''The Burn with Jeff Ross'' is a

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hosted by comedian

Jeff Ross Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz (born September 13, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known as the "Roastmaster General" for his insult comedy, his multiple appearances at celebrity roasts held by the New York Friars Club, the ...

that aired on

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. The show debuted on August 14, 2012, and was executive produced by Ross himself. The program featured Ross

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a wide variety of targets, along with guest appearances by fellow comedians who make up a panel of roasters. The show was renewed for a second season by Comedy Central, which premiered January 8, 2013.

Format

''The Burn with Jeff Ross'' was presented in a humorous half-hour format, and was broadcast Tuesday nights at 10:30 EST (9:30

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). The show was broken down into many segments. Examples of these segments included celebrity visits, public roasting, and panelist roasting. The first season contained an additional segment, known as "speed roasting", in which members of the audience volunteered to be roasted. As of the second season, the "speed roasting" segment is available only via the Internet. The show usually featured several segments such as: * "Friendly Fire": Ross meets up with a celebrity friend of his, usually roasting each other * "Rapid Fire": Ross makes a quick succession of jokes about a certain topic/celebrity (season 1 only) * "Public Enemy": Ross, sometimes riding a Segway scooter, goes around to roast regular people out on the street, sometimes following a certain theme, such a meter maids and pornstars * "Panel": three guest comedians discuss the recent news and pop culture happenings * "Too Soon?": the last segment of every episode, Ross does a roast/eulogy for somebody that had recently died, whether a celebrity or someone anonymous who died in a humorous or idiotic way

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

Season 2 (2013)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burn with Jeff Ross, The 2010s American comedy game shows 2012 American television series debuts 2013 American television series endings Comedy Central original programming English-language television shows Roast (comedy)