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Comedy Central Presents (1998)

Comedy · Documentary

These half-hour specials showcased some of the best up-and-coming comedians of the moment. The show was a pivotal stepping stone for many of today's stand-up stars.

IMDb rating
7.9 (1,266 votes)
Seasons
15
Streaming (US)
Paramount+
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 15 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

6.74 avg 8 episodes 6.7 → 6.2 28 min avg

Ep 1: 6.7 · 109 votesEp 2: 6.1 · 83 votesEp 3: 5.7 · 51 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 128 votesEp 5: 6.8 · 52 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 693 votesEp 7: 6.4 · 43 votesEp 8: 6.2 · 42 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Wanda Sykes-Hall6.7109
2Marc Maron6.183
3Reggie McFadden5.751
4Lewis Black7.6128
5Greg Fitzsimmons6.852
6Mitch Hedberg8.4693
7Sue Murphy6.443
8Kevin Brennan6.242

Season 2 (1999)

6.38 avg 12 episodes 6.9 → 5.7 29 min avg

Ep 1: 6.9 · 81 votesEp 2: 6.3 · 39 votesEp 3: 5.9 · 46 votesEp 4: 6.8 · 76 votesEp 5: 6.9 · 42 votesEp 6: 5.3 · 35 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 129 votesEp 8: 5.9 · 50 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 74 votesEp 10: 6.2 · 129 votesEp 11: 6.0 · 169 votesEp 12: 5.7 · 36 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Kevin Nealon6.981
2Margaret Smith6.339
3Mark Curry5.946
4Greg Proops6.876
5Hugh Fink6.942
6Kevin Meaney5.335
7Dave Attell7.4129
8Mario Cantone5.950
9Todd Barry7.374
10Patton Oswalt6.2129
11Elvira Kurt6.0169
12Jack Coen5.736

Season 3 (2000)

6.90 avg 16 episodes 8.0 → 6.8 29 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 134 votesEp 2: 3.6 · 18 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 103 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 476 votesEp 5: 6.6 · 44 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 228 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 65 votesEp 8: 6.8 · 40 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 194 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 94 votesEp 11: 3.6 · 14 votesEp 12: 6.5 · 33 votesEp 13: 6.5 · 29 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 214 votesEp 15: 6.7 · 39 votesEp 16: 6.8 · 52 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lewis Black: 28.0134
2Steve Marmel3.618
3Jeremy Hotz8.1103
4Dane Cook7.3476
5Kathleen Madigan6.644
6Jim Gaffigan8.2228
7Dom Irrera7.165
8Ralph Harris6.840
9Stephen Lynch8.5194
10Greg Giraldo7.894
11Victoria Jackson3.614
12Don 'D.C.' Curry6.533
13Johnny Sanchez6.529
14Brian Regan8.3214
15Judy Gold6.739
16Arj Barker6.852

Season 4 (2000)

6.80 avg 8 episodes 6.9 → 6.9 26 min avg

Ep 1: 6.9 · 48 votesEp 2: 5.3 · 31 votesEp 3: 5.0 · 32 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 451 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 90 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 112 votesEp 7: 6.1 · 31 votesEp 8: 6.9 · 25 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Darrell Hammond6.948
2Jim David5.331
3Rene Hicks5.032
4Pablo Francisco8.3451
5Adam Ferrara8.190
6Nick Swardson7.8112
7Greg Behrendt6.131
8Sabrina Matthews6.925

Season 5 (2001)

6.97 avg 16 episodes 7.9 → 6.9 26 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 80 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 71 votesEp 3: 6.7 · 46 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 27 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 34 votesEp 6: 5.5 · 20 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 40 votesEp 8: 7.2 · 35 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 43 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 118 votesEp 11: 5.4 · 23 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 292 votesEp 13: 7.0 · 49 votesEp 14: 6.5 · 37 votesEp 15: 6.6 · 33 votesEp 16: 6.9 · 66 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Amazing Johnathan7.980
2Maria Bamford7.271
3The Sklar Brothers6.746
4Slovin & Allen6.727
5Louis Ramey7.734
6Tom Rhodes5.520
7Ted Alexandro7.640
8Tony Woods7.235
9Tom Papa7.143
10Louis C.K.7.5118
11Bil Dwyer5.423
12Zach Galifianakis8.0292
13Doug Stanhope7.049
14Gary Valentine6.537
15Ardal O'Hanlon6.633
16Todd Glass6.966

Season 6 (2002)

6.43 avg 11 episodes 8.1 → 6.1 23 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 244 votesEp 2: 6.8 · 33 votesEp 3: 6.6 · 31 votesEp 4: 5.4 · 20 votesEp 5: 6.3 · 20 votesEp 6: 4.9 · 29 votesEp 7: 6.8 · 39 votesEp 8: 6.6 · 37 votesEp 9: 6.9 · 51 votesEp 10: 6.2 · 147 votesEp 11: 6.1 · 31 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lewis Black: 38.1244
2Sean Cullen6.833
3Richard Jeni6.631
4Mike Britt5.420
5Lenny Clarke6.320
6Adele Givens4.929
7Nick DiPaolo6.839
8Brian Posehn6.637
9Gilbert Gottfried6.951
10Carlos Mencia6.2147
11Jimmy Pardo6.131

Season 7 (2003)

6.14 avg 28 episodes 8.0 → 5.7 24 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 146 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 147 votesEp 3: 6.5 · 49 votesEp 4: 6.1 · 23 votesEp 5: 5.5 · 30 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 53 votesEp 7: 4.8 · 27 votesEp 8: 5.1 · 25 votesEp 9: 6.5 · 29 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 89 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 32 votesEp 12: 7.2 · 37 votesEp 13: 6.9 · 62 votesEp 14: 4.2 · 19 votesEp 15: 5.0 · 23 votesEp 16: 5.6 · 25 votesEp 17: 5.9 · 21 votesEp 18: 5.1 · 23 votesEp 19: 6.2 · 41 votesEp 20: 6.1 · 21 votesEp 21: 4.8 · 21 votesEp 22: 6.2 · 80 votesEp 23: 7.6 · 110 votesEp 24: 4.8 · 20 votesEp 25: 6.3 · 23 votesEp 26: 6.2 · 17 votesEp 27: 6.0 · 22 votesEp 28: 5.7 · 25 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Gabriel Iglesias8.0146
2Bill Burr7.5147
3Bruce Bruce6.549
4Jackie Kashian6.123
5Earthquake5.530
6Paul F. Tompkins7.153
7Carol Leifer4.827
8Laura Kightlinger5.125
9Jake Johannsen6.529
10Patrice O'Neal7.689
11Otis Lee Crenshaw7.432
12Freddy Soto7.237
13Ron White6.962
14Charlie Viracola4.219
15Jeff Stilson5.023
16Dwayne Kennedy5.625
17Eddie Brill5.921
18David Feldman5.123
19Rich Vos6.241
20Robert Hawkins6.121
21Joey Kola4.821
22Jeff Dunham6.280
23Daniel Tosh7.6110
24Sheryl Underwood4.820
25Gregg Rogell6.323
26Wayne Federman6.217
27Tracy Smith6.022
28Arnez J.5.725

Season 8 (2004)

6.24 avg 28 episodes 6.4 → 5.1 23 min avg

Ep 1: 6.4 · 102 votesEp 2: 6.6 · 30 votesEp 3: 6.4 · 27 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 70 votesEp 5: 5.8 · 31 votesEp 6: 6.5 · 64 votesEp 7: 5.6 · 20 votesEp 8: 4.7 · 18 votesEp 9: 5.1 · 27 votesEp 10: 6.2 · 22 votesEp 11: 6.9 · 63 votesEp 12: 6.0 · 45 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 42 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 135 votesEp 15: 6.3 · 29 votesEp 16: 4.9 · 21 votesEp 17: 5.8 · 23 votesEp 18: 7.3 · 37 votesEp 19: 5.9 · 22 votesEp 20: 6.0 · 34 votesEp 21: 5.2 · 19 votesEp 22: 6.6 · 22 votesEp 23: 5.9 · 18 votesEp 24: 6.8 · 24 votesEp 25: 6.2 · 45 votesEp 26: 7.1 · 58 votesEp 27: 6.0 · 16 votesEp 28: 5.1 · 15 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Dat Phan6.4102
2John Heffron6.630
3D.C. Benny6.427
4Frank Caliendo7.470
5Retta5.831
6Kevin Hart6.564
7Eddie Gossling5.620
8Jimmy Shubert4.718
9Carlos Alazraqui5.127
10Vanessa Hollingshead6.222
11Mike Birbiglia6.963
12Doug Benson6.045
13Tom Cotter8.142
14Demetri Martin7.8135
15Bob Oschack6.329
16Gene Pompa4.921
17Vince Morris5.823
18Greg Giraldo: 27.337
19Dwayne Perkins5.922
20Jimmy Dore6.034
21Clinton Jackson5.219
22Paul Mercurio6.622
23Rudy Rush5.918
24Paul Gilmartin6.824
25Tig6.245
26Stella7.158
27Cory Kahaney6.016
28Scott Kennedy5.115

Season 9 (2004)

6.14 avg 24 episodes 7.0 → 5.5 23 min avg

Ep 1: 7.0 · 26 votesEp 2: 4.6 · 30 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 84 votesEp 4: 6.6 · 36 votesEp 5: 3.4 · 23 votesEp 6: 5.8 · 17 votesEp 7: 7.2 · 36 votesEp 8: 6.4 · 20 votesEp 9: 5.4 · 20 votesEp 10: 6.2 · 24 votesEp 11: 5.9 · 17 votesEp 12: 7.1 · 53 votesEp 13: 5.2 · 20 votesEp 14: 5.9 · 21 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 53 votesEp 16: 5.7 · 23 votesEp 17: 6.0 · 21 votesEp 18: 7.2 · 26 votesEp 19: 5.7 · 23 votesEp 20: 7.1 · 43 votesEp 21: 5.9 · 30 votesEp 22: 6.3 · 33 votesEp 23: 6.1 · 21 votesEp 24: 5.5 · 24 votes
Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Steve McGrew7.026
2Lizz Winstead4.630
3Jimmy Carr7.984
4Godfrey6.636
5Tess3.423
6Reno Collier5.817
7Christian Finnegan7.236
8Jeff Cesario6.420
9Drew Fraser5.420
10Russ Meneve6.224
11Dan Naturman5.917
12Lynne Koplitz7.153
13Tom Shillue5.220
14Todd Lynn5.921
15Aries Spears7.353
16Vic Henley5.723
17Keith Robinson6.021
18Rocky LaPorte7.226
19Craig Shoemaker5.723
20Harland Williams7.143
21Al Madrigal5.930
22Alonzo Bodden6.333
23Henry Phillips6.121
24Corey Holcomb5.524

Season 10 (2005)

5.98 avg 24 episodes 6.0 → 7.5 22 min avg

Ep 1: 6.0 · 24 votesEp 2: 6.0 · 26 votesEp 3: 5.2 · 27 votesEp 4: 5.3 · 21 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 39 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 56 votesEp 7: 6.0 · 26 votesEp 8: 5.1 · 20 votesEp 9: 6.2 · 22 votesEp 10: 6.2 · 29 votesEp 11: 6.2 · 29 votesEp 12: 6.5 · 27 votesEp 13: 5.7 · 32 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 81 votesEp 15: 7.2 · 38 votesEp 16: 4.7 · 26 votesEp 17: 6.9 · 24 votesEp 18: 4.7 · 15 votesEp 19: 5.3 · 30 votesEp 20: 4.5 · 18 votesEp 21: 6.2 · 27 votesEp 22: 4.0 · 16 votesEp 23: 5.2 · 22 votesEp 24: 7.5 · 36 votes
Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Rickey Smiley6.024
2Ty Barnett6.026
3DeRay5.227
4Rod Man5.321
5Steve Byrne7.539
6Mike Birbiglia: 27.356
7Ted Alexandro: 26.026
8Greg Fitzsimmons: 25.120
9Megan Mooney6.222
10Tammy Pescatelli6.229
11Jon Reep6.229
12Todd Barry: 26.527
13Arj Barker: 25.732
14Nick Swardson: 28.181
15John Caparulo7.238
16Andy Kindler4.726
17Pat Dixon6.924
18Brian Kiley4.715
19Ben Bailey5.330
20Peter Berman4.518
21Becky Pedigo6.227
22Bill Santiago4.016
23Jeff Garcia5.222
24Kyle Cease7.536

Season 11 (2007)

6.02 avg 20 episodes 6.7 → 6.6 22 min avg

Ep 1: 6.7 · 49 votesEp 2: 5.2 · 20 votesEp 3: 5.4 · 18 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 19 votesEp 5: 6.4 · 33 votesEp 6: 5.4 · 18 votesEp 7: 6.4 · 21 votesEp 8: 6.3 · 21 votesEp 9: 7.0 · 23 votesEp 10: 6.7 · 39 votesEp 11: 5.9 · 22 votesEp 12: 4.4 · 19 votesEp 13: 4.8 · 52 votesEp 14: 5.6 · 21 votesEp 15: 6.2 · 23 votesEp 16: 6.4 · 28 votesEp 17: 5.9 · 15 votesEp 18: 5.7 · 24 votesEp 19: 6.7 · 18 votesEp 20: 6.6 · 19 votes
Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Marc Maron 26.749
2John Heffron 25.220
3Andrew Kennedy5.418
4Nick DiPaolo 26.719
5Dov Davidoff6.433
6Kyle Grooms5.418
7Bob Marley6.421
8Lisa Landry6.321
9Tom Papa (2)7.023
10Maria Bamford 26.739
11Finesse Mitchell5.922
12Loni Love4.419
13Chelsea Handler4.852
14Deon Cole5.621
15Paul F. Tompkins 26.223
16Kyle Dunnigan6.428
17Ian Bagg5.915
18Josh Sneed5.724
19Mitch Fatel6.718
20Howard Kremer6.619

Season 12 (2008)

6.55 avg 24 episodes 7.5 → 5.8 22 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 53 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 26 votesEp 3: 5.9 · 37 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 50 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 19 votesEp 6: 5.1 · 18 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 34 votesEp 8: 6.1 · 15 votesEp 9: 6.1 · 30 votesEp 10: 6.8 · 23 votesEp 11: 6.2 · 25 votesEp 12: 6.4 · 14 votesEp 13: 6.2 · 26 votesEp 14: 6.1 · 16 votesEp 15: 6.7 · 26 votesEp 16: 5.5 · 16 votesEp 17: 6.2 · 19 votesEp 18: 7.0 · 14 votesEp 19: 7.0 · 21 votesEp 20: 5.8 · 22 votesEp 21: 6.8 · 21 votesEp 22: 7.0 · 21 votesEp 23: 7.2 · 21 votesEp 24: 5.8 · 17 votes
Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Stephen Lynch 27.553
2Dan Cummins7.826
3Jo Koy5.937
4Sebastian Maniscalco7.450
5Hard 'N Phirm7.319
6Leo Allen5.118
7Eugene Mirman7.334
8Jordan Rubin6.115
9My First Time6.130
10Nick Thune6.823
11Bonnie McFarlane6.225
12Rich Vos 26.414
13Lavell Crawford6.226
14Joe Matarese6.116
15Big Jay Oakerson6.726
16Juston McKinney5.516
17Nick Griffin6.219
18Chad Daniels7.014
19Kirk Fox7.021
20Dan Mintz5.822
21Brian Posehn 26.821
22Robert Kelly7.021
23Billy Gardell7.221
24Shaun Majumder5.817

Season 13 (2009)

6.38 avg 24 episodes 6.1 → 5.7 22 min avg

Ep 1: 6.1 · 25 votesEp 2: 7.0 · 28 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 83 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 19 votesEp 5: 5.3 · 15 votesEp 6: 6.2 · 15 votesEp 7: 5.9 · 23 votesEp 8: 5.1 · 19 votesEp 9: 6.3 · 18 votesEp 10: 5.2 · 26 votesEp 11: 5.9 · 21 votesEp 12: 6.2 · 21 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 31 votesEp 14: 4.3 · 13 votesEp 15: 5.6 · 13 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 20 votesEp 17: 7.0 · 26 votesEp 18: 6.2 · 24 votesEp 19: 6.8 · 16 votesEp 20: 5.4 · 16 votesEp 21: 6.9 · 28 votesEp 22: 7.3 · 106 votesEp 23: 8.3 · 79 votesEp 24: 5.7 · 47 votes
Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Kurt Metzger6.125
2Doug Benson 27.028
3Anthony Jeselnik7.683
4Brian Scolaro7.719
5Jasper Redd5.315
6Rob Stapleton6.215
7Tommy Johnagin5.923
8Jamie Lissow5.119
9Dan Levy6.318
10Joe DeRosa5.226
11Pete Lee5.921
12Rebecca Corry6.221
13Greer Barnes7.531
14Red Grant4.313
15Eddie Ifft5.613
16Chris Porter7.520
17Jimmy Carr 27.026
18Erin Foley6.224
19Greg Warren6.816
20Tom Rhodes 25.416
21Josh Blue6.928
22Bo Burnham7.3106
23John Mulaney8.379
24Kristen Schaal5.747

Season 14 (2010)

5.94 avg 24 episodes 5.1 → 6.0 21 min avg

Ep 1: 5.1 · 21 votesEp 2: 4.9 · 13 votesEp 3: 4.6 · 16 votesEp 4: 6.8 · 32 votesEp 5: 5.1 · 30 votesEp 6: 6.6 · 24 votesEp 7: 6.2 · 19 votesEp 8: 6.9 · 18 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 106 votesEp 10: 6.3 · 22 votesEp 11: 5.3 · 22 votesEp 12: 5.2 · 14 votesEp 13: 5.4 · 14 votesEp 14: 5.6 · 79 votesEp 15: 5.9 · 14 votesEp 16: 5.4 · 12 votesEp 17: 6.3 · 22 votesEp 18: 6.8 · 33 votesEp 19: 5.7 · 23 votesEp 20: 7.0 · 15 votesEp 21: 6.9 · 21 votesEp 22: 6.6 · 19 votesEp 23: 4.3 · 11 votesEp 24: 6.0 · 12 votes
Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Tony Rock5.121
2Doug Williams4.913
3Owen Benjamin4.616
4Pete Holmes6.832
5Rob Riggle5.130
6Jon Lajoie6.624
7Julian McCullough6.219
8Shane Mauss6.918
9Donald Glover7.6106
10Jon Dore6.322
11Rachel Feinstein5.322
12The Sklar Brothers 25.214
13Rory Albanese5.414
14Amy Schumer5.679
15Matt Braunger5.914
16Mo Mandel5.412
17Brett Ernst6.322
18Iliza Shlesinger6.833
19Eliot Chang5.723
20Mike DeStefano7.015
21Ryan Stout6.921
22Myq Kaplan6.619
23Andy Kindler 24.311
24Jeff Dye6.012

Season 15 (2011)

6.38 avg 16 episodes 7.0 → 6.5 21 min avg

Ep 1: 7.0 · 57 votesEp 2: 6.5 · 30 votesEp 3: 6.7 · 42 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 30 votesEp 5: 6.1 · 34 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 56 votesEp 7: 5.2 · 32 votesEp 8: 6.2 · 23 votesEp 9: 5.7 · 13 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 37 votesEp 11: 6.7 · 18 votesEp 12: 5.5 · 19 votesEp 13: 6.2 · 21 votesEp 14: 5.9 · 15 votesEp 15: 6.5 · 19 votesEp 16: 6.5 · 42 votes
Season 15 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Tom Segura7.057
2Michael Kosta6.530
3Chelsea Peretti6.742
4Sheng Wang6.730
5Chris D'Elia6.134
6Nate Bargatze7.356
7Hari Kondabolu5.232
8Jack Whitehall6.223
9Al Jackson5.713
10Kyle Kinane7.437
11Matt Fulchiron6.718
12Mike Vecchione5.519
13Jessi Klein6.221
14Louis Katz5.915
15Jay Larson6.519
16Natasha Leggero6.542