Stand-Up Comedy Specials of 2024

Running total for the calendar year 2024 through April 30:

  • 169 hours
  • 70 half-hours

Note: For accounting purposes, my cutoff for hour vs. half-hour special is 35 minutes. Also: If you see something in error or don’t see a special that should be listed here, please let me know. Thanks!

January

For the month: 31 hours, 11 half-hours

New on Netflix  4

New on Prime Video (Amazon Originals)  1

New on FOX Nation  2

New on YouTube  13

New on 800 Pound Gorilla Media (rent/buy) — 2

New on Amazon Prime Video (rent/buy) — 9

Half-hours

February

For the month: 35 hours, 22 half-hours

New on Netflix — 3

  • Feb. 13: Taylor Tomlinson: Have It All (my review)
  • Feb. 20: Mike Epps: Ready To Sell Out (my review
  • Feb. 27: Chappelle’s Home Team – Donnell Rawlings: A New Day (my review

New on Max — 1

  • Feb. 22: Rory Scovel: Religion, Sex and a Few Things In Between (my review

New on Prime Video, Amazon Originals — 1

  • Feb. 23: Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional (my review)

New on Comedy Central — 1

  • Feb. 3: Jeff Dunham: I’m With Cupid (my review

New on NextUp — 1

  • Feb. 1: Angela Barnes: Hot Mess

New on Prime Video, for sale or rent — 7

New on YouTube — 21

Half-hours

March

For the month: 51 hours, 12 half-hours

New on Netflix — 5

  • March 5 — Hannah Gadsby: Gender Agenda (my review)
  • March 12 — Steve Trevino: Simple Man (my review)
  • March 14 —Red Ollero: Mabuhay Is A Lie PHILIPPINES
  • March 19 — Brian Simpson: Live from the Mothership (my review)
  • March 26 — Dave Attell: Hot Cross Buns (my review)

New on HBO/Max — 1

  • March 23 — Ramy Youssef: More Feelings (my review)

New on Amazon Originals — 1

  • March 26 — Tig Notaro: Hello Again (my review)

New on Peacock — 1

  • March 26 — Good One: A Show About Jokes (my review)

New on Moment — 1

New on NextUp — 3

New on YouTube — 29

New on Amazon (for rent) — 9

Half-hours

April

For the month: 52 hours, 25 half-hours

New on Netflix — 4

  • Demetri Martin: Demetri Deconstructed (my review)
  • Neal Brennan: Crazy Good (my review)
  • Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer (my review)
  • Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen (my review)

New on HBO/Max — 1

New on Veeps — 2

  • April 18 — Ron Taylor: Avalanche
  • April 27 — The Dollop 10th Anniversary Show

New on Moment — 1

  • April 18 — Ali Siddiq: The Domino Effect Part 4, Pins & Needles

New on NextUp — 4

  • April 9 — Charlie Baker: 24-Hour Pasty People
  • April 10 — Lulu Popplewell: Actually Actually 
  • April 24 — Sasha Ellen: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Ellenade
  • April 26 — Max & Ivan: Commitment

New on 800pgm (for rent/purchase) — 1

  • April 5 — Ivo Graham – Live From The Bloomsbury Theatre

New on Amazon (for rent/purchase) — 8

New on YouTube — 31

Half-hours

Re-releases (previously debuted elsewhere)

  • Brad Williams: Starfish (originally on Veeps); Modi: Know Your Audience (previously for rent on Amazon, via 800pgm); Matt Rife: Matthew Steven Rife (on 800pgm, previously on Rife’s YT, Moment); Sam Morril: I Got This (2020 Comedy Central); Affion Crockett: Mirror II Society (2020)

Crowd work

  • Look, we cannot keep pretending that just because you can post another 20-30-40 minutes of crowd work to YouTube, that each of these things counts as a special. April saw “new” crowd work specials drop on YouTube from Adam Ray, Jeremiah Watkins, Jeff Garcia, and multiple drops from Jay Reid, Martin Amini, and the latest monthly drop from Nate Jackson.