This is Not Happening: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This is Not Happening features Ari Shaffir and his comedian friends telling hilarious and true stories in front of a live audience at Cheetahs in Hollywood. Throughout the first season, comedians including Rob Corddry, D.L. Hughley, Keegan-Michael Key, Bert Kreischer, Marc Maron, Steve Rannazzisi, Joe Rogan and Paul Scheer told their favorite, most embarrassing, or just plain funniest true-life tales around topics including Drugs, Emergencies, Wonder Years, Battles, Romance, and Travel. Each episode featured a custom opening that puts Shaffir into a ludicrous situation, dreamed (nightmared) up by director Jeff Tomsic. This is Not Happening originally debuted as a digital series on cc.com and the site continues to feature exclusive digital stories throughout the run of new episodes.

Series details

• Title: This is Not Happening
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2015-01-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-04-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Comedy Central
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 6078
• IMDb ID: tt6210390

Cast and credited roles

• Ari Shaffir — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-01-22; final listed air date 2015-03-19; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-02-23; final listed air date 2016-04-12; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2016-10-13; final listed air date 2016-12-22; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2018-02-02; final listed air date 2019-04-05; episode order: 20.

Source and licence

Adapted from This is Not Happening 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.