page_title: Michael Kosta
section_title: Stand-up comedy
hierarchical_section_title: Michael Kosta / Career / Stand-up comedy
caption_attribution_description: English: American comedian Michael Kosta at Super Serious Show (http://www.superseriousshow.com/) Produced by CleftClips Photography by Mandee Johnson / MandeeJohnson.com The Virgil – Los Angeles, CA January 20, 2016
context_page_description: Michael Kosta is an American stand-up comedian. In July 2017, he joined The Daily Show as a correspondent. He has also hosted The Comment Section for the E! Network with producer Joel McHale as well as co-hosting Fox Sports 1’s Crowd Goes Wild.
context_section_description: Kosta has had major appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan, Chelsea Lately, and Late Night with Seth Meyers  as well as a half-hour Comedy Central special called Comedy Central Presents: Michael Kosta, in January 2011. He has also made appearances on TruTV's World's Dumbest, performed at the HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen, and at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival. Kosta also shot a pilot with Comedy Central called Overloaded with Michael Kosta in fall 2011, but as of October 2012, it has not been broadcast. In 2013, Kosta filmed his own mini-sitcom for network TV under the auspices of FOX's Shortcom Comedy Hour with fellow comedians Neal Brennan, Dov Davidoff, Kevin Smith, and Ali Wong. In 2015, Kosta released his first comedy album on Comedy Dynamics Records, Comedy For Attractive People.
caption: American comedian Michael Kosta in January 2016
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