# Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents

Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents, formerly known as The Half Hour, is an American stand-up comedy television series that airs on Comedy Central in the United States. The program features various stand-up comedians in each episode. It replaced the similar program Comedy Central Presents in 2012.

## Premise

The Half Hour shines a spotlight on some of the funniest and most unusual voices in stand-up comedy.

## Overview

Every episode features an up-and-coming comedian or sometimes a group performing an original set of stand-up. The first four seasons of the show were filmed at the Royale theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. Beginning with the fifth season, the comedians now perform their sets at the Civic Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was announced that a sixth season was picked up with 14 new stand-up comedians given their own set. It was also announced that the show will be retitled Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents.

## Episodes

| Season | Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| | 1 | 12 | May 11, 2012 (2012-05-11) | June 15, 2012 (2012-06-15) |
| | 2 | 17 | May 4, 2013 (2013-05-04) | January 5, 2014 (2014-01-05) |
| | 3 | 14 | June 6, 2014 (2014-06-06) | July 25, 2014 (2014-07-25) |
| | 4 | 14 | August 23, 2015 (2015-08-23) | November 28, 2015 (2015-11-28) |
| | 5 | 17 | August 26, 2016 (2016-08-26) | October 21, 2016 (2016-10-21) |
| | 6 | 13 | September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15) | October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27) |
| | 7 | 9 | September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28) | October 26, 2018 (2018-10-26) |
| | 8 | 12 | October 18, 2019 (2019-10-18) | November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22) |

### Season 1 (2012)

| No. overall | No. in season | Performer | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | Rory Scovel | May 11, 2012 (2012-05-11) |
| 2 | 2 | Michael Palascak | May 11, 2012 (2012-05-11) |
| 3 | 3 | Na'im Lynn | May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18) |
| 4 | 4 | Neal Brennan | May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18) |
| 5 | 5 | Brendon Walsh | May 25, 2012 (2012-05-25) |
| 6 | 6 | Nick Vatterott | May 25, 2012 (2012-05-25) |
| 7 | 7 | Theo Von | June 1, 2012 (2012-06-01) |
| 8 | 8 | Maronzio Vance | June 1, 2012 (2012-06-01) |
| 9 | 9 | Joe Mande | June 8, 2012 (2012-06-08) |
| 10 | 10 | Garfunkel and Oates | June 8, 2012 (2012-06-08) |
| 11 | 11 | David O'Doherty | June 15, 2012 (2012-06-15) |
| 12 | 12 | Jesse Popp | June 15, 2012 (2012-06-15) |

### Season 2 (2013–14)

| No. overall | No. in season | Performer | Original release date |
| 13 | 1 | Dan Soder | May 4, 2013 (2013-05-04) |
| 14 | 2 | Nikki Glaser | May 4, 2013 (2013-05-04) |
| 15 | 3 | Erik Griffin | May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11) |
| 16 | 4 | Joe DeRosa | May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11) |
| 17 | 5 | Dan St. Germain | May 18, 2013 (2013-05-18) |
| 18 | 6 | Sean O'Connor | May 18, 2013 (2013-05-18) |
| 19 | 7 | Jonah Ray | May 25, 2013 (2013-05-25) |
| 20 | 8 | Gabe Liedman | May 25, 2013 (2013-05-25) |
| 21 | 9 | Jared Logan | June 1, 2013 (2013-06-01) |
| 22 | 10 | Mike Lawrence | June 1, 2013 (2013-06-01) |
| 23 | 11 | Lil Rel Howery | June 8, 2013 (2013-06-08) |
| 24 | 12 | Cristela Alonzo | June 8, 2013 (2013-06-08) |
| 25 | 13 | Andy Haynes | June 15, 2013 (2013-06-15) |
| 26 | 14 | Ben Kronberg | June 15, 2013 (2013-06-15) |
| 27 | 15 | Baron Vaughn | June 22, 2013 (2013-06-22) |
| 28 | 16 | Sean Patton | June 22, 2013 (2013-06-22) |
| 29 | 17 | Brody Stevens | January 5, 2014 (2014-01-05) |

### Season 3 (2014)

| No. overall | No. in season | Performer | Original release date |
| 30 | 1 | Chris Distefano | June 6, 2014 (2014-06-06) |
| 31 | 2 | Michael Che | June 6, 2014 (2014-06-06) |
| 32 | 3 | Tommy Johnagin | June 13, 2014 (2014-06-13) |
| 33 | 4 | Adam Newman | June 13, 2014 (2014-06-13) |
| 34 | 5 | Chris Gethard | June 20, 2014 (2014-06-20) |
| 35 | 6 | Yannis Pappas | June 20, 2014 (2014-06-20) |
| 36 | 7 | Fortune Feimster | June 27, 2014 (2014-06-27) |
| 37 | 8 | Ron Funches | June 27, 2014 (2014-06-27) |
| 38 | 9 | Damien Lemon | July 11, 2014 (2014-07-11) |
| 39 | 10 | Rachel Feinstein | July 11, 2014 (2014-07-11) |
| 40 | 11 | Mark Normand | July 18, 2014 (2014-07-18) |
| 41 | 12 | Joe Wengert | July 18, 2014 (2014-07-18) |
| 42 | 13 | Kurt Braunohler | July 25, 2014 (2014-07-25) |
| 43 | 14 | Joe Zimmerman | July 25, 2014 (2014-07-25) |

### Season 4 (2015)

| No. overall | No. in season | Performer | Original release date |
| 44 | 1 | Liza Treyger | August 23, 2015 (2015-08-23) |
| 45 | 2 | Hampton Yount | August 23, 2015 (2015-08-23) |
| 46 | 3 | Michelle Buteau | September 6, 2015 (2015-09-06) |
| 47 | 4 | Barry Rothbart | September 6, 2015 (2015-09-06) |
| 48 | 5 | Brooks Wheelan | September 20, 2015 (2015-09-20) |
| 49 | 6 | Andy Woodhull | September 20, 2015 (2015-09-20) |
| 50 | 7 | Randy Liedtke | October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11) |
| 51 | 8 | Beth Stelling | October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11) |
| 52 | 9 | Sam Morril | October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25) |
| 53 | 10 | Joe List | October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25) |
| 54 | 11 | Sean Donnelly | November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15) |
| 55 | 12 | Phil Hanley | November 15, 2015 (2015-11-15) |
| 56 | 13 | Tone Bell | November 28, 2015 (2015-11-28) |
| 57 | 14 | Andrew Santino | November 28, 2015 (2015-11-28) |

### Season 5 (2016)

| No. overall | No. in season | Performer | Original release date |
| 58 | 1 | Noah Gardenswartz | August 26, 2016 (2016-08-26) |
| 59 | 2 | Ramon Rivas II | August 26, 2016 (2016-08-26) |
| 60 | 3 | Joe Machi | September 2, 2016 (2016-09-02) |
| 61 | 4 | Drew Michael | September 2, 2016 (2016-09-02) |
| 62 | 5 | Aparna Nancherla | September 9, 2016 (2016-09-09) |
| 63 | 6 | Nate Fernald | September 9, 2016 (2016-09-09) |
| 64 | 7 | Ali Siddiq | September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16) |
| 65 | 8 | Cy Amundson | September 16, 2016 (2016-09-16) |
| 66 | 9 | Emily Heller | September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23) |
| 67 | 10 | Erik Bergstrom | September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23) |
| 68 | 11 | Martha Kelly | September 30, 2016 (2016-09-30) |
| 69 | 12 | Nick Turner | September 30, 2016 (2016-09-30) |
| 70 | 13 | Mike Recine | October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07) |
| 71 | 14 | Jacqueline Novak | October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07) |
| 72 | 15 | Naomi Ekperigin | October 14, 2016 (2016-10-14) |
| 73 | 16 | Ahmed Bharoocha | October 14, 2016 (2016-10-14) |
| 74 | 17 | Matthew Broussard | October 21, 2016 (2016-10-21) |

### Season 6 (2017)

| No. overall | No. in season | Performer | Original release date |
| 75 | 1 | Chris Redd | September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15) |
| 76 | 2 | Yamaneika Saunders | September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15) |
| 77 | 3 | Shane Torres | September 22, 2017 (2017-09-22) |
| 78 | 4 | Jenny Zigrino | September 22, 2017 (2017-09-22) |
| 79 | 5 | Casey James Salengo | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) |
| 80 | 6 | Jo Firestone | September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29) |
| 81 | 7 | Anthony DeVito | October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06) |
| 82 | 8 | Julio Torres | October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06) |
| 83 | 9 | Josh Johnson | October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13) |
| 84 | 10 | Sam Jay | October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13) |
| 85 | 11 | Joel Kim Booster | October 20, 2017 (2017-10-20) |
| 86 | 12 | Solomon Georgio | October 20, 2017 (2017-10-20) |
| 87 | 13 | Adam Cayton-Holland | October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27) |

### Season 7 (2018)

| No. overall | No. in season | Performer | Original release date |
| 88 | 1 | Langston Kerman | September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28) |
| 89 | 2 | Megan Gailey | September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28) |
| 90 | 3 | Devin Field | October 5, 2018 (2018-10-05) |
| 91 | 4 | Emmy Blotnick | October 5, 2018 (2018-10-05) |
| 92 | 5 | Ryan O’Flanagan | October 12, 2018 (2018-10-12) |
| 93 | 6 | Chris Garcia | October 12, 2018 (2018-10-12) |
| 94 | 7 | Tim Dillon | October 19, 2018 (2018-10-19) |
| 95 | 8 | Sarah Tiana | October 19, 2018 (2018-10-19) |
| 96 | 9 | Mike Lawrence | October 26, 2018 (2018-10-26) |

### Season 8 (2019)

| No. overall | No. in season | Performer | Original release date |
| 97 | 1 | Jaboukie Young-White | October 18, 2019 (2019-10-18) |
| 98 | 2 | Vanessa Gonzalez | October 18, 2019 (2019-10-18) |
| 99 | 3 | Dulcé Sloan | October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25) |
| 100 | 4 | Will Miles | October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25) |
| 101 | 5 | Tom Thakkar | November 1, 2019 (2019-11-01) |
| 102 | 6 | Mia Jackson | November 1, 2019 (2019-11-01) |
| 103 | 7 | Joe Kwaczala | November 8, 2019 (2019-11-08) |
| 104 | 8 | Nore Davis | November 8, 2019 (2019-11-08) |
| 105 | 9 | David Gborie | November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15) |
| 106 | 10 | Allen Strickland Williams | November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15) |
| 107 | 11 | Charles Gould | November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22) |
| 108 | 12 | Sara Schaefer | November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22) |