List of @midnight episodes (2017)
| List of @midnight episodes | |
|---|---|
| Release | |
| Original network | Comedy Central |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes for @midnight that aired in 2017.[1]
2017[edit]
January[edit]
| No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 499 | Doug Benson | Jonah Ray | Laurie Kilmartin | January 3, 2017 | |
| 500 | Ron Funches | Mary Lynn Rajskub | Kyle Kinane | January 4, 2017 | |
| 501 | Marcella Arguello | Affion Crockett and Amanda Seales* | None | January 5, 2017 | |
| Hardwick chose not to eliminate anyone because it was a "motivational episode". | |||||
| 502 | Betsy Brandt | Dan Bakkedahl | Thomas Sadoski | January 9, 2017 | |
| Features cast of Life in Pieces | |||||
| 503 | Katie O'Brien | Ify Nwadiwe | Flula Borg | January 10, 2017 | |
| 504 | Matt Kirshen | Rhys Darby* and Emily Fleming | None | January 11, 2017 | |
| Hardwick "didn't feel like eliminating anyone". | |||||
| 505 | Michelle Buteau* | Jamie Lee and Brian Moses | None | January 12, 2017 | |
| Special appearance by Dave "Gruber" Allen as Father Mike O'Soft. Hardwick felt the scores were too close to eliminate anyone. | |||||
| 506 | Josie Long | John Hodgman* and Eugene Mirman | None | January 16, 2017 | |
| Hardwick decided to "stay positive" on a Monday, so he didn't eliminate anyone. | |||||
| 507 | Rory Scovel | Jak Knight | Megan Gailey | January 17, 2017 | |
| 508 | Erin Gibson | Judah Friedlander | Bryan Safi | January 18, 2017 | |
| 509 | Stephanie Simbari | Brian Posehn | Dave Anthony | January 19, 2017 | |
| 510 | Kevin Nealon | Rich Eisen | Jade Catta-Preta | January 23, 2017 | |
| 511 | Kate Berlant | John Early | Claudia O'Doherty | January 24, 2017 | |
| 512 | Jenny Zigrino | Erik Griffin | Andrew Santino | January 25, 2017 | |
| 513 | Mike Lawrence | Jamar Neighbors* and Jeff Ross | None | January 26, 2017 | |
| Special appearance by Drew Tarver as ReelJaden. Features stars of Roast Battle II. Hardwick wouldn't eliminate Jamar on his birthday. | |||||
| 514 | Joe DeRosa | Moshe Kasher | Arden Myrin | January 30, 2017 | |
| 515 | Adam Newman | Phoebe Robinson | Hampton Yount | January 31, 2017 | |
February[edit]
Episodes for the week of February 13–16 were aired live.
| No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 516 | Aisling Bea* | Maz Jobrani and David Koechner | None | February 1, 2017 | |
| Hardwick decided the show should be about inclusion. | |||||
| 517 | Will Sasso | Whitney Cummings | Paul Scheer | February 2, 2017 | |
| 518 | Alan Tudyk | Ron Funches | Danny Pudi | February 6, 2017 | |
| Features cast of Powerless | |||||
| 519 | Katie Aselton | Josh McDermitt | Seth Morris | February 7, 2017 | |
| 520 | Jen Kirkman | Paul Feig and Nick Swardson* | None | February 8, 2017 | |
| Hardwick didn't feel like eliminating anyone. | |||||
| 521 | Annie Lederman | Josh Johnson* and Jay Mandyam | None | February 9, 2017 | |
| Hardwick didn't feel like eliminating anyone. | |||||
| 522 | Milana Vayntrub | Thomas Lennon | Kyle Kinane | February 13, 2017 | |
| 523 | Mary Lynn Rajskub* | Al Jackson and "Weird Al" Yankovic | None | February 14, 2017 | |
| To celebrate the engagement of a couple seated onstage, who met on Twitter participating in Hashtag Wars, Hardwick took everyone to FTW. The couple chose the winner. | |||||
| 524 | Wil Wheaton | Drew Carey | Heather Anne Campbell | February 15, 2017 | |
| Guest appearances by Chuck Tingle and John DiMaggio, who read Tingle's ongoing novel as Bender. | |||||
| 525 | Grace Helbig | Hannah Hart | Mamrie Hart | February 16, 2017 | |
| 526 | Doug Benson | Slink Johnson | Jessimae Peluso | February 27, 2017 | |
| Features cast of The High Court with Doug Benson. | |||||
| 527 | Henry Phillips | Brendon Walsh | Angela Trimbur | February 28, 2017 | |
| Features cast of Punching Henry. | |||||
March[edit]
The week of March 27–30 is the second Tournament of Champions.
| No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 528 | Pete Holmes | Natalie Morales | Lauren Lapkus | March 1, 2017 | |
| Features stars of Crashing | |||||
| 529 | Jessica Lovelace-Chandler* | Kurt Braunohler and Paul F. Tompkins | None | March 2, 2017 | |
| Jessica Lovelace-Chandler is the winner of the @midnight #PointsMe Challenge. Hardwick didn't eliminate anyone because "it's her first time on the show". | |||||
| 530 | Flula Borg* | Steve Agee and Arielle Vandenberg | None | March 6, 2017 | |
| Hardwick forced Flula to go to FTW. | |||||
| 531 | Randy Sklar | Jason Sklar | Beth Stelling | March 7, 2017 | |
| 532 | Fahim Anwar | Pardis Parker | Mo Amer | March 8, 2017 | |
| 533 | Nick Simmons | Matt Braunger* and Colton Dunn | None | March 9, 2017 | |
| Hardwick had such a nice time, so he didn't feel he should eliminate anybody. | |||||
| N–A | Whitney Cummings | Nick Swardson | Tom Lennon | March 10, 2017 | |
| This was a special live event that aired on Facebook from SXSW | |||||
| 534 | Jim Norton | Ricky Velez | Camilla Cleese | March 13, 2017 | |
| 535 | Gabriel Diani | Johnathan Fernandez | Janet Varney | March 14, 2017 | |
| In honor of Pi Day, the number pi was scrolled across the bottom of the screen throughout the episode. At the end, 2,413 digits had been displayed. | |||||
| 536 | Sam Rubin* | Jessica Kirson and Brian Monarch | None | March 15, 2017 | |
| Hardwick couldn't, in good conscience, eliminate Sam because of all he's done for him. | |||||
| 537 | Melissa Villaseñor* | Scott Adsit and Yassir Lester | None | March 16, 2017 | |
| Hardwick took everyone to FTW after an audience member yelled to keep Melissa. | |||||
| 538 | Dominic Monaghan | Matteo Lane and Gina Yashere* | None | March 20, 2017 | |
| Hardwick had too much fun to eliminate anybody. | |||||
| 539 | Jay Chandrasekhar | Emily Heller | Joel Kim Booster | March 21, 2017 | |
| Guest appearance by Carly Chaikin. | |||||
| 540 | Greg Proops* | Hari Kondabolu and Eugene Mirman | None | March 22, 2017 | |
| Hardwick didn't eliminate Greg because he was worried about what Greg's jacket would do under the red light. | |||||
| 541 | Stephanie Beatriz* | Brian Redban and Sasheer Zamata | None | March 23, 2017 | |
| Hardwick "didn't feel like" eliminating anyone. | |||||
| 542 | Moshe Kasher | Ron Funches and Mamrie Hart (tie) | None | March 27, 2017 | |
| Mamrie and Moshe tied in points, so both went to FTW. | |||||
| 543 | Doug Benson | Jesse Joyce | Megan Neuringer | March 28, 2017 | |
| 544 | Milana Vayntrub | Paul F. Tompkins | Kyle Kinane | March 29, 2017 | |
| 545 | Doug Benson | Moshe Kasher | Milana Vayntrub | March 30, 2017 | |
| Tournament of Champions final. Guest appearance by Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell. | |||||
April[edit]
On April 28, 2017 @midnight began airing at 12:00 a.m. (EST) on Thursdays with The President Show airing at 11:30 p.m. (EST).
| No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 546 | Guy Branum | Margaret Cho* and Rhett Miller | None | April 3, 2017 | |
| Hardwick didn't "feel like eliminating anyone 'cause it's Monday". | |||||
| 547 | Kevin Smith | Aisha Tyler | Rob Riggle | April 4, 2017 | |
| 548 | Stephen Schneider | Jenna Elfman | Dan St. Germain | April 5, 2017 | |
| 549 | Adam Conover | Stephanie Courtney* and James Davis | None | April 17, 2017 | |
| For the first show back after a break, Hardwick took everyone to FTW. | |||||
| 550 | Felicia Day | Jonah Ray | Hampton Yount | April 18, 2017 | |
| Features cast of the revived Mystery Science Theater 3000. | |||||
| 551 | Marcella Arguello | Ross Marquand and Chris Redd* | None | April 19, 2017 | |
| Chris Redd was behind by only 50 points, so Hardwick offered to take him to FTW. | |||||
| 552 | Desus Nice | The Kid Mero | Stephanie Simbari | April 20, 2017 | |
| 553 | Timothy Simons | Mary Holland | Matt Walsh | April 24, 2017 | |
| Features cast of Veep. | |||||
| 554 | Arden Myrin | Orlando Jones and Nimesh Patel* | None | April 25, 2017 | |
| Hardwick couldn't eliminate Nimesh in front of all of his friends, who were seated in the front row. | |||||
| 555 | Ophira Eisenberg | Henry Zebrowski | Maria Bamford | April 26, 2017 | |
| 556 | Moshe Kasher | Jo Koy and Charlotte McKinney* | None | April 27, 2017 | |
| Hardwick didn't eliminate anybody because he "didn't have to". | |||||
May[edit]
| No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 557 | Gina Yashere* | Ana Marie Cox and Pardis Parker | None | May 1, 2017 | |
| By audience demand, Hardwick took Gina to FTW. | |||||
| 558 | Mary Lynn Rajskub | Hari Kondabolu | Dave Hill | May 2, 2017 | |
| 559 | Al Madrigal | Ari Graynor | Clark Duke | May 3, 2017 | |
| Features cast of I'm Dying Up Here. | |||||
| 560 | Ashley Eckstein | Alan Tudyk | John DiMaggio | May 4, 2017 | |
| Star Wars–themed episode in honor of Star Wars Day. Guest starring Mike Mitchell as George Lucas. | |||||
| 561 | April Richardson | Mark Normand | Dweezil Zappa | May 8, 2017 | |
| 562 | Dulcé Sloan | Jon Rudnitsky | Steve Byrne | May 9, 2017 | |
| 563 | Stix Zadinia | Michael Starr | Lexie Foxx | May 10, 2017 | |
| Features members of Steel Panther. | |||||
| 564 | Ron Funches | Yassir Lester and Randy Sklar* | None | May 11, 2017 | |
| In honor of Mother's Day, all comedians were accompanied by their mothers, including Hardwick. Jason Sklar was brought back late in the show, but was not taken to FTW with everyone else. | |||||
| 565 | Ken Jennings | Andrée Vermeulen | Steve Agee | May 15, 2017 | |
| 566 | Jaime King* | Taryn Manning and Rhea Seehorn | None | May 16, 2017 | |
| Hardwick "didn't feel like" eliminating anybody. | |||||
| 567 | Jesse Joyce | Whitney Cummings and Gilbert Gottfried* | None | May 17, 2017 | |
| "There's no way" Hardwick would eliminate anyone. | |||||
| 568 | Bess Kalb | Vance Sanders | Murray Valeriano | May 18, 2017 | |
| 569 | Sebastian Bach | Alison Becker | Horatio Sanz | May 30, 2017 | |
| 570 | Paul F. Tompkins | Tawny Newsome | Tim Baltz | May 31, 2017 | |
| Features cast of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$. | |||||
June[edit]
| No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 571 | Doug Benson | Chuck Sklar | Wendy Liebman | June 1, 2017 | |
| 572 | Jon Daly | Jessica Lowe | Alan Yang | June 5, 2017 | |
| 573 | Kirby Howell-Baptiste | Barry Rothbart | Lucas Neff | June 6, 2017 | |
| Features cast of Downward Dog. The episode was named "@pupnight", dedicated to dogs, and featured puppies from Paw Works onstage. Winner decided by a dog named Cutie. | |||||
| 574 | Sean Donnelly | Lucy Davis | Tom Rhodes | June 7, 2017 | |
| 575 | Hale Appleman | Summer Bishil* and Olivia Taylor Dudley | None | June 8, 2017 | |
| Features cast of The Magicians. Hardwick could never eliminate any of them because they're all precious to him | |||||
| 576 | Kumail Nanjiani* | Kurt Braunohler and Ray Romano | None | June 12, 2017 | |
| Hardwick "just can't eliminate anybody", and then announced he would not eliminate anyone for the rest of the week. | |||||
| 577 | Marcella Arguello | Mike Lawrence and Pauly Shore* | None | June 13, 2017 | |
| 578 | Wayne Brady | Beth Dover* and Greg Proops | None | June 14, 2017 | |
| 579 | Jerry Ferrara* | Diona Reasonover and Ryan Stout | None | June 15, 2017 | |
| 580 | Alaska Thunderfuck | Ginger Minj | Katya Zamolodchikova | June 19, 2017 | |
| Features contestants from RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars. | |||||
| 581 | Tim Minchin | Eddie Izzard* and Kristen Schaal | None | June 20, 2017 | |
| Hardwick chose not to eliminate anyone because America needs to be about inclusion. | |||||
| 582 | Jenny Zigrino | Kenny G | Ron Lynch | June 21, 2017 | |
| 583 | Emma Willmann | Jordan Morris and Dolph Ziggler* | None | June 22, 2017 | |
| Because Dolph has played Hashtag Wars from the beginning of @midnight, Hardwick took him to FTW anyway. | |||||
July[edit]
| No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 584 | Moshe Kasher | Emily Fleming | Natasha Leggero | July 10, 2017 | |
| 585 | Howie Mandel | Mamrie Hart | David Koechner | July 11, 2017 | |
| 586 | Teller | Penn Jillette | Arj Barker | July 12, 2017 | |
| Las Vegas-themed episode. This would be the last episode in which Hardwick eliminated the contestant in last place. | |||||
| 587 | Iman Shumpert* | Kevin Durand and Ginger Gonzaga | None | July 13, 2017 | |
| 588 | Andy Signore | Jenny Nicholson* and Hal Rudnick | None | July 17, 2017 | |
| Features contributors to Screen Junkies. | |||||
| 589 | Kristin Chenoweth* | James Davis and Jim Norton | None | July 18, 2017 | |
| 590 | Dave Thomason | Ian Abramson and Emily Heller* | None | July 19, 2017 | |
| 591 | Kate Micucci* | Matt Braunger and Justin Martindale | None | July 20, 2017 | |
| 592 | Justin McElroy | Griffin McElroy* and Travis McElroy | None | July 24, 2017 | |
| Features brother hosts of My Brother, My Brother and Me. | |||||
| 593 | Thomas Lennon | Nikki Glaser and Nick Swardson* | None | July 25, 2017 | |
| 594 | Steve Agee | Baron Vaughn* and Alice Wetterlund | None | July 26, 2017 | |
| Guest appearance by James Adomian as Bernie Sanders. | |||||
| 595 | Brett Gelman | Mac DeMarco* and Amanda Seales | None | July 27, 2017 | |
| 596 | Yassir Lester | Chris D'Elia and Brian Posehn* | None | July 31, 2017 | |
August[edit]
| No. | Winner | Runner-up | Last place | Original air date [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 597 | Brandon Johnson | Dan Harmon and Tom Kenny* | None | August 1, 2017 | |
| Features co-creator and voice actors from Rick and Morty. | |||||
| 598 | Dave Foley | Kevin McDonald* and Scott Thompson | None | August 2, 2017 | |
| Features members of The Kids in the Hall. | |||||
| 599 | Jen Kirkman | Flula Borg* and Paul F. Tompkins | None | August 3, 2017 | |
| This was the last regular season regular episode, and a Thursday weekly finale. It replaced the comedian's Twitter accounts with an episode 599 moniker.[3] | |||||
| 600 | Brian Posehn | N/A | N/A | August 4, 2017 | |
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One-hour series finale, airing on a Friday. Thomas Lennon, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Ron Funches, Jen Kirkman, Kurt Braunohler, Arden Myrin, Scott Aukerman, Marcella Arguello, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Paul F. Tompkins, Whitney Cummings, April Richardson, Rich Fulcher, Megan Neuringer, Wil Wheaton, Jonah Ray, Matt Mira, Mamrie Hart, Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, Matt Besser, Riki Lindhome, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Brian Posehn, Morgan Murphy, Brendon Walsh, Steve Agee, Emo Philips, James Davis, Colton Dunn, Mike Phirman, Jermaine Fowler. Tom Lennon hosted the #HashtagWars segment, while Chris Hardwick competed in his place.[4] | |||||
Notes[edit]
- * — Player normally eliminated with the low score, kept on for the final round.
