Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac

Johnny Mac

Booking Overview

A fast, daily comedy-industry briefing hosted by Johnny Mac, blending business/culture news with quick takes on what’s shaping stand-up, specials, late night, touring, and streaming. It’s a strong fit for PR teams who want timely visibility among comedy fans and industry readers—especially around releases, tours, controversy, and career milestones.

Metrics

Episodes: 1000

Frequency: Daily

Rating: 4.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.4k subscribers

Instagram: 240 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

john@thesharkdeck.com

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Host

Johnny Mac - Host of Daily Comedy News, delivering short daily updates on comedians and the comedy industry’s business and culture. The show covers working-comics and touring news, specials, late-night televisi...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Working comedians, late-night/tour-ready performers, stand-up special talent, comedy writers/show voices, and entertainment figures with a current or upcoming comedy release (special, Netflix/Hulu/streaming project), tour, or festival appearance.

Required Achievements:

Released or promoting a comedy special or major comedy project, Performing on national tours or high-profile venues/festivals, Media visibility through late-night, streaming series, or widely covered interviews, Established stage reputation (comedy clubs/large festival bills)

Recent Guest Discussions

Joel Kim Booster - Personal Routines (no-breakfast/snack Habits) And Comedy/festival News Coverage.

Charlie Day - Casting/news Related To The Film 'golf Trip'.

Julio Torres - Joke/advice-style Commentary (including A Haunted-rent Themed Bit).

Hannibal Buress - Music As A Writing Form; Emotional Range Beyond Comedy.

David Cross - New Comedy Special; Preference For Shooting In Club/music-venue Settings; Approach To Producing Specials; Parenting Balance; Commentary On Other Comedians’ Work.

Recent Topics

Standup, Comedy, Late-night, Comedy Specials, Touring

Episodes

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Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac

Colbert on Kimmel Tonight, Shane Gillis to host SNL and Monty Python is DEAD

September 15, 2026

Johnny Mac previews Stephen Colbert’s guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live and notes Kimmel will again tape a week of shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Sept. 28–Oct. 2. Eric Idle says “Python is dead,” rejects any Monty Python reunion (even without John Cleese), and hints at deeper issues amid past disputes over money and management, while Greg Daniels tells Variety an Office reunion isn’t needed because the ending worked. Saturday Night Live Season 52 premieres Sept. 26 with host Jalen...

Sam Morril’s New Netflix Special and Jimmy Kimmel's FCC Concerns

September 14, 2026

Sam Morril’s New Netflix Special, Kimmel FCC Concerns, and Comedy News RoundupJohnny Mac shares comedy news, led by Sam Morril’s Netflix special “Incorrect” premiering September 29, his second for Netflix, covering topics like a disastrous one-night stand, assassinations, and a war against rats. Katt Williams is on a book tour for his memoir “Nine Lives, No Wives, and 69 Concubines,” about surviving Hollywood while keeping ownership, voice, and peace. Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Texa...

Rolling Stone’s 2017 ‘50 Best Stand-Up Comics’: Who Holds Up in 2026

September 13, 2026

Johnny Mac cold-reads and reacts to Rolling Stone’s “50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time” list from Feb. 14, 2017, noting the magazine’s modern-stand-up criteria and reassessing choices nearly a decade later. He questions or comments on many rankings (including Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Reggie Watts, Tig Notaro, Patton Oswalt, Jonathan Winters, Mitch Hedberg, and others), flags some comics as forgotten, and highlights entries like Gary Shandling, Dick Gregory, Redd Foxx, Rodney Dangerfield, E...

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