One Night Stand: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A series spotlighting America's prime standup comics, caught in the act, usually at the Vic Theatre in Chicago. Each edition showed a single performer working an enthusiastic live audience. The fact that the broadcasts were made for screening by cable company HBO ensured that the comedians could be liberal with their vocabulary and choice of subject matter.

Series details

• Title: One Night Stand
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1989-02-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-10-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: HBO
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 33109
• TVDB ID: 74855

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-02-15; final listed air date 1989-05-03; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 1990-02-10; final listed air date 1990-04-28; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 1991-02-09; final listed air date 1991-05-18; episode order: 15.
• Season 4: premiered 1992-07-19; final listed air date 1992-11-15; episode order: 16.
• Season 5: premiered 2005-08-19; final listed air date 2005-10-21; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from One Night Stand on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.