Get the latest gossip

Netflix to Stream Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Beginning With 2024 Salute to Kevin Hart

Netflix has entered into a multi-year partnership to stream the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, commencing with this year’s tribute to Kevin Hart

Netflix has entered into a multi-year partnership with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the exclusive televised home of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, commencing with this year’s celebration of Kevin Hart. Dave Chappelle, who received the Mark Twain Prize five years ago, will appear in this year’s salute, along with Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld (neither of whom has yet received the honor, surprisingly), Nelly, Dave Burd aka “ Lil Dicky,” Jimmy Fallon, Tiffany Haddish, Regina Hall, Chelsea Handler, Keith Robinson, J.B. Smoove and The Plastic Cup Boyz. Previous recipients of the Mark Twain Prize are Richard Pryor (1998), Jonathan Winters (1999), Carl Reiner (2000), Whoopi Goldberg (2001), Bob Newhart (2002), Lily Tomlin (2003), Lorne Michaels (2004), Steve Martin (2005), Neil Simon (2006), Billy Crystal (2007), George Carlin (2008), Bill Cosby (2009; rescinded in 2018), Tina Fey (2010), Will Ferrell (2011), Ellen DeGeneres (2012), Carol Burnett (2013), Jay Leno (2014), Eddie Murphy (2015), Bill Murray (2016), David Letterman (2017), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2018), Chappelle (2019), Jon Stewart (2022) and Adam Sandler (2023).

Get the Android app