Jason Sudeikis to Host Comedy Competition Coming to TBS

Jason Sudeikis at the the premiere of Netflix's "Kodachrome" in 2018. Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images

TBS is releasing a comedy competition called Tournament of Laughs on June 21, and Jason Sudeikis is set to host.

The comedy competition will consist of seven episodes and 32 comedians will compete in a bracket-style, single-elimination tournament. Each episode will have multiple matchups and the comedians competing are Jeff Ross, Margaret Cho, Gilbert Gottfried, Judah Friedlander, Michael Rapaport, Jim Norton, Fortune Feimster, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Natasha Leggero, Cameron Esposito, Godfrey, The Sklar Brothers, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Josh Wolf, Clayton English, Yamaneika Saunders, Gina Yashere, Tim Dillon, Moshe Kasher, Jessica Kirson, Paul Rodriguez, Sarah Tiana, Matteo Lane, Beth Stelling, Vladimir Caamano, Ian Edwards, Aida Rodriguez, Megan Gailey, Preacher Lawson, and Piff The Magic Dragon. There are two additional comedians who have yet to be announced.

The comics will create, produce, self-film, and star in videos to include stand-up sets and song parodies. At the end of each episode, the home audience will vote to decide who moves on to the next round. The final episode will have a championship matchup and an expert comedy panel will crown the winner.

The show is produced by The Jay & Tony Show. Blumenfield, Tony Marsh, and Pip Wells serve as executive producers. Wells also serves as showrunner.

The series will be giving charitable donations to the United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund and Black Lives Matter.

“We may be without some of our favorite sports right now but we can still partake in some fierce rivalries” said Brett Weitz, general manager of TNT, TBS, and truTV. “These comics promise to bring the funny each week, but the audience will get to decide who gets the last laugh.”