This is a timeline documenting events and facts about English-speaking stand-up comedy in the year 2026.
January January 1: Trevor Noah's special The LOST South African Show (2023) on YouTube. January 7: Marcello Hernández's special American Boy on Netflix. January 11: Malik S's special Laughing Voodoo on YouTube. January 13: ISMO's special Hello on YouTube. January 15: Raanan Hershberg's special Morbidly Jewish on YouTube. January 16: Bob the Drag Queen's special This is Wild on Hulu. January 18: Ehsan Ahmad's special Too Soon on YouTube. January 20: Andy Franklin's special Andy Franklin Rules on YouTube. January 22: Janet McNamara's special Not Smart Enough on YouTube. January 23: Pete Holmes's special Silly Silly Fun Boy on 800 Pound Gorilla. January 27: Candice Guardino's special Italian Bred on Comedy Dynamics. January 28: Isabel Hagen's special at the Bitter End on Veeps. January 27: Mike Epps's special Delusional on Netflix. January 27: Kevin Nealon's special Loose in the Crotch on 800 Pound Gorilla.
February February 3: Mo Gilligan's special In The Moment on Netflix.https://www.netflix.com/latest?jbv=82040162 February 9: Urzila Carlson's special Just Jokes on YouTube. February 10: Katt Williams's special The Last Report on Netflix. February 17: Sommore's special Chandelier Fly on Netflix. February 21: Yedoye Travis' special Fatherless Behavior on YouTube. February 24: Taylor Tomlinson's special Prodigal Daughter on Netflix. February 26: Jackie Kashian's special Alter-Kashian on YouTube. February 27: Chris Fleming's special Live at The Palace on HBO Max.
March March 3: Bruce Bruce's special I Ain't Playin' on Netflix. March 7: Gary Owen's special No Hard Feelings' on YouTube. March 8: Joey Avery's special Live in San Francisco on YouTube. March 10: Mario Adrion's special My Struggle' on YouTube. March 10: Derrick Stroup's special Nostalgic on Netflix. March 10: Matt Koff's special Cat Man on Veeps. March 17: Mark Normand's special None Too Pleased on Netflix. March 21: Dino Archie's special Beautiful Burden on HYPE+. March 23: Kountry Wayne's special Nostalgia on Prime Video. March 24: Jeff Ross's special Take a Banana For The Ride on Netflix. March 27: Jimmy O. Yang's special Finally Home in theaters. March 27: Julio Torres's special Color Theories on HBO Max. March 30: Joe Dombrowski's special Dad on Arrival on 800 Pound Gorilla. March 31: Aaron Chen's special Funny Garden''' on Netflix.
April April 1: Sarah Millican's special Late Bloomer on Netflix. April 4: Bill Bailey's special Thoughtifier on Chanel 4. April 7: Sheng Wang's special Purple on Netflix. April 7: David Cross's special The End Of The Beginning Of The End on YouTube. April 7: Ray O'Leary's special Laughter? I Hardly Know Her! on YouTube. April 9: Tyler Fischer's special Live in Portland on YouTube. April 13: Brad Williams's special Live On Short Street on YouTube. April 14: Trevor Noah's special Joy in the Trenches on Netflix. April 15: Brad Wenzel's special Desperate Times, on YouTube. April 17: Ramy Youssef's special In Love on HBO. April 18: Graham Kay's special Pete & Me on YouTube. April 24: Nikki Glaser's special Good Girl on Hulu. April 26: Jack Tucker's special Comedy Standup Hour on YouTube. April 30: Fahim Anwar's special Intrusive Thoughts on YouTube.
May May 7: Jenny Tian's special Mother Supreme on Veeps. May 10: Anjelah Johnson-Reyes's special Ugly Baby on YouTube. May 15: Lisa Ann Walter's special It Was an Accident on Hulu. May 19: Wanda Sykes's special Legacy on Netflix. May 22: Josh Johnson's special Symphony on HBO.
June June 2: Jen Kober's special Uber Famous on Comedy Dynamics. June 5: Hannah Berner's special None of My Business on Hulu. June 9: Tony Hinchcliffe's special Man Of The People on Netflix. June 9: Patton Oswalt's special Tea & Scotch on 800 Pound Gorilla. June 22: Ben Bankas's special R U Mad? on YouTube. June 23: Ryan Hamilton's special This Just Hit Me on Netflix. June 30: Louis C.K.'s special Ridiculous on Netflix.
July July 2: Jeff Dunham's special 250th Red, White, And Blue Birthday Special on YouTube. July 7: Chris Porter's special Middle Rage on Comedy Dynamics. July 7: Jeff Arcuri's special Nice to Meet You on Netflix. July 10: Des Bishop's special Bridge and Tunnel on YouTube. July 24: Brian Bates's special Worried on YouTube. July 27: Emily Catalano's special The Introvert on YouTube. July 28: Mary Beth Barone's special Galaxy Brain on Netflix.
August August 11: Rory Scovel's special Show Must Go On on Netflix. August 14: Whitmer Thomas's special Terminal Crew of Dudes on HBO Max. August 18: Kelsey Cook's special Happy Hour on Netflix. August 31: James Austin Johnson's special He'll Yeah on 800 Pound Gorilla.
September September 1: Jared Freid's special The Family Plan on Netflix. September 8: Stavros Halkias's special Uncle Stav on Netflix. September 10: Jeremiah Watkins's special Crazy Pizza on YouTube. September 10: Ruby Karp's special I Don’t Trust Adults on Veeps. September 13: Are You Garbage special American Garbage on YouTube. September 15: Jo Koy's special Blue In The Face on Netflix. September 15: Vanessa Gonzalez's special Mamona on Hulu. September 22: Nimesh Patel's special Buy the Dip on Netflix. September 29: Sam Morril's special Incorrect on Netflix.
October October 5: Chris Hardwick's special The Middle Ages on 800 Pound Gorilla. October 6: Mojo Brookzz's special I Know You Lying on Netflix. October 7: Jamie Foxx's special Take Care of Yourself on Hulu. October 13: Michael Che's special Shot in Minnesota on Netflix. October 16: Kate Berlant's special ‘Parmesan’ on HBO. October 16: Heather McMahan's special By a Thread on Hulu. October 16: Jack Assadourian Jr.'s special Mexican Armenian on YouTube. October 23: Adam Conover's special Big Divorce Energy on YouTube. October 27: Zainab Johnson's special Toxically Optimistic'' on Netflix.
See also List of stand-up comedians List of Netflix original stand-up comedy specials
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