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EXCLUSIVE: After executive producing and co-hosting The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady, Netflix‘s first-ever unrecorded roast, which collapsed retired arsenic 1 of nan awesome taste moments of its year, Kevin Hart is group to get roasted himself during a live, televised ceremonial connected Sunday, May 10 — nan last nighttime of Netflix Is a Joke Fest 2026.
Shane Gillis, different of today’s preeminent comics, is group to preside complete nan ceremonial arsenic host. Once again, it’ll return spot unrecorded astatine The Kia Forum successful Los Angeles, pinch Hart exec producing alongside Casey Patterson done Casey Patterson Entertainment, Jeff Ross, Amy Zvi, and Hart. This clip around, Hart’s head Dave Becky is besides exec producing.
Hart hosted nan 2024 roast of Brady alongside “Roastmaster General” Jeff Ross. Taking retired NFL prima Tom Brady arsenic its subject, nan typical established itself arsenic 1 of Netflix’s astir successful events to day successful nan unrecorded abstraction pinch 2 cardinal viewers tuning successful connected nighttime one, alone. Within its first afloat week, nan roast exploded to 1.67 cardinal minutes viewed, beating awesome bid like Grey’s Anatomy and Bluey to apical Nielsen’s wide streaming rankings.
Dominating nan popular civilization speech for weeks successful a measurement fewer drama specials do, Netflix’s inaugural roast spent 3 weeks successful nan Global Top 10, reaching nan Top 10 successful 49 countries, and has gone connected to bring successful 26M views each time, ensuring nan return of nan format. The roast was truthful impactful that it helped boast Nikki Glaser into nan A-list pinch her roast of Brady, pinch nan likes of Kim Kardashian, Peyton Manning, and Ben Affleck besides participating.
To beryllium sure, Hart is simply a spot of a safe prime arsenic a roastee, connected nan heels of Brady, who successful nan aftermath of his roast, went connected podcast The Pivot and said he “wouldn’t do that again” retired of interest for nan effect connected “the group that I attraction astir nan most,” including his children.
By contrast, Hart knows what to expect. As antecedently alluded to, he’s already successful nan fold of nan Netflix roast arsenic an EP and has plentifulness of acquisition pinch nan format. He served arsenic Roast Master for nan Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber backmost successful 2015, and much recently, was roasted up of receiving nan Mark Twain Prize for American Humor successful 2024 — nan aforesaid twelvemonth nan roast of Brady took place.
In immoderate case, location will beryllium plentifulness to opportunity erstwhile it comes to nan intermezo powerhouse who, complete nan people of his decades-long career, has gone from stand-up and movie prima to media mogul.
The roast aside, Hart will beryllium participating successful Netflix Is a Joke Fest via his drama title bid Funny AF, which originates streaming April 20, pinch taped episodes starring up to nan unrecorded semi-finals and finale arsenic portion of nan show connected May 4th & 5th. He is repped by WME, 3 Arts, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
Building up this twelvemonth to his biggest show yet arsenic a solo headliner — a one-night-only homecoming show astatine Lincoln Financial Field connected July 17, successful beforehand of much than 60,000 fans — Gillis is besides group to header “Shane Gillis & Friends” for Netflix Is a Joke Fest astatine nan Hollywood Bowl connected May 4th. He is repped by CAA, Range Media Partners, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
The 3rd loop of Netflix Is a Joke Fest is group to return spot crossed Los Angeles from May 4-10.
