List Of @midnight Episodes (2016)
This is a list of episodes for ''@midnight'' that aired in 2016. 2016 January The first week of the year, designated "Benson Bowl", is four consecutive new episodes featuring frequent winner Doug Benson. February March The week of March 7–10 is the first Tournament of Champions, bringing together the comedians with the most wins throughout the show, culminating with the presentation of the "Two Girls, Won Cup" trophy. April May June July August The week of August 15–18 is ''@midnight's Non-Trademark-Infringing International Competition for Gold, Silver, & Bronze Medals™'', featuring comedians from nine different countries. September On August 22, 2016 ''@midnight'' began airing at 11:30 p.m. (EST), to serve as a temporary replacement for ''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore ''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore'' is a 2015–16 American late-night panel talk show hosted by Larry Wilmore that aired for two seasons on Comedy Central. The show wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan. The channel is geared towards young adults aged 18–34 and carries comedy programming in the form of both original, licensed, and syndicated series, stand-up comedy specials, and feature films. It is available to approximately 86.723 million households in the United States as of September 2018. Since the early 2000s, Comedy Central has expanded globally with localized channels in Europe (including the UK), India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, Middle East, and Africa. The international channels are operated by Paramount International Networks. History 1989–1991: Pre-launch as The Comedy Channel On November 15, 1989, Time-Life, the owners of HBO, launched The Comedy Channel as the first cable channel devoted exclusively to comedy-based programming. On April 1, 1990, Viac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joe Randazzo
Joe Randazzo (born March 28, 1978) is an American comedy writer, stand-up comedian, and improvisational comedian. He is a former editor of the satirical newspaper, ''The Onion''. In addition to performing stand-up, Randazzo has been a guest host of the improv comedy show ASSSSCAT 3000 at New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...'s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. An avid user of Twitter and a critic of Internet memes, Randazzo was nominated for a 2009 ECNY Awards, ECNY Award for Outstanding Performance in the Field of Tweeting. Randazzo has appeared on NPR's This American Life, PBS's Charlie Rose, and MSNBC's Morning Joe. Randazzo was awarded the ''Burke Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse through the Arts'' by the College Historical Socie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hari Kondabolu
Hari Karthikeya Kondabolu (born October 21, 1982)Beem, p. 38 is an American stand-up comic. His comedy covers subjects such as race, inequity, and Indian stereotypes. He was a writer for '' Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell'' and the creator of the 2017 documentary film ''The Problem with Apu''. Early life and family Kondabolu was born October 21, 1982 in the Flushing neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens, to Uma and Ravi Kondabolu, who had immigrated from the city of Tenali in the Coastal Andhra region of South India. His mother was previously a physician in India, and both parents became the heads of New York area medical labs. Ravi Kondabolu had immigrated to the United States in 1978. Kondabolu attended public schools in Queens: PS 69 in Jackson Heights, PS 115 in Floral Park, MS 172 in Floral Park, and Townsend Harris High School in Flushing, where he graduated in 2000. Kondabolu is the older brother of Ashok Kondabolu, who is a former member of the grou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Flula Borg
Flula Borg (; born 28 March 1982) is a German actor, comedian, musician, DJ, and internet personality who is also known simply as Flula (sometimes stylized as f, u, a) or DJ Flula. He lives in Los Angeles. Borg's acting career includes roles in feature films, including notably ''Pitch Perfect 2'' and '' The Suicide Squad'', as well as in a number of television shows, including ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' and ''The Good Place''. He has made multiple appearances on ''Conan'' and has participated in a number of other collaborations with Conan O'Brien. Across a wide variety of projects, he has worked with YouTube personalities such as Rhett and Link, Miranda Sings, and Smosh, as well as mainstream celebrities including Sir Mix-A-Lot, Ed Helms, and Dirk Nowitzki. In 2015, he was named one of ''The Hollywood Reporter''s Top 25 Digital Stars as well as one of '' Variety''s 10 Comics to Watch. Film and television In 2015, Borg co-starred in ''Pitch Perfect 2'' as a leader of the Germa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jen Kirkman
Jennifer Ann Kirkman (born August 28, 1974) is an American stand-up comedian and screenwriter, podcaster, and actress. She is known for her regular appearances as a round-table panelist on '' Chelsea Lately'' for 70 episodes from 2008 to 2014. Jen Kirkman was also a guest on ''@midnight'', as well as for her appearances on the Funny or Die sketch series ''Drunk History'', and its continuation television series on Comedy Central. Her first three comedy albums released are ''Self Help'' (2006), ''Hail to the Freaks'' (2011) and ''I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)'' (2016), the latter also serving as her debut stand-up feature for Netflix. Her second stand-up feature, ''Just Keep Livin'?'', premiered in January 2017 and was released as an album in November 2018. Her debut book, ''I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids'', was published in April 2013, and became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Early life Kirkman was born in Needham, Massa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shelby Fero
Shelby Ann Fero (born October 27, 1993) is an American writer and comedian. Early life Fero was born at Stanford Hospital on October 27, 1993. After graduating from Menlo-Atherton High School, she attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts before leaving to pursue a career in comedy. Career Shelby Fero is an American comedian best known for their popular tweets. She has written for Cracked and HelloGiggles. Fero has done stand-up at ''Magic Bag'' ( Eliza Skinner's and DC Pierson's stand-up showcase in Los Angeles). She appeared on a live version of ''WTF with Marc Maron'', and has been a panelist several times on National Public Radio's '' Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me'' show. She played Denise (mispronounced as Dee-nice) in Key & Peele's viral "Substitute Teacher" sketch. In 2016, She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program. Filmography Film * 2013 ''Froyo Robbery'' (Short) * 2014 ''DeAndre Jordan's Amazing Charles Barkley Impression'' (Short) * 201 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blaine Capatch
Blaine Harold Capatch (born September 19, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian and writer. He is best known for hosting Season 2 of the Comedy Central game show '' Beat the Geeks''. Capatch was born in York, Pennsylvania, to Jean and Harold Capatch. He grew up in the small town of Dallastown, Pennsylvania, where his father owned and operated a barber shop. He is a 1983 graduate of Dallastown Area High School. After high school he attended York College of Pennsylvania. He began his stand-up career in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Charm City comedy club. Capatch and then-comedy partner Patton Oswalt worked as sketch writers in the early years of MADtv. He also wrote for '' The Martin Short Show'', ''Blue Collar TV'', '' The Jamie Kennedy Experiment'', '' Mind of Mencia'', '' Web Soup'', and Comedy Central's Roast of Roseanne Barr, amongst others. He hosted a comedic quiz show on the Comedy Channel from 2001–2002, called '' Beat the Geeks''. The program reached 130 episodes, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Patton Oswalt
Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom '' The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as adult Adam F. Goldberg. After making his acting debut in the ''Seinfeld'' episode " The Couch", he has since appeared in a variety of television series, such as '' Parks and Recreation'', ''Community'', '' Two and a Half Men'', '' Drunk History'', '' Reno 911!'', ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', '' Archer'', '' Veep'', '' Justified'', '' Kim Possible'', and ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', portraying Principal Ralph Durbin in '' A.P. Bio'' (2018–2021) and Matthew the Raven in the TV series '' The Sandman'' (2022–present). Oswalt is also known for voicing Remy in the Pixar film '' Ratatouille'' (2007), Max in the Illumination film '' The Secret Life of Pets 2'' (2019) (replacing Louis C.K. from the first film), and M.O.D.O.K in the 2021 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adam Savage
Adam Whitney Savage (born July 15, 1967) is an American special effects designer and fabricator, actor, educator, and television personality and producer, best known as the former co-host (with Jamie Hyneman) of the Discovery Channel television series ''MythBusters'' and ''Unchained Reaction''. His model work has appeared in major films, including ''Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' and ''The Matrix Reloaded''. He is the host of the TV program ''Savage Builds'', which premiered on the Science Channel on June 14, 2019. He is most active on the platform Adam Savage's Tested which includes a website and a YouTube channel. Early life Savage was born in New York City and was raised in North Tarrytown, New York, which was renamed Sleepy Hollow, New York, Sleepy Hollow in 1996. He graduated from Sleepy Hollow High School in 1985. His maternal grandfather Cushman Haagensen was a surgeon who pioneered breast cancer surgery. His father Whitney Lee Savage (1928–1998) w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ron Funches
Ronald Kyle Funches (born March 12, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Born in California, Funches spent his early life in Chicago before relocating to Salem, Oregon, as a teenager. He began his comedy career in Portland, Oregon, at age 23. After moving to Los Angeles in 2012, he began appearing as a guest on several comedy series, including ''@midnight'', '' Mulaney'', and '' Kroll Show''. From 2014 to 2016, Funches starred as a regular on the NBC series '' Undateable'', and in 2015, began performing as a voice actor on such series as '' BoJack Horseman'', '' The Adventures of Puss in Boots'', and ''Adventure Time''. He subsequently performed the voice role of Cooper in the animated film ''Trolls'' (2016). He also had guest-starring roles on a number of television series, including '' Transparent'' (2016), '' Black-ish'' (2017), and reprised the role of Cooper in the ''Trolls'' spin-off series '' Trolls: The Beat Goes On!'' (2018). Beginning in 2019, he began voi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rich Eisen
Richard Eisen (; born June 24, 1969) is an American television sportscaster and radio host. Since 2003, he has worked for NFL Network as a host of various pregame, halftime, and postgame shows. He also hosts a daily sports radio show, ''The Rich Eisen Show''. From 1996 to 2003, he worked at ESPN, most prominently as an anchor of ''SportsCenter''. Early life and education Eisen was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised on Staten Island. Eisen attended the University of Michigan, where he served as co–sports editor of the school's '' Michigan Daily'' and member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. He graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and in 1994 he earned a Master of Science degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Broadcasting career Early years (1990–1996) Eisen was first a staff writer for the ''Staten Island Advance'' from 1990 to 1993, and the ''Chicago Tribune'' in 1993 and 1994. He was then a sports ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nick Swardson
Nicholas Roger Swardson (born October 9, 1976)Nick Swardson's biography via the '''' is an American actor, stand-up comedian, , and producer. He is best known for his recurring role as Terry Bernadino in the comedy series '' Reno 911!'', for his work with [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |