Comedy Central Roasts
Season 12003
Celebrities and comedians belt out good-natured insult comedy jokes at the expense of a guest of honour. The event is hosted by a Roast Master who also takes a jab at the attendees.
Celebrities and comedians belt out good-natured insult comedy jokes at the expense of a guest of honour. The event is hosted by a Roast Master who also takes a jab at the attendees.
17 Episodes
Acerbic funnyman Denis Leary gets a taste of his own medicine when Comedy Central hosts a celebrity roast in his honor.
August 10, 2003Blue-collar comedian Jeff Foxworthy is skewered by his fellow comedians, friends, and others.
March 20, 2005Roast Master Jimmy Kimmel leads a dais including Tommy Lee, Adam Carolla, Sarah Silverman, and Lisa Lampanelli as they sling burns at model and actress Pamela Anderson.
August 14, 2005Patton Oswalt, Betty White, Andy Dick, George Takei, Artie Lange, Nichelle Nichols, Farrah Fawcett, and others roast Captain Kirk, a.k.a. Mr. Tambourine Man: William Shatner.
August 20, 2006Katt Williams leads a dais that includes Greg Giraldo, Jeff Ross, Jimmy Kimmel, Ice-T, and more in a takedown of Public Enemy member and reality show star Flavor Flav.
August 12, 2007Bob Saget endures barbs from Roast Master John Stamos, Greg Giraldo, Jon Lovitz, Jeff Ross, Susie Essman, Brian Posehn, Cloris Leachman, Norm Macdonald, and Jeff Garlin.
August 16, 2008The Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy was taped on March 1, 2009. This marks the first time that a previous roastmaster has become a roastee. On February 12, 2009, the roasters were announced to include Nick DiPaolo, Jeff Foxworthy, Greg Giraldo, Toby Keith, Jeffrey Ross, Reno Collier, Maureen McCormick, Warren Sapp, and Gary Busey. Bill Engvall made a pre-taped appearance.
March 16, 2009The Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers was taped on July 26, 2009. The roasters included Carl Reiner, Gilbert Gottfried, Mario Cantone, Whitney Cummings, Tom Arnold, Brad Garrett, Robin Quivers, Greg Giraldo, and Jeff Ross. Donald Trump and Don Rickles made a pre-taped appearance, and Melissa Rivers came from the audience to roast her mother. Other audience members included Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Alan Thicke, TJ Miller, Chris Pratt and Anna Faris.
August 9, 2009With "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff's career prime for the roasting, Jeff Ross, Pamela Anderson, Hulk Hogan, and Roast Master Seth MacFarlane rise to the occasion.
August 15, 2010Real estate mogul, "The Apprentice" host, and helmet-hair aficionado Donald Trump gets roasted by Seth MacFarlane, Snoop Dogg, Lisa Lampanelli, The Situation, and more.
March 15, 2011William Shatner, Amy Schumer, Mike Tyson, and others join Roast Master Seth MacFarlane to roast the tiger blood-drinking robot from Mars himself: Charlie Sheen.
September 19, 2011Roasters include Jeff Ross, Tom Arnold, Katey Sagal, Carrie Fisher, Ellen Barkin, Anthony Jeselnik, Seth Green, Amy Schumer, Wayne Brady, and Gilbert Gottfried. Sarah Chalke, Alicia Goranson, and Michael Fishman will be in attendance. Sharon Stone had been announced as one of the roasters but dropped out for unknown reasons prior to the event.
August 12, 2012Roast Master Seth Rogen leads a dais including Aziz Ansari, Nick Kroll, Andy Samberg, and Sarah Silverman in a tribute to actor-author-professor-messiah James Franco.
September 2, 2013Roast Master Kevin Hart leads the dais in a night of burns directed at once-wayward pop star Justin Bieber.
March 30, 2015Roast Master David Spade leads the dais in a night of burns directed at Hollywood's nearly perfect man, Rob Lowe.
September 5, 2016Roast Master Joseph Gordon-Levitt and a dais featuring Edward Norton, Nikki Glaser, Lil Rel Howery, and Jeff Ross spend a night taking action legend Bruce Willis down a peg.
July 29, 2018Roast Master Sean Hayes, Robert De Niro, Caitlyn Jenner, Blake Griffin, Jeff Ross, Nikki Glaser, and more team up to take down one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
September 15, 2019