14 E21 Ryan Stout, 6.6
  22. S14 E22 Myq Kaplan, 6.3
  23. S14 E23 Andy Kindler 2, 4.3
  24. S14 E24 Jeff Dye, 5.8
  1. S15 E1 Tom Segura, 7.0
  2. S15 E2 Michael Kosta, 6.4
  3. S15 E3 Chelsea Peretti, 6.7
  4. S15 E4 Sheng Wang, 6.6
  5. S15 E5 Chris D'Elia, 6.0
  6. S15 E6 Nate Bargatze, 7.3
  7. S15 E7 Hari Kondabolu, 5.2
  8. S15 E8 Jack Whitehall, 6.1
  9. S15 E9 Al Jackson, 5.4
  10. S15 E10 Kyle Kinane, 7.2
  11. S15 E11 Matt Fulchiron, 6.3
  12. S15 E12 Mike Vecchione, 5.2
  13. S15 E13 Jessi Klein, 5.9
  14. S15 E14 Louis Katz, 5.5
  15. S15 E15 Jay Larson, 6.2
  16. S15 E16 Natasha Leggero, 6.5

Cast

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Crew

Directors
Paul Miller
Written by
Michael Showalter, Nick Swardson, Chelsea Peretti
Produced by
Kimber Rickabaugh

Everyone

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Facts

December 1, 1998 · March 25, 2011 · Ended

First aired
December 1, 1998
Last aired
March 25, 2011
Status
Ended
Length
15 seasons · 286 episodes
Age rating
TV-14
Content
Strong Language, Sexual Content, Drug Use
Genres
Comedy, Talk
Original language
English
Made in
United States
Available in
33 countries

Q&A

7 questions, like "Where can I stream Comedy Central Presents?"

Questions about Comedy Central Presents

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Where can I stream Comedy Central Presents?

Paramount+

In the United States, Comedy Central Presents streams on Paramount+. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 28 other countries.

Is Comedy Central Presents worth watching?

51
MediocreGoodWatch score

Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 51 (IMDb 7.9). Season 11 is the weak spot, with an IMDb average of 5.9 against 7.7 for the best season.

Which season of Comedy Central Presents is best?

Seasons 1 and 4, with an IMDb average of 7.7. Season 11 is the weakest at 5.9. The highest-rated episode is Mitch Hedberg (season 1, episode 6) at 8.4, and the lowest is Tess (season 9, episode 5) at 3.2.

Is Comedy Central Presents okay for kids?

TV-14Strong languageSexual contentDrug use

Not for young kids: it's rated TV-14 in the United States for strong language, sexual content, and drug use, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.

How long does it take to watch Comedy Central Presents?

143 h

About 143 hours: 286 episodes in 15 seasons of about 30 minutes each, aired from 1998 to 2011.

Will Comedy Central Presents make me laugh?

Funny

Yes: the humor is mostly sharp wit (9 of 10) and satire (7 of 10).

Can I half-watch Comedy Central Presents?

Easy watchDemanding

Yes: it's easy to follow, with meta narrative at only 4 of 10, and the viewing guide calls it good for background watching.