Featured Specials

One special at a time — deep dives into the specials that are worth the full hour.

The Midwestern Forensic Obsession of Greg Warren

Greg Warren treats minor suburban gripes like mortal combat in his new special, channeling deep Midwestern anxiety into aggressively clean comedy.

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The Administrative Approach to Fertility

In her third special, Jenny Tian navigates the friction between algorithm-driven internet fame and highly structured stagecraft. The result is an hour of polished, ruthless storytelling that easily outgrows its vertical video origins.

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Ambient Entertainment for Lobbyists

A look at Matt Friend's 2026 CNN special, where staggering impressionist talent meets the sterile environment of a network-sanctioned Washington mixer.

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Horrible Roommate Energy

Sam Sferrazza's 'Artistic Intent' finds the comedy in personal inconvenience, bypassing culture war lectures for low-stakes hostility.

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The Comfort of the End Times

David Cross returns to the 40 Watt Club to dissect creeping authoritarianism, late-stage capitalism, and the absolute stupidity of sneakerheads.

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The Evils of Navy Blue

Julio Torres abandons the traditional standup format to deliver a surreal, vibes-based lecture on how specific colors govern human behavior.

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Thick Skin and Soft Produce

In his first Broadway solo show turned Netflix special, Jeff Ross trades weaponized cruelty for radical empathy, proving that reading a room is the exact same skill as roasting it.

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The Exhaustion Cannot Be Faked

Dino Archie's first full-length hour tackles the absolute exhaustion of raising a toddler after forty, swapping crowd work for a sustained, unfiltered point of view.

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The Inherent Creepiness of the Feline Bachelor

A veteran late-night writer abandons political satire for a dry, self-funded hour about divorce and the social stigma of feline companionship.

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The Taliban Make Terrible Best Friends

Giulio Gallarotti's new special pairs the domestic reality of a newly engaged man with the geopolitical absurdity of grabbing tea with the Taliban.

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The Architecture of a Crab Walk

In his HBO debut, Chris Fleming takes the smallest possible cultural frictions and scales them up into frantic, acrobatic spectacles.

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