Comedy Is Booming — So Why Aren’t the Grammys & Emmys Featuring Those Categories in Prime Time?

Comedy Is Booming — So Why Aren’t the Grammys & Emmys Featuring Those Categories in Prime Time?

These are boom times in comedy. As of Sept. 25, stand-up comics sold 4.9 million tickets to 2,078 live performances reported to Billboard Boxscore, for a total gross of $359.7 million and counting. The major streaming services, such as Netflix, Hulu and HBO, regularly release new comedy specials, and on-demand audio and video streams of comedy content have topped $1.32 billion through Oct. 3. Related …