All Def Comedy

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| creator = Russell Simmons

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| director = Stan Lathan

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| num_episodes = 7 + special

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  • Russell Simmons
  • Stan Lathan
  • Chris Conti
  • Jeru Tillman

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  • 57 minutes (special)
  • 30 minutes (series)

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| network = HBO

| first_aired = {{Start date|2016|11|12}}

| first_aired2 = {{Start date|2017|12|01}}

| last_aired2 = {{End date|2017|12|29}}

| related = Def Comedy Jam

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Russell Simmons Presents All Def Comedy is an American stand-up comedy television series on HBO.{{cite news|last1=Hipes|first1=Patrick|title=HBO's 'All Def Comedy' To Return As Series In December|url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/all-def-comedy-return-hbo-russell-simmons-1202138233/|access-date=October 19, 2017|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=July 28, 2017}} The series was created by Russell Simmons and is a successor to his Def Comedy Jam which aired for eight seasons from 1992 to 1997 and from 2006 to 2008.

A television special aired on November 12, 2016,{{cite news|last1=Zinoman|first1=Jason|title=Why 'Def Comedy Jam' Gets No Respect|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/arts/television/why-def-comedy-jam-gets-no-respect.html|access-date=October 19, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=November 11, 2016}} and a six-episode season premiered on December 1, 2017 and concluded on December 29, 2017. The series was hosted by Tony Rock.

Episodes

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! Original air date{{Cite web |title=Shows A-Z - all def comedy on hbo {{!}} TheFutonCritic.com |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/all-def-comedy/listings/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=www.thefutoncritic.com}}

! US viewers
(millions)

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| November 12, 2016

| rowspan="2" align="center" | 0.396{{Cite web |date=2016-11-16 |title=Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals: 11.12.2016 |website=Showbuzzdaily.com |url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-12-2016.html |access-date=2022-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116020701/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-12-2016.html |archive-date=2016-11-16 }}

Chris Powell, Zainab Johnson, Kevin Tate, Robert S. Powell III, Tony T. Roberts.
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| December 1, 2017

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Clayton Thomas, Jordan Rock, Robert S. Powell III, Gary Owen.
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| December 8, 2017

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Sydney Castillo, Leonard Ouzts, Just Nesh, DeRay Davis.
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| December 15, 2017

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Alex Babbitt, Daphnique Springs, Nate Jackson, D'Lai.
rowspan="2" align="center" | 4

| December 22, 2017

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Na'im Lynn, Ryan Davis, Kelly Kellz, Mark Viera.
rowspan="2" align="center" | 5

|December 29, 2017

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Kareem Green, Jess Hilarious, Henry Coleman, JJ Williamson.
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|December 29, 2017

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Karlous Miller, Teddy Ray, Tony Baker, Deon Cole.

References

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