Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series)

{{short description|Improvisational comedy television series}}

{{for|the podcast|Comedy Bang! Bang!}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Comedy Bang! Bang! title card (TV series).jpg

| genre = {{Plainlist|

• Comedy
• Talk show
• Sketch comedy

}}

| creator = Scott Aukerman

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Scott Aukerman
• Reggie Watts
• Kid Cudi
• "Weird Al" Yankovic

}}

| opentheme = "Comedy Bang! Bang!"

| composer = {{Plainlist|

• Reggie Watts
• Kid Cudi
• "Weird Al" Yankovic

}}

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 5

| num_episodes = 110

| list_episodes = List of Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series) episodes

| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|

• Scott Aukerman
• Dave Kneebone
• Leo Allen
• Neil Campbell
• Benjamin Berman

}}

| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Carl Fieler
• Jeff Ullrich

}}

| location = Los Angeles, California

| camera =

| runtime = 22 minutes

| company = Comedy Bang! Bang! Productions
Earwolf Media
Abso Lutely Productions
IFC Original Productions

| network = IFC

| first_aired = {{Start date|2012|06|08}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2016|12|02}}

}}

Comedy Bang! Bang! is a television talk show created and hosted by Scott Aukerman. The show aired weekly on IFC and was a spin-off of Aukerman's podcast Comedy Bang! Bang!, which airs on the Earwolf network. Like the podcast, the series featured outlandish and farcical humor, often delivered in a deadpan manner. The mock talk show derived most of its comedy from its surreal spoofs of common late night tropes and from its characters' ineptitude.

Reggie Watts quit Comedy Bang! Bang! halfway through the fourth season, and a few weeks later was offered the job of bandleader for The Late Late Show with James Corden.{{ cite AV media | title = Extended Interview with Reggie Watts | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne7SVA0wSmI&t=350s | publisher=KRTV NEWS}}{{cite web|title=Scott Aukerman Talks to Zach Galifianakis About Comedy Bang! Bang! and President Obama's Between Two Ferns|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/01/scott-aukerman-interviews-zach-galifianakis.html|work=Vulture|date=January 8, 2015|access-date=May 27, 2020}} Musician Kid Cudi took over bandleader and sidekick duties after Watts' departure.{{cite web|title=Reggie Watts named bandleader of CBS' new 'Late Late Show,' appearing at UCB East w/ Janeane Garofalo & more|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/reggie-watts-na/|work=Brooklyn Vegan|date=December 15, 2014|access-date=May 27, 2020}} The season four finale aired on December 10, 2015, and was Cudi's final episode.{{cite web|last=Wright|first=Megh|title=Last Night's 'Comedy Bang! Bang!' Finale Was Kid Cudi's Last Episode|url=http://splitsider.com/2015/12/last-nights-comedy-bang-bang-finale-was-kid-cudis-last-episode/|work=Splitsider|date=December 11, 2015|access-date=December 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214133628/http://splitsider.com/2015/12/last-nights-comedy-bang-bang-finale-was-kid-cudis-last-episode/|archive-date=December 14, 2015|url-status=dead}} The series was renewed for a 20-episode fifth season on May 5, 2015.{{cite web|last1=Maglio|first1=Tony|title=Scott Aukerman's 'Comedy Bang! Bang!' Renewed for Season 5 by IFC|url=https://www.thewrap.com/scott-aukermans-comedy-bang-bang-renewed-for-season-5-by-ifc/|publisher=TheWrap|date=May 5, 2015|access-date=May 27, 2020}} "Weird Al" Yankovic took over the position of bandleader for the fifth season, which premiered on June 3, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ComedyBangBang/status/691653765510725633|title=Comedy Bang! Bang! on Twitter|date=January 26, 2016|work=Twitter|access-date=May 27, 2020}}

On August 18, 2016, Aukerman announced that the series would end after season 5, and the finale aired on December 2, 2016.{{cite web|last=Wright|first=Megh|url=http://splitsider.com/2016/08/scott-aukerman-says-comedy-bang-bang-will-end-after-season-5/|title=Scott Aukerman Says 'Comedy Bang! Bang!' Will End After Season 5|date=August 18, 2016|work=Splitsider|access-date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131142913/http://splitsider.com/2016/08/scott-aukerman-says-comedy-bang-bang-will-end-after-season-5/|archive-date=January 31, 2018|url-status=dead}}