May 11, 2026

The Roast of Kevin Hart was not Funny AF PLUS Strike Force Five reunites tonight!

The Roast of Kevin Hart was not Funny AF PLUS Strike Force Five reunites tonight!
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Well, it looks like we now know why Netflix never promoted who was on the lineup for the Roast of Kevin Hary

Johnny Mac stops watching The Roast of Kevin Hart around 9 PM during Lizzo, saying the first hour felt low-energy and poorly structured despite moments from host Shane Gillis, Tom Brady, Jeff Ross, Naim Wynn, and a long set from Chelsea Handler, and he notes the lack of bigger surprise guests.

A curiously times Bloomberg piece ahead of the roast about chaos at Kevin Hart’s media company HartBeat, including layoffs, acquisitions, departures, and employee concerns after Hart licensed his name to Authentic Brands Group.

Moving on, Mac previews Stephen Colbert’s episode reuniting Strike Force Five and notes David Letterman will guest May 14. Other items include thoughts on Bruce Hornsby’s Indigo Park, a donkey charity naming a foal “Gervais” after Ricky Gervais’ donation, top comedy tours led by Matt Rife, Just for Laughs additions, SNL UK renewed, Diane Morgan’s BBC comedy Ann Droid, James Austin Johnson tour dates, Emily Catalano viral clip, Fox renewals/cancellations, Boston Fringe, and Netflix comedy exec Robbie Praw on changing stand-up showcase strategy and predicting a return of comedy movies.

00:00 Roastof Kevin Hart
00:40 Shane Gillis Opens
02:04 Kevin Hart Hype
02:46 Tom Brady Surprise
03:57 Jeff Ross Arrives
04:53 Chelsea and Lizzo Exit
05:31 HartBeat Chaos Report
06:48 Strike Force Five
07:26 Music and Donkey News
09:28 Touring and Festivals
11:08 SNL UK and Diane Morgan
14:31 Gossip Corner and TV Renewals
16:37 Netflix Comedy Strategy



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This is the animal sanctuary mentioned in the February 10 episode.

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Caloroga Shark Media.

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Well, I guess we only answer to you why they

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didn't promote the lineup for the Roast of Kevin Hart.

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I am Johnny Mackam recording this at nine pm, where

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I just turned the Roast off during Lizzo. Now, if

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the rest of the night was amazing and there were surprises,

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then they didn't structure the show correctly because that first hour. Boy,

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I feel tired from watching it. I kind of wanted

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to turn it off half an hour ago. Maybe it

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got better. I got some notes for you here. Shane

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Gillis came out. Shane's material probably better than the crowd

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reacted to. It a tough room for Shane. He wound

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up eating it a little bit. He opened up and

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did about a minute or so. I did pull some clips. Now,

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just assume for any clip that I played during today's

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podcast that I have made edits for language, lots of

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F bombs, and we don't like to do that on

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this program. But here's a little bit of Shane Gillis.

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Welcome to the Roast of Kevin Hart, live in Los Angeles.

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Where we're yeah, where we're here to celebrate a guy

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we used to like in a city that was once important.

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Kevin will be out in a minute. I'm sure he's

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backstage shadow boxing or doing a group prayer or whatever

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he does. I'm your extremely white host, Shane Gillis, Yeah,

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white hosts pick up laws.

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All right.

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I'd just like to thank Netflix for choosing me to

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host this celebration of black excellence. Look, I'm not saying

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there's a lot of black people here tonight, but backstage,

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a production assistant asked me what color drank I want

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in my dressing room.

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Chose purple. You can even hear in my deliverism doing

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the podcast, Like, I just don't have the energy to

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be excited about this at all. So after Shane Usher

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came out and sang Kevin, it was just like overacting,

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like fake outraged. It was almost like wrestling, like, oh,

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I can't believe you're bashing me at the roast, Like yeah,

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no kidding. It just felt very very lame. Kevin Hart

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got up there and said it would be better than

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the roast of Tom Brady. That ain't true. I'm gonna

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tell you right now, it's gonna be way better than

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the Tom Brady, gross, way better, way better. The reason

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why is because I'm not a bitch.

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Tom is a bitch.

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Tom sat there in the.

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Whole time with the white man face, went on radio

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stages after what anything me?

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I gat believe, and then in the leadoff position, Tom

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Brady came out. I thought that was a weird choice.

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Here's a little bit of Tom Brady.

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I do have a few words for you before I

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returned to my affairs in Las Vegas. Oh wait, I'm

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talking about affairs in Las Vegas.

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Was that off?

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I'm not supposed to talk about affairs in Vegas. I

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think I broke another rule.

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One line I did like was Brady ripped the dais

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saying it wouldn't be a Kevin Hart project unless it

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was a crappy sequel. I mean, no star power at all.

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Chelsea Handler and Pete Davidson, Tony Hinchcliffe and those were

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the big names. I mean, I'm just not feeling this

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thing at all. All right, Shane comes back out, does a

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longer set here, and I think he kind of ate

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it again. But I did like this line.

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We're all here to honor Kevin Hart, and what a

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better way to do that than to take a paycheck

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while pretending to have fun.

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Shane did get in some good shots about Kevin Hart

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playing the Riodd Comedy Festival. Shane said he himself turned

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down the Riodd Comedy Festival to honor the brave firefighters

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who lost their lives that day, Right, Pete, that was

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kind of a nice job. Jeff Ross comes out, it's

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already eight twenty six and the energy's out of the

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room in my opinion, by the time Jeff Ross comes out.

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He came out dressed in an Eddie Murphy's style red

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outfitted to the music of axel f. Here's a little

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Jeff Ross.

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We've been friends a long time, but the world first

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fell in love with you when Michael Jackson dangled you

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over that balcony.

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Jeff had a couple quick riffs, he said, Kevin put

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the elf in Philadelphia. He also called him Eddie Smurphy.

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Jeff's set was pretty strong. He also had a joke

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about Pete Davidson only banging nines and eleven's. I like

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that one a lot. The next person up was Niam Win,

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not exactly a household name. Mister Wynn explained he has

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a show on bet thought the material was pretty good,

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but it was already eight thirty seven at that point,

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and I hadn't been really laughing all that much. I

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was just kind of like, okay, Winn did ask where

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Dave Chappelle was good. Point Chelsea Handler was next. She

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was good, but I thought her set was really long,

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and then Lizzo came out. During Lizzell, I was like,

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you know what, I'm tired. I'm not feeling this and

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I don't feel like chasing this thing to eleven o'clock.

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Sometimes you just have to punt. So maybe you all disagree.

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Maybe the rest of the night got more amazing, and

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I'll be eating crow on Tuesday's podcast. But as I

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speak to you at nine five pm Sunday night, not

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feeling the roast of Kevin Hart at all. Very interesting though, that,

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like who didn't come? You know, some of those names

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that I had thrown out speculating on Sunday's program, and

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you know, and people not showing up for Kevin. I

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don't know what to make of that. Another thing that

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caught my eye on Sunday, Bloomberg dropped an article just

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like I saw it on social media, like an hour

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before the roast of Kevin Hart. The headline inside a

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year of chaos and conflict at Kevin Hart's media company.

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Now to drop this on a Sunday is a choice.

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Please understand that that's a choice, Lucas Shaw writes. When

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Kevin Hart announced in January that he'd licensed his name

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to Authentic Brands Group, the popular comedian was silence on

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a key detail, the future of his name's media company.

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Skipping around the article, Heart's employees say they worry that

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the deal marks the beginning of the end of Heartbeat.

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Once valued at about six hundred and fifty million dollars,

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Heartbeat has shriveled over the past few years. The company

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enacted its latest round of job cuts in December, firing

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the heads of its scripted TV division, as well as

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employees working across marketing, social media, and brand partnerships. The

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article then walks through several acquisitions and people leaving the company.

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The article ends telling us about an email sent by

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Kevin Hart's assistant, in which Kevin Hart says, I know

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the past few months have been tough, and Kevin apparently

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added that for too long the company had been too

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dependent on him. The email was said to be signed

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by Kevin aka boss Man, as I said, interesting timing

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to drop that on a Sunday afternoon. That is a choice.

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Stephen Colbert, now into his last two weeks, Tonight should

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be a really good episode. He will interview Jimmy Fallon,

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Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Myers, and John Oliver. That's right, Strikeforce

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five is reuniting. You may recall those gentlemen during the

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sag AFTRA and Writers Guild strikes did the Strike Force

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five podcasts together. Proceeds from that podcast went towards supporting

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the crew members of the respective shows. I guess it

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all works out. Kimmel Intown for the upfronts, Jimmy Fallon

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already in New York City, Seth Myers, and John Oliver

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already in New York City. So should be a good

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Late Show tonight. The original host of The Late Show,

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David Letterman, will be Stephen Colbert's guest on May fourteenth,

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which is Thursday. From jimbands dot Com, You're home for

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Jimband News. John mullaney calls Bruce Hornsby's Indigo Park the

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best album of the year. Now, if you're listening to

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the other day, when my dog came by and the

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dog wanted to go for a walk. I went for

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a walk and listened to Indigo Park. Based on John

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Mlanie's suggestion, it's not the best album of the year,

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but it's pretty good. It is sonically interesting. I kind

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of like that Bruce Hornsby under sings it. The first

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two tracks the last track are really good and there's

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one with North Carolina in the title that are really good.

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The rest of the album is hit and miss, but

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it really goes for it. A donkey charity has named

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a newborn fall after Ricky Gervais. Ricky Gervas donated one

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hundred thousand British pounds to help Safe Haven for Donkeys.

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Save Haven for Donkeys was one of twenty two animal

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charities that benefited from Ricky Gervay's Christmas donations over two

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and a half million British pounds. Save Haven for Donkeys

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cares for working donkeys in Israel, the West Bank, Gaza

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and parts of Egypt. They've been treating thousands of donkeys

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in the Gaza strip, where a lack of fuel has

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forced people to rely on donkeys as their main form

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of transport. A tiny foal named Jervaise was born at

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the charity sanctuary in Israel on April nineteenth. Jervy's mother, Deborah,

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was found abandoned in southern Israel in September and was

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around two years old and was seven months pregnant when found.

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A local woman contacted Safe Haven for Donkeys. The charity

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transported at Deborah to their sanctuary in Israel. Andy Foxcroft

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is the chief executive of Safe Haven and said, Jervaise

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the donkey is full of life at already showing off

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her first teeth. She's brought so much joy to the

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team and as a tiny symbol of hope this world

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Donkey Day, Debora could have given birth alone after being abandoned. Instead,

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she was safe, watched over and cared for in Jerves

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has had the start every full deserved. Now some more

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donkey facts. The sanctuary team had hoped that Theodora, another

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rescue donkey and a companion of Debora, might act as

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an aunty to the new arrival. You see in the wild,

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new mothers sometimes accept help from another female donkey. Theodora

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initially stayed close by Zebra and Jervase. However, Debra seems

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to prefer caring for Jerves on her own. Billboard put

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out the list of top comedy tours for March twenty

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twenty six. Great Davies at number five, seven shows, thirty

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seven seven hundred tickets grossed two and a half million dollars.

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Number four John m'laney did fourteen shows, thirty one thousand,

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three hundred tickets, three point one million gross. Bert Kreischer

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thirteen shows, fifty four thousand, six hundred tickets, grossed three

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point seven million. Number two Naprighatzy off of number one.

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This month he was number two. Eight shows grossed four

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point six million across fifty six thy nine hundred and

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who's He's making more money than anybody. You can hate

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all you want. Matt Raife did seven shows, sold ninety

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three thousand, three hundred tickets and grossed eight point three

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million dollars. Here's an email I say from a week ago.

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Remember I told you that just for laughs, decided to

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announce a bunch of shows during Netflix week. Not sure

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that was the best strategy, but hey, I love those

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guys and we can get to it now. They've added

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a second show by Jerry Seinfeld. He'll be at the

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Place day Arts, which is how you pronounce it. The

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six thirty show is sold out. The nine to thirty

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show has been added. Chris Fleming at Late National That's

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how you pronounced it at seven o'clock, also on the

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twenty third Wow. The twenty third's where it's at. Dan

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Soda will be a club Soda. That's a good club.

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Been in it myself. Did I have a soda?

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No?

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I had a beer. July twenty fifth, seven o'clock. Joel

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Kim Booster you know him from Scrubs now He's also

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there on the twenty third seven o'clock at Studio TD.

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Two of the galas are sold out. Otsko at Kotzka

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July twenty fourth at the Placed at Arts and Gabe

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Iglesias's got La same venue on the twenty fifth are

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sold out to Jerry de Gala still tickets and the

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Mike Brobiglia Gala not yet sold out on the twenty

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fourth at six thirty. Hashtag Team John marcos Aresi snl

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UK has been renewed for season two. It'll be back

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this fall and early twenty twenty seven, so more of

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a traditional schedule there. Twelve episodes have been ordered. Snl

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UK executive producer Loren Michaels said, I'm incredibly proud of

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our team in the show. It keeps getting better every week.

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I'm grateful to Dana Strong and Sky for believing in

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and supporting snl UK. I'm excited for the season ahead.

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Diana Strong is the Sky CEO. The series started with

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two hundred and twenty six thousand viewers for episode one,

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hosted by Tina Fay. Jack Whitehall had the lowest numbers

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of the season up until the time of this recording,

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with one hundred and nineteen thousand, five hundred and forty viewers. Boy,

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that's like Seth Meyers Territory. Seems like the show settling

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in at around one hundred and forty thousand. However, on

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social media, the Prince Andrew cold open from episode two

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has two point four million views, and a cold open

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with King Charles and Queen Camilla has one point seven.

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Royal Family is where It's at. Everybody, good time to

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plug the Palace Intrigue podcast. We talk about the Royal

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Family twice every day and I'm the writer on that.

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Check that out. Diane Morgan, who some people think I

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have a crush on and I was thinking about this

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the other day let's say I had a crush on

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Diane Morgan. Now, first of all, I'm married, But putting

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that aside, well, what do you even say to Diane Morgan? Hi,

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I really like when you do kunk and I host

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a podcast in my basement. I have no game. Diane Morgan,

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who some people say I have a crush on, is

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getting ready for a BBC comedy Anne Droid, an n

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new word Droid get it, no premier day yet, but

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Anne Droid tackles AI in everyday life, exploring how far

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society will go and replacing people with tech and droid

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centers on an elderly woman and a humanoid care robot.

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You see, Sue's husband David passed away eighteen months ago

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and her only son, Michael, is moving out to try

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and fix his marriage. But the good news is he

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got Sue a surprise to help her live in independently.

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And that is a second hand Anne Droid Z fifty

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eight slash one hundred Basic elder Care robot played by

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Diane Morgan. Android is an overly attentive socially in pain

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in the arse, says the British copy, but she soon

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works out that she can use the Droids her benefit

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in settling scores and doing the things her son never

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gets around to. Diane Morgan is ann droid. I'll watch.

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James Austin Johnson will be touring right after SNL wraps

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up the new season this weekend with Will Ferrell and

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musical guest Paul McCartney. Is it Lauren's farewell or is

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it just a really good host and a really good

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musical guest. We'll find out. James Austin Johnson playing New

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York City, Dallas, Uncasville, Connecticut. That's a casino, Red Hook,

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New York, Seattle, Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, four shows in

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various North Carolina's, Philly, Indianapolis, Chicago, Richmond Heights, Missouri, Pittsburgh,

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and wraps it up in Nashville. I cannot imagine he

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will not be back for the new season of SNL. Emily,

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she was a guest on this program. She's gone viral.

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A video of a nurse springing into action when a

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patron passed out at Emily Canilano's show has gone viral.

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In the clip, Emily Catilano asked an audience member what

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their occupation in ann Arbor was. The audience member said

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they were nurse. Seconds later, a man passes out and

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falls to the ground. The nurse offered medical advice and

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called nine to one to one. Emily Catilano moved to

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the side, and the social media clip has added music

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from TV series The Pit to make it more dramatic.

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Catilano joked, I hate when people steal the attention away

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from me. Gossip Connor whispers in the street, gossip corn,

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probably about Pete.

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Gossip conn where the rumors meeting with Johnny Mackett's always

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a tree. Gossip Connor whispers this tree gossip cone probably

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gossip gone where the room is meeting with John mccot's

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always a tree.

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Gossip corner is about Pete. Pete Davidson. Boy, I'm starting

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to think if you want to invest in stuff, don't

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listen to Pete Davidson. He's trying to sell this house

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in Westchester. Reelzer dot com says Pete has decreased the

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asking price again. Weeks after elicited it for two point

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seven million dollars, He's now dropped it by another one

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to twenty five. So if you would like to buy

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Pete Davidson's home, it is now going for two point

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one point five million dollars. Fox is holding their upfronts today.

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Bad news for Dennis Leary. Going Dutch was the lowest

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rated entertainment program at Fox. According to Deadline. However, Dennis

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Leary is well liked internally, so they thought about renewing

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the lowest rated entertainment program at Fox. But Sanner has

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prevailed and no more Going Dutch. You may recall, or

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you probably don't, because no one watched this thing. Dennis

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Leary played US Army Colonel Patrick Quinn, who was reassigned

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to the Netherlands, where he was punished with a command

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position at the least strategic army base in the world.

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Of course, it worked out that his daughter, Captain Maggie

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worked there. Shockingly, not renewed. To better news for Joel McHale,

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Animal Control will come back. If you're joning for comedy festivals,

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The Boston Fringe Festival kicks off tonight. Forty acts around

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the city during this week. Not just stand up, they

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will also be clowning, magic and musical parody. Co founder

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Debbie Jondie said, Boston is such a huge comedy scene

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in comedy community, but we do allocate space for musicals

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and specifically for like variety shows, magic or something that's different.

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Comedy is the most specific slots, but we did make

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sure to keep a variety, so we're not just doing

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a comedy festival. The co founder said they haven't seen

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any of the acts except for the two that they're doing,

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so outside of those two, we have no idea what's

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coming that's fun. I'm still picking away. At this Deadline

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interview with the Netflix of Folks, I saved some of

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the stuff that was not a festival related for this week.

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Deadline asked head of Comedy Robbie pra why we've seen

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a dwindling of projects like Verified stand Up, which served

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as a showcase for young stand ups. Robbie Pros said,

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the honest answer is it's tough to get the viewership.

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When we did the stand ups the first season of it,

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I think it's eight or nine year years ago, the

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numbers were massive and if you look who was on it,

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it was Naperghatzy, Nikki Glazer, Fortune Fimester, Dion Cole. But

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we quite frankly stop seeing great numbers for that. We

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want opportunities like that to be really winning for stand

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ups and if they're not going to work on other

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ways of finding the opportunities. We ended up doing more

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freshman specials for people like Derek Stroup, and that's how

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we're getting it done now, less in the multi comic way.

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I think that's all fair. Deadline asked what's the importance

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of comedy to the company. Robbie pro said, the festival

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is a great example of a manifestation of that because

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you have people who maybe they did a Netflix special

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four years ago, maybe the last specials on YouTube or

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Hulu or Amazon or Hbo, but at the festivals, these

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things are still playing on Netflix. So I think it

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feels great that even when folks do projects somewhere else,

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to a lot of these artists, this still always feels

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like part of their home, which is a pretty cool thing.

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Deadline asked do you have any predictions for the comedy

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marketplace in the next three to five years. Robbie Pross said,

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I think it's going to continue to be really strong.

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We've seen the artists that are emerging. It's pretty exciting.

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We used to talk years ago about is this a boom?

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I think comedy is just part of the culture. I

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think things ebb and flow. I think comedy movies are

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going to come back in a big way. And that

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is your comedy news for today. I will catch you

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tomorrow