Time really flies when you’re having fun. Can you believe The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail is premiering it’s third season Tuesday, September 27th? Crazy! Seems like yesterday when one of alt’s comedy’s hidden gems grew from a small show in the back of a comic book store to a Comedy Central fan favorite for all to see. This new season hosts Jonah Ray (MST3K, Seeso’s Hidden America) and Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley, The Indoor Kids, Portlandia) bring you eight new episodes of comedy filmed at the Nerdist Showroom. You will see those precious backstage moment in the green room plus more of your favorite comedians working out amazing bits before your very eyes. The documentary style series directed by Lance Bangs will feature performances from Maria Bamford, Todd Barry, Rachel Bloom, Joel Kim Booster, Byron Bowers, Guy Branum, Rhea Butcher, Michelle Buteau, Brett Gelman, John Gemberling, Solomon Georgio, Cyrus Ghahremani, Al Jackson, Sam Jay, Ian Karmel, Martha Kelly, Jen Kirkman, Jay Larson, Charla Lauriston, Lucas Brothers, Mike O’Brien, Brian Posehn, Brent Sullivan, Paul F. Tompkins, Baron Vaughn, David Wain, Brandon Wardell, BAKED (Steve Agee and Brendon Small), The Five Footprints (Drennon Davis, Joe DeRosa, Ron Funches, and Rory Scovel), and Wild Horses (Stephanie Allyne, Mary Holland, Lauren Lapkus, and Erin Whitehead). Not too shabby, eh?! This will be one to watch LIVE, kids!
Mentions: The Meltdown premieres Midnight ET/PT on Comedy Central. Episodes of The Meltdown will be available the day of premiere on the Comedy Central App and cc.com/TheMeltdown and season 2 will be available two weeks prior to premiere. You can follow Comedy Central Stand-Up on Twitter @ccstandup. Use the hashtag #TheMeltdown to take in all the buzz about the show.