Netflix features hours of comedy from stand-up names you know and some you don’t (yet), including a new special from Taylor Tomlinson and Marcello Hernández making his Netflix debut. These are the 26 best stand-up specials now streaming.

Will Ferrell’s sports comedy series has officially received a title, The Hawk, and Netflix has confirmed a Summer release window. Ferrell will lead the ensemble cast, and we have our first look at the characters in action with the first teaser trailer. Here’s everything you need to know.

Though stand-up by stars like John Mulaney and Dave Chappelle were on the program, roasts, podcasts and other shows that incorporated comedy were hot.

Los Angeles became comedy central this week as Netflix flooded the city with nearly 500 events for its third annual Netflix Is a Joke Fest, but one over-the-top photo and an exclusive brunch stole the spotlight.

Netflix’s sitcom Tires from comedian Shane Gillis will return for a third season in August 13, 2026. Caption/Description: Tires Season 3. (L to R) Steve Gerben as Will (Executive Producer) and Shane Gillis as Shane (Executive Producer) on the set of Episode 301 of Tires Season 3. Cr. Jessica Kourkounis/ Netflix © 2026

In 2017, Hart became embroiled in a public cheating scandal after footage of him with model Montia Sabbag in Las Vegas was allegedly used in an extortion attempt. The comedian later issued a public apology to his wife, Eniko Hart — who was pregnant at the time of the affair — admitting he had made a “bad error in judgment.”