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• Posted Tuesday 5/15/18 at 1:10PM EDT

  Netflix's new stand-up showcase series will be called The Degenerates

  The streaming service promises to gather together six of the country’s funniest, delinquent comedians for a raw and edgy show.

• Posted Monday 5/14/18 at 8:04PM EDT

  Aziz Ansari performed standup for the first time since his sexual misconduct scandal

  The Master of None star has kept a low profile since he was accused of sexually inappropriate behavior in mid-January,...

• Posted Monday 5/14/18 at 3:48PM EDT

  Jon Stewart and Dave Chappelle are going on tour together

  The former Comedy Central stars will perform together over the course of two weeks in June in Boston and Texas.

• Posted Saturday 5/12/18 at 12:41AM EDT

  Ali Wong is pregnant in another Netflix special, but don't call her a "mom comic"

  "Every male comedian of note who is over the age of 45 has a kid, and they talk about it...

• Posted Thursday 5/10/18 at 9:39PM EDT

  A retired Chicago police detective "didn't appreciate" being mocked on John Mulaney's new Netflix special

  Mulaney devoted about 10 minutes of his Kid Gorgeous standup special to Detective J.

• Posted Thursday 5/10/18 at 9:39PM EDT

  Watch the trailer for Tig Notaro's Netflix special

  In Happy to Be Here, premiering May 22, Notaro tackles “the comedic sides of marriage, parenting and being invited to...

• Posted Thursday 5/10/18 at 9:39PM EDT

  HBO orders Bill Maher: Triggered, the comedian's 11th solo standup special

  Maher, who has been doing HBO standup specials since 1989, says half of his new show is about Trump.

• Posted Wednesday 5/09/18 at 5:28PM EDT

  Amy Schumer interrupted an up-and-coming comic's set to practice her SNL monologue

  Schumer showed up on Carolines on Broadway last night and asked if she could interrupt comedian Brendan Sagalow's lengthy headlining...

• Posted Friday 5/04/18 at 10:26PM EDT

  How to make an abortion joke: Did Michelle Wolf cross the line with her "don’t knock it 'til you try it" line?

  Reproductive health expert Gretchen Sission analyzes abortion jokes on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, BoJack Horseman and, most recently, Wolf's White House Correspodents'...

• Posted Tuesday 5/01/18 at 11:02PM EDT

  John Mulaney's Kid Gorgeous Netflix special is a milestone in his comedic development

  The best part about Mulaney's new special is that he looks like a kid, but his observations are like those...

• Posted Tuesday 4/24/18 at 10:40PM EDT

  The Problem with Apu's Hari Kondabolu is coming out with a Netflix special

  The Indian-American comedian and The Simpsons fan/critic will unveil Warn Your Relatives on May 8.

• Posted Tuesday 4/17/18 at 1:41PM EDT

  Comedy Central orders Alternatino with Arturo Castro and This Week at the Comedy Cellar

  Guatemalan actor Arturo Castro, best known for his roles on Broad City and Narcos, will host a sketch comedy show...

• Posted Friday 4/13/18 at 1:17PM EDT

  Ali Wong will again be "very pregnant" for her second Mother's Day Netflix special

  Netflix announced Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife is dropping on Mother's Day, May 13.

• Posted Wednesday 4/11/18 at 5:23PM EDT

  Adam Sandler's Netflix comedy special sort of reunited him with Paul Thomas Anderson

  The acclaimed filmmaker, who directed Sandler in 2002's Punch-Drunk Love, filmed some of the standup scenes for Sandler's first comedy...

• Posted Wednesday 4/11/18 at 1:11PM EDT

  Iconic Comedy Store owner Mitzi Shore, the "godmother of comedy" in Los Angeles, dies at 87

  David Letterman babysat her children, Jay Leno slept on her club's back stairs and Jim Carrey tended bar for her.