2020 in stand-up comedy

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This is a timeline documenting events and facts about English-speaking stand-up comedy in the year 2020.

January

• January 3: Ilana Glazer's special The Planet Is Burning for Amazon Prime Video.^[1]
• January 14: Leslie Jones's special Time Machine on Netflix
• January 21: Fortune Feimster's special Sweet and Salty for Netflix.^[2]
• January 26: Vir Das's special For India on Netflix.^[3]
• January 28: Alex Fernándezs special The Best Comedian in the World on Netflix.^[3]
• January 28: Maria Bamford's special Weakness Is the Brand on Comedy Dynamics.

February

• February 4: Tom Papa's special You're Doing Great on Netflix.
• February 11: Sam Morril's special I Got This on YouTube.^[4]
• February 22: Whitmer Thomas's special The Golden One on HBO.
• February 25: Pete Davidson's special Alive From New York on Netflix.

March

• March 3: Taylor Tomlinson's special Quarter Life Crisis on Netflix.
• March 10: Marc Maron's special End Times Fun on Netflix.
• March 17: Bert Kreischer's special Hey Big Boy on Netflix.
• March 24: Tom Segura's special Ball Hog on Netflix.

April

• April 4: Louis C.K.'s special Sincerely on his website.
• April 14: Chris D'Elia's special No Pain on Netflix.
• April 14: Christopher Titus's special Born With A Defect on christophertitustv.

May

• May 1: Tom Walker's mime show special Very Very on Amazon.^[5]
• May 5: Jerry Seinfeld's special 23 Hours to Kill on Netflix.
• May 8: Jimmy O. Yang's special Good Deal on Amazon.
• May 12: Mark Normand's special Out to Lunch on YouTube.^[6]
• May 19: Patton Oswalt's special I Love Everything on Netflix.^[7]
• May 19: Doug Stanhope's special The Dying of a Last Breed on Vimeo.
• May 26 Hannah Gadsby's special Douglas on Netflix.

June

• June 12: Dave Chappelle's special 8:46 on YouTube.
• June 23: Eric Andre's special Legalize Everything on Netflix.^[8]
• June 30: George Lopez's special We'll Do It For Half on Netflix.

July

• July 3: Hannibal Buress's special Miami Nights on YouTube.
• July 7: Jim Jefferies's special Intolerant on Netflix.
• July 17: Esther Povitsky's special Hot for My Name on Comedy Central.
• July 21: Jack Whitehall's special I'm Only Joking on Netflix.
• July 24: Jim Gaffigan's special The Pale Tourist on Amazon.
• July 24: Frankie Boyle's special Excited For You To See And Hate This on BBC 2.

August

• August 4: Sam Jay's special 3 in the Morning on Netflix.
• August 6: Joe List's special I Hate Myself on YouTube.
• August 20: Beth Stelling's special Girl Daddy on HBO Max.

September

• September 1: Felipe Esparza's special Bad Decisions on Netflix.
• September 12: Michael McIntyre's special Showman on Netflix.

October

• October 6: Lewis Black's special Thanks for Risking Your Life.^[9]
• October 23: Tim Heidecker's special An Evening With Tim Heidecker on YouTube.
• October 23: Chelsea Handler's special Evolution on HBO Max.^[10]

November

• November 17: Kevin Hart's special Zero F**ks Given on Netflix.^[11]

December

• December 17: James Acaster's special Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 is live-streamed on DICE.
• December 22: London Hughes's special London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck on Netflix.^[12]

See also

• List of stand-up comedians

References

1. Feay, Suzi (27 December 2019). "The Planet is Burning, Amazon Prime — Ilana Glazer is naturally warm, shrewd and very New York". Financial Times.
2. "Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty" – via www.imdb.com.
3. Aswell, Sarah. "All The New Netflix Comedy Specials, Movies And Series Coming In January 2020". Forbes.
4. "Sam Morril: I Got This - Full Special". YouTube. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
5. "Watch Tom Walker: Very Very - Season 1 | Prime Video". www.amazon.co.uk.
6. "Mark Normand: Out To Lunch - Full Special". YouTube. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
7. "Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com.
8. "Eric Andre: Legalize Everything | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com.
9. Thanks for Risking Your Life
10. "Chelsea Handler's personal 'Evolution' inspires new stand-up special".
11. "Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given | Netflix Official Site". Netflix.
12. Wright, Megh (11 December 2020). "London Hughes Knows Why Male Comedians Are 'Treated Like Gods'". Vulture. Retrieved 13 February 2021.