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{{Short description|Canadian comedy television series}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox television
| network              = [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]
| image                = Comedy Now Logo.jpg
| country              = Canada
| language             = English
| first_aired          = {{start date|1997|10|17}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|2014|12|31}}
| runtime              = 30 minutes
| num_seasons          = 14
| num_episodes         =

}}
'''''Comedy Now!''''' is a Canadian comedy television series which debuted in 1997 and ended in 2014 featuring the newest in Canadian comedic talent. The show has won numerous [[Gemini Awards]] as well as many international awards. It is broadcast in Canada on [[The Comedy Network]] and [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] while in the United States, the program airs on [[Comedy Central]].

The show has started the careers of notable Canadian comedians, including [[Brent Butt]], [[Gavin Crawford]], [[Shaun Majumder]], [[Russell Peters]], [[Pete Zedlacher]] and [[Harland Williams]] and has showcased comedians such as [[Trent McClellan]], [[Darcy Michael]], [[Graham Chittenden]] and [[Eric Tunney]].

Most episodes of the series featured a single comedian performing a stand-up set, although a few highlighted [[sketch comedy]] troupes and a number of "gala" episodes featuring several comedians were also aired as specials. These included ''Women of the Night'', a "women in comedy" special which aired in 2001 with Brigitte Gall, [[Aurora Browne]], Jen Goodhue, [[Sabrina Jalees]], Diana Love and [[Renee Percy]]. This episode garnered a [[Gemini Award]] nomination for [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Comedy Series|Best Comedy Program]] at the [[17th Gemini Awards]] in 2002.<ref>"Trio picks up scores of Gemini nominations". ''[[Barrie Examiner]]'', September 25, 2002.</ref>

==Performers==
===Solo performers===

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*[[David Acer]]
*[[Dana Alexander]]
*[[Todd Allen]]
*Peter Anthony
*[[Ali Rizvi Badshah]]
*[[Ian Bagg]]
*James Ball
*[[Ryan Belleville]]
*Rachel Bertrand
*John Beuhler
*Big Daddy Tazz
*Matt Billon
*[[Trevor Boris]]
*Rick Bronson
*Kedar Brown
*[[Mike Bullard (comedian)|Mike Bullard]]
*[[Brent Butt]]
*Chuck Byrn
*Lars Callieou
*[[Martha Chaves]]
*[[Graham Chittenden]]
*[[Graham Clark (comedian)|Graham Clark]]
*Greg Cochrane
*[[Carla Collins]]
*Sean Collins
*Casey Corbin
*Simon B. Cotter
*[[Gavin Crawford]]
*Judy Croon
*Miller Crosby
*[[Seán Cullen]]
*[[James Cunningham (comedian)|James Cunningham]]
*Rick Currie
*[[Roman Danylo]]
*Kate Davis
*[[Ivan Decker]]
*[[Gerry Dee]]
*[[Eddie Della Siepe]]
*[[Charlie Demers]]
*Sunee Dhaliwal
*[[Debra DiGiovanni]]
*Gord Disley
*[[Jon Dore]]
*[[Derek Edwards]]
*Ronnie Edwards
*Lou Eisen
*[[Ophira Eisenberg]]
*Joey Elias
*[[Laurie Elliott]]
*[[Mark Farrell (comedian)|Mark Farrell]]
*[[Jebb Fink]]
*[[Chris Finn]]
*[[Mark Forward]]
*[[Heidi Foss]]
*[[Glen Foster (comedian)|Glen Foster]]
*[[Stewart Francis]]
*Darren Frost
*Brigitte Gall
*Johnny Gardhouse
*Michael Gelbart
*Lori Gibbs
*Jenn Grant
*Andrew Grose
*[[Adam Growe]]
*Phil Hanley
*Toby Hargrave
*[[Jonny Harris]]
*Jy Harris
*Tyler Hawkins
*Paul Haywood
*Dave Hemstad
*[[Jessica Holmes (comedian)|Jessica Holmes]]
*[[Jeremy Hotz]]
*[[Ron James (comedian)|Ron James]]
*Dean Jenkinson
*Andrea Jensen
*Pete Johansson
*[[Daryn Jones]]
*[[Ron Josol]]
*Barry Julien
*[[Peter Kelamis]]
*Don Kelly
*John Ki
*[[Simon King (comedian)|Simon King]]
*[[Rebecca Kohler]]
*[[Elvira Kurt]]
*Greg Lawrence
*Nigel Lawrence
*Brian Lazanik
*Derick Lengwenus
*Steve Levine
*Dan Licoppe
*[[Mark Little (Canadian comedian)|Mark Little]]
*[[Gilson Lubin]]
*Levi MacDougall
*[[Nathan Macintosh]]
*[[Cory Mack]]
*[[Shaun Majumder]]
*Darryl Makk
*Patrick Maliha
*[[Greg Malone (actor)|Greg Malone]]
*[[Jay Malone]]
*Dave Martin
*J.P. Mass
*David John McCarthey
*[[Trent McClellan]]
*[[Wade McElwain]]
*[[Jeff McEnery]]
*[[Bonnie McFarlane]]
*[[Terry McGurrin]]
*A.J. McKenzie
*Jim McNally
*[[Darcy Michael]]
*Howie Miller
*Lawrence Morgenstern
*Paul Myrehaug
*[[Alex Nussbaum]]
*Tim Nutt
*[[Dave Nystrom]]
*Matt O'Brien
*Adam Pal
*[[Alan Park]]
*Adam Pateman
*Lachlan Patterson
*[[Steve Patterson (comedian)|Steve Patterson]]
*Jean Paul
*[[Nikki Payne]]
*[[Russell Peters]]
*Perry Perlmutar
*Sean Proudlove
*David Pryde
*Rob Pue
*Darryl Purvis
*Chris Quigley
*Dan Quinn
*Tim Rabnett
*Kyle Radke
*[[Lara Rae|Al Rae]]
*Dylan Rhymer
*[[Kenny Robinson (comedian)|Kenny Robinson]]
*John Rogers
*[[Darrin Rose]]
*Rob Ross
*Jeff Rothpan
*Jason Rouse
*[[Richard Ryder (comedian)|Richard Ryder]]
*Tim Rykert
*[[Nile Séguin]]
*[[Erica Sigurdson]]
*[[Ian Sirota]]
*Allyson Smith
*Tracy Smith
*[[Ron Sparks (comedian)|Ron Sparks]]
*[[Winston Spear]]
*[[Tom Stade]]
*[[Tim Steeves]]
*Jon Steinberg
*[[Gavin Stephens]]
*[[Sugar Sammy]]
*Paul Sveen
*Kelly Taylor
*[[Angelo Tsarouchas]]
*Damonde Tschritter
*Sean Tweedly
*[[Eric Tunney]]
*Kerry Unger
*[[Kristeen Von Hagen]]
*Mark Walker
*Christina Walkinshaw
*Alan Watt
*Peter White
*Jason John Whitehead
*[[Harland Williams]]
*Ryan Wilner
*[[John Wing Jr.|John Wing]]
*[[Fraser Young]]
*Jeffrey Yu
*[[Pete Zedlacher]]
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===Sketch troupes and specials===
*[[The Bobroom]]
*[[Bowser & Blue]]
*The Doo-Wops: [[John Catucci]], David Mesiano
*Not Getting It: Adrian Churchill, [[Terry McGurrin]], Anne Marie Scheffler
*[[This Sitcom Is...Not to Be Repeated|Not to Be Repeated]]: [[Ed Sahely]], [[Kathy Greenwood]], [[Jonathan Wilson (actor)|Jonathan Wilson]]
*Skippy's Rangers: [[Jonathan Crombie]], [[Lisa Lambert]], [[Bob Martin (comedian)|Bob Martin]], [[Paul O'Sullivan (actor)|Paul O'Sullivan]]
*''Women of the Night'': Brigitte Gall, [[Aurora Browne]], Jen Goodhue, [[Sabrina Jalees]], Diana Love, [[Renee Percy]]
*''Women of the Night, Pt. 2'': Aurora Browne, Renee Percy

==Awards==
Several comedians who appeared on the series received [[Gemini Award]] nominations or wins for [[Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series, Individual or Ensemble|Best Performance in a Comedy Series, Individual or Ensemble]] (1997-1999) or [[Gemini Award for Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series|Individual Performance in a Comedy Series]] (2000-2010):

* John Rogers — [[12th Gemini Awards]] (Spring 1998)<ref>"Gemini Nominations". ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', January 14, 1998.</ref>
* [[Brent Butt]] — [[13th Gemini Awards]] (Fall 1998)<ref>John McKay, "CBC tops Gemini nominations but Bach doc gets single-show nod". [[Canadian Press]], August 11, 1998.</ref>
* [[Shaun Majumder]] — [[14th Gemini Awards]] (1999)<ref>"Major Gemini Awards nominations". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', September 22, 1999.</ref>
* [[Gavin Crawford]] — [[15th Gemini Awards]] (2000)<ref name=crawfordwilliams>"Gemini Nominations". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 29, 2000.</ref>
* [[Harland Williams]] — [[15th Gemini Awards]] (2000)<ref name=crawfordwilliams/>
* {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jason Rouse]]''' — [[16th Gemini Awards]] (2001)<ref>Doug Foley, "Hamilton comic earns himself a Gemini". ''[[Hamilton Spectator]]'', October 30, 2001.</ref>
* [[Glen Foster (comedian)|Glen Foster]] — 16th Gemini Awards (2001)<ref name=telegram>"CTV's Nuremberg leads Gemini nominations". ''[[The Telegram]]'', September 18, 2001.</ref>
* [[Jessica Holmes (comedian)|Jessica Holmes]] — 16th Gemini Awards (2001)<ref name=telegram/>
* [[Nikki Payne]] — [[18th Gemini Awards]] (2003)<ref>Susan M. Jones, [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nikki-payne "Nikki Payne"]. ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]'', May 11, 2010.</ref>
* [[Russell Peters]] — [[19th Gemini Awards]] (2004)<ref>"Human Cargo earns 17 Gemini noms". ''[[Timmins Daily Press]]'', October 28, 2004.</ref>
* [[Levi MacDougall]] — [[20th Gemini Awards]] (2005)<ref>Alex Strachan, "Eleventh Hour garners 15 Gemini nominations". ''[[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix]]'', November 19, 2005.</ref>
* [[Terry McGurrin]] — [[24th Gemini Awards]] (2009)<ref>"Gemini nominees". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', August 26, 2009.</ref>

[[Greg Malone (actor)|Greg Malone]]'s special, ''Pocket Queen'', won an award at the 1999 [[WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival]].<ref name=canenc>[[Wyndham Wise]], [https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/greg-malone "Greg Malone"]. ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]'', November 21, 2012.</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website}}
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060901080222/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/1064338205862_59746362/ Comedy Now!]'' at [[CTV Television Network]]
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