List of @midnight episodes (2016)

This is a list of episodes for @midnight that aired in 2016.[1]

List of @midnight episodes
Season 2016
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	170
Release
Original network	Comedy Central
Season chronology

2016

January

The first week of the year, designated "Benson Bowl", is four consecutive new episodes featuring frequent winner Doug Benson.

No.	Winner	Runner-up	Last place	Original air date [2]
338	Jonah Ray	Doug Benson	Michaela Watkins	January 4, 2016
The first night of Benson Bowl week, where Doug Benson appears for every show of the week.
339	Doug Benson	Matt Besser	Mary Holland	January 5, 2016
The second night of Benson Bowl week.
340	Doug Benson	Chris Cubas	Jamie Lee	January 6, 2016
The third night of Benson Bowl week.
341	Doug Benson	Rory Scovel	Erica Rhodes	January 7, 2016
The fourth night of Benson Bowl week.
342	Pete Holmes	Jackie Kashian	Brett Gelman	January 11, 2016
343	Paul F. Tompkins	Joe Randazzo	John Hodgman	January 12, 2016
344	Chelsea Davison	Sean Donnelly	Adam Newman	January 13, 2016
345	Whitney Cummings	Matthew Gray Gubler	Nick Swardson	January 14, 2016
346	Rich Eisen*	Ron Funches and Adam Savage	None	January 18, 2016
The winner, Eisen, would have been eliminated by his score but Hardwick brought the two iconic first-timers to FTW.
347	Patton Oswalt	Blaine Capatch	Shelby Fero	January 19, 2016
348	James Davis	Jen Kirkman	Flula Borg	January 20, 2016
349	Jordan Morris	Bryan Safi	Erin Gibson	January 21, 2016
350	Hari Kondabolu	Matt Braunger and Grace Helbig*	None	January 25, 2016
Grace Helbig came in third, but Hardwick asked, "But what if I didn't eliminate you?" and took her to FTW.
351	Marlon Wayans	Jenny Zigrino	Affion Crockett	January 26, 2016
Features cast of Fifty Shades of Black
352	Ryan Stout	Esther Povitsky	Brandon Wardell	January 27, 2016
Special appearance by improvisational pianist Bernie Katzman, who played throughout the episode.
353	Kyle Kinane	Richard Jeter	April Richardson	January 28, 2016
Richard Jeter is the winner of the @midnight #PointsMe Challenge

February

No.	Winner	Runner-up	Last place	Original air date [2]
354	Phoebe Robinson	Jonathan Kite	Alanna Ubach	February 1, 2016
355	Mamrie Hart	Liza Treyger	Dominic Monaghan	February 2, 2016
In honor of Groundhog Day, special appearance by Stephen Tobolowsky from the film Groundhog Day.
356	Colton Dunn	Burnie Burns and Gavin Free*	None	February 3, 2016
Features cast of Lazer Team. Hardwick chose not to break up the team so Gavin went to FTW.
357	Scott Adsit	Annabeth Gish	Greg Proops	February 4, 2016
358	Nikki Glaser	Jim Jeffries and Kevin Nealon*	None	February 8, 2016
Hardwick chose not to eliminate Kevin.
359	Doug Benson	Brendon Walsh	Carmen Lynch	February 9, 2016
360	Andrew Orvedahl	Adam Cayton-Holland	Ben Roy	February 10, 2016
Features cast members of Those Who Can't. Special appearance by Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog.
361	Matt Mira	Brian Posehn	Kevin Smith	February 11, 2016
362	Claudia O'Doherty	Gillian Jacobs	Paul Rust	February 22, 2016
Features cast of Love
363	Kurt Braunohler	Craig Ferguson and Mary Lynn Rajskub*	None	February 23, 2016
Mary Lynn came in third but pantomimed a strip tease to audience cheers, while Craig insisted she remain so Hardwick, not caring, didn't eliminate Rajskub.
364	Alison Brie	Katy Colloton	Katie O'Brien	February 24, 2016
Features cast and producer of Teachers
365	Tiffany Haddish	Andrew Santino	Theo Von	February 25, 2016
366	Ron Funches	Jordan Klepper	Mike Yard	February 29, 2016
Special "Late Night Showdown!" episode, a competition between all three of Comedy Central's late night shows. Klepper represented The Daily Show, Yard represented The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and Funches represented @midnight itself.

March

The week of March 7–10 is the first Tournament of Champions, bringing together the comedians with the most wins throughout the show, culminating with the presentation of the "Two Girls, Won Cup" trophy.

No.	Winner	Runner-up	Last place	Original air date [2]
367	Andrée Vermeulen	David Koechner and Hayes MacArthur (tie)	None	March 1, 2016
Features cast of Angie Tribeca. David and Andrée tied, so everyone went to FTW.
368	Marcella Arguello	Wil Wheaton	Ross Marquand	March 2, 2016
369	Megan Neuringer	Barry Rothbart	Chris D'Elia	March 3, 2016
370	Kyle Kinane	Doug Benson	Nikki Glaser	March 7, 2016
371	Paul F. Tompkins	Randy Sklar	Jen Kirkman	March 8, 2016
372	Jesse Joyce	Ron Funches	Thomas Lennon	March 9, 2016
373	Paul F. Tompkins	Jesse Joyce	Kyle Kinane	March 10, 2016
Tournament of Champions final.
374	Nick Youssef	Josh McDermitt and Whitney Cummings*	None	March 14, 2016
Whitney refused to leave, so Hardwick took her to FTW.
375	Drew Tarver	Andy Richter and Kulap Vilaysack*	None	March 15, 2016
Features cast of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$. Hardwick "didn't feel like" eliminating anyone so Kulap went on.
376	Lauren Lapkus	Seth Morris	John Early	March 16, 2016
377	Nick Thune	Yassir Lester and Jenna Elfman*	None	March 17, 2016
For her first time on the show, Hardwick invited Jenna to FTW.
378	Dave Hill	Aimee Mann	Jonathan Coulton	March 21, 2016
379	Rhea Butcher	Cameron Esposito	Jenny Johnson	March 22, 2016
380	James Adomian	Anthony Atamanuik	None	March 23, 2016
@midnight Presidential Debate, featuring Anthony and James reprising their respective impressions from the show Trump vs. Bernie. This episode ran for one hour.
381	Jessica McKenna	Nicole Byer	Alison Rich	March 24, 2016
Features cast of Party Over Here

April

No.	Winner	Runner-up	Last place	Original air date [2]
382	Emily Fleming	Jon Daly	Matt Braunger	April 4, 2016
383	Chelsey Crisp	Randall Park	Maria Thayer	April 5, 2016
384	Jamar Neighbors	Tiffany Haddish	Affion Crockett	April 6, 2016
385	Emo Philips	Rachel Bloom and Reggie Watts*	None	April 7, 2016
Reggie came in third but because Hardwick "loves everyone on this panel" they all went to FTW.
386	Brittany Furlan	Vitaly Zdorovetskiy	Logan Paul	April 11, 2016
387	Lamorne Morris	Arden Myrin	Carrot Top	April 12, 2016
388	Ilana Glazer	Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello*	None	April 13, 2016
Features creator and cast of Time Traveling Bong. Hardwick "couldn't break it up," so Lucia went to FTW.
389	Mike Lawrence	Annie Lederman	Rich Eisen	April 14, 2016
Trivia: This is the first time Mike Lawrence has won the internet since January 9, 2014.
390	Anna Akana	Ben Gleib	Flula Borg	April 18, 2016
391	Chris Kluwe	Rachel Feinstein	Tom Ellis	April 19, 2016
392	Steve Agee	Tyler Labine	Doug Benson	April 20, 2016
This is the first time Doug Benson has been eliminated. Since it was 420, they joked that maybe he was just too high.
393	Adam Conover	Alice Wetterlund	Eliot Glazer	April 21, 2016
394	Danny Masterson	Alanna Masterson	Christopher Masterson*	April 25, 2016
Featuring three Masterson siblings. Special appearance by their father, Peter, who chose to eliminate Christopher even though Alanna was in 3rd place.
395	Anthony Atamanuik	Jimmy Carr	Sara Schaefer	April 26, 2016
396	Reid Scott and Timothy Simons (tie)	None	Tony Hale	April 27, 2016
Features cast of Veep. The audience vote for FTW was so close that Hardwick called it a tie for the first time ever.
397	Jen D'Angelo	Aisha Tyler	Chris Gethard	April 28, 2016

May

No.	Winner	Runner-up	Last place	Original air date [2]
398	Rachael Harris	"Weird Al" Yankovic	Scott Aukerman	May 2, 2016
399	Kyle Kinane	Randy Liedtke	Josh Gondelman	May 3, 2016
400	Nikki Glaser	Ron Funches and Thomas Lennon*	None	May 4, 2016
Hardwick did not "have the heart to eliminate one of the executive producers," that being Thomas Lennon.
401	Jesse Joyce	Marcella Arguello	Damien Lemon	May 5, 2016
402	Jake Hurwitz	Kate Micucci	Amir Blumenfeld	May 9, 2016
403	Marc Maron	James Adomian* and Hari Kondabolu	None	May 10, 2016
Although Adomian came in third, Hardwick couldn't eliminate anybody because he loved Adomian's last joke.
404	Rory Scovel*	Riki Lindhome	Jen Kirkman	May 11, 2016
Rory played completely nude, until FTW, when he put on Jen's shirt during the last commercial break. No reason was given.
405	Jason Sklar	Jon Dore* and Randy Sklar	None	May 12, 2016
Hardwick kept Jon Dore because he "felt really bad" about all of the Canada jokes that night.
406	Moshe Kasher	Brandon Johnson and Sinbad*	None	May 16, 2016
Although Sinbad came in last, Hardwick chose not to eliminate anybody "in the interest of fairness."
407	Paul Goebel	Maria Bamford	Greg Behrendt	May 17, 2016
408	Janelle James	Emily Heller	Kurt Braunohler	May 18, 2016
409	Joe DeRosa	Al Jackson	Dan Soder	May 19, 2016
410	Jessica Lowe	Rhys Darby	Ginger Gonzaga	May 23, 2016
Features cast of Wrecked.
411	Fozzie Bear (Eric Jacobson)	John Hodgman and Kristen Schaal (tie)	None	May 24, 2016
John and Kristen tied, so everyone went to FTW.
412	Wil Wheaton	Jonah Ray	Robert Kirkman	May 25, 2016
At the end of the show, Wil finished with the most points, Jonah second, and Robert third. In reference to the season finale of The Walking Dead, Hardwick said we'll have to find out who was eliminated in six months, so there was no FTW. The winner and losers were revealed at the beginning of Episode 468.
413	Jim Norton	Bonnie McFarlane	Jim Florentine	May 26, 2016

June

No.	Winner	Runner-up	Last place	Original air date [2]
414	Nick Swardson	Mary Lynn Rajskub	Horatio Sanz	June 13, 2016
415	Mamrie Hart	Matteo Lane	Grace Helbig	June 14, 2016
416	Matt Walsh	Paul F. Tompkins	Paget Brewster	June 15, 2016
417	Doug Benson	Jay Oakerson and Vance Sanders*	None	June 16, 2016
Hardwick decided not to eliminate anybody because they "just got back" and "it's the end of the week."
418	Joe Randazzo	Dave Hill	Mary Holland	June 20, 2016
419	Eli Roth	Steve Agee	Spike Feresten	June 21, 2016
420	Kevin Pereira	Erica Rhodes	Flula Borg	June 22, 2016
421	Barbara Dunkelman	Burnie Burns* and Gavin Free	None	June 23, 2016
Hardwick couldn't break up the Rooster Teeth team.
422	Greg Proops	Mike Phirman	Robin Thede	June 27, 2016
423	Jade Catta-Preta*	Jensen Karp	Paul Scheer	June 28, 2016
Jade came in third, but Paul offered to give his position to her "for her parents," who were sitting front row.
424	Jim Jefferies	Nikki Glaser	Brett Gelman	June 29, 2016
425	Morgan Murphy	Jim Gaffigan* and Adam Goldberg	None	June 30, 2016
Hardwick could not "break up this team."

July

No.	Winner	Runner-up	Last place	Original air date [2]
426	Emily Fleming	Jay Mandyam	John Ross Bowie	July 5, 2016
427	Marcella Arguello	Ron Funches	Matt Braunger	July 6, 2016
428	Thomas Lennon	Natasha Leggero* and Riki Lindhome	None	July 7, 2016
Features cast of Another Period. Hardwick "had too much fun" to eliminate anyone.
429	Dave Holmes	Lauren Lapkus	Matt Besser	July 19, 2016
430	Will Sasso	Chris D'Elia	Jon Heder	July 20, 2016
431	Ramon Rivas II*	April Richardson and Dan St. Germain	None	July 21, 2016
Due to The Daily Show's coverage of the final night of the Republican National Convention, this episode started at 12:47 AM (EST). Hardwick did not eliminate anyone because he "enjoys this panel a lot."
432	Milana Vayntrub	Paul Feig	Neil Casey	July 22, 2016
Features supporting actors and director of the Ghostbusters reboot.
433	Sarah Tiana	Tony Hinchcliffe	Chris Cubas	July 26, 2016
Features contestants from Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle.
434	Kathryn Hahn	Matt Mira	Kevin Smith	July 27, 2016
435	Tami Sagher	Gillian Jacobs	Mike Birbiglia	July 28, 2016
Features cast of Don't Think Twice
436	None	None	Brendon Walsh, Jesse Joyce	July 29, 2016
Investigation Midnight: The Once and Future President special, covering "Time-Traveling Presidential Candidate" Andrew Basiago.

August

The week of August 15–18 is @midnight's Non-Trademark-Infringing International Competition for Gold, Silver, & Bronze Medals™, featuring comedians from nine different countries.

No.	Winner	Runner-up	Last place	Original air date [2]
437	Hari Kondabolu	Beth Stelling	Jason Biggs	August 8, 2016
438	Emily Heller	Steve Agee and Kurt Braunohler*	None	August 9, 2016
Kurt guilted Hardwick into not eliminating him.
439	Jimmy Pardo	Doug Benson	David Krumholtz	August 10, 2016
440	Al Jackson	Annie Lederman	Kurt Metzger	August 11, 2016
441	Flula Borg (Germany)	Maeve Higgins (Ireland)	Yakov Smirnoff (Russia)	August 15, 2016
442	Gina Yashere (United Kingdom)	Maz Jobrani (Iran)	Jon Dore (Canada)	August 16, 2016
443	Milana Vayntrub (Uzbekistan)	Francisco Ramos (Venezuela)	Jimmy O. Yang (China)	August 17, 2016
444	Milana Vayntrub (Uzbekistan)	Flula Borg (Germany)	Gina Yashere (United Kingdom)	August 18, 2016
Final match of @midnight's Non-Trademark-Infringing International Competition for Gold, Silver, & Bronze Medals™, featuring the winners of the previous three nights. Winner decided by Judge Joe Brown.

September

On August 22, 2016 @midnight began airing at 11:30 p.m. (EST), to serve as a temporary replacement for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.[3] New episodes began premiering in this time slot on September 6, 2016. The week of September 19–22 was "sponsored" by Donald Trump (impersonated by Anthony Atamanuik), who stepped into the games at random intervals.

No.	Winner	Runner-up	Last place	Original air date [2]
445	Ron Funches*	Kyle Kinane and Tiffany Haddish	None	September 6, 2016
Shocked that Ron came in third for the first time ever, Hardwick let the audience decide to keep him on for FTW.
446	Adam Goldberg	James Davis	Mary Lynn Rajskub	September 7, 2016
447	Randy Sklar	Jason Sklar	Esther Povitsky	September 8, 2016
448	Kate Walsh	Jim Jefferies	Michelle Buteau	September 12, 2016
449	Moshe Kasher	Chris D'Elia	Aisling Bea	September 13, 2016
450	Adam Ray	Chelsea Davison	Amir K	September 14, 2016
Features repertory cast members of Mad TV
451	Jeff Tweedy	Jen Kirkman* and David Koechner	None	September 15, 2016
Hardwick enjoyed himself too much to eliminate anyone.
452	Katee Sackhoff	Natasha Lyonne	Doug Benson	September 19, 2016
Katee and Natasha tied, so Hardwick did not eliminate either of them. However, referencing the previous night's Emmy Awards, Hardwick "toppled the patriarchy" by eliminating Doug. "Donald Trump" chose the winner, which went against the audience's choice.
453	Janet Varney	Paul F. Tompkins	Aya Cash	September 20, 2016
Janet Varney broke the record for highest score ever (previously held by Ricky Velez) with 121,600 points.
454	Artemis Pebdani*	Cheryl Hines and Johnny Pemberton	None	September 21, 2016
Features cast of Son of Zorn. Hardwick didn't want to break up the cast, so everyone went to FTW.
455	Mae Whitman	Rich Fulcher	Derek Waters	September 22, 2016
Features guest star and creators of Drunk History
456	Emo Philips	Margaret Cho	Jaleel White	September 26, 2016
'90s theme night, co-hosted by Kato Kaelin, and "previously aired on September 26, 1998." Special appearances by the Fly Girls (dubbed the Shy Girls) and Lisa Loeb.
457	Grace Helbig	Hannah Hart* and Mamrie Hart	None	September 27, 2016
Features cast of Dirty 30. Hardwick chose not to eliminate anyone for many reasons, one being that it was Grace's birthday.
458	Bruce Campbell and Nick Swardson (tie)	None	Justin Willman	September 28, 2016
FTW was too close to call, so Hardwick declared Bruce and Nick co-winners.
459	Dave Foley	Suzy Nakamura	Ken Jeong	September 29, 2016
Return of principal cast of Dr. Ken, featured first in episode 302.

October

No.	Winner	Runner-up	Last place	Original air date [2]
460	Doug Benson	Steve Agee and Brendon Small (tie)	None	October 3, 2016
This episode marked the beginning of @midnight's fourth season. Steve and Brendon tied, so both went to FTW.
461	Louie Anderson	Brendon Walsh	Martha Kelly	October 4, 2016
462	Greg Proops	Rich Eisen and Bob Saget (tie)	None	October 5, 2016
All three tied, so Hardwick could not eliminate anyone.
463	Thomas Lennon	Heather Anne Campbell	Alex Edelman	October 6, 2016
464	Kurt Braunohler	Danielle Panabaker* and Brian Posehn	None	October 10, 2016
Because of Hardwick's love of The Flash, particularly Danielle's character Dr. Caitlin Snow, he did not eliminate anyone.
465	Ron Funches	Al Jackson	Bobby Lee	October 11, 2016
466	Russell Peters	Erinn Hayes	Yassir Lester	October 12, 2016
467	Marcella Arguello	Randy Liedtke	Ramon Rivas II	October 13, 2016
468	Robert Kirkman	Adam Conover	Jonah Ray	October 17, 2016
The winner and losers from the episode 412 cliffhanger were revealed at the beginning (Robert Kirkman was eliminated and Wil Wheaton won). Special appearance by Ross Marquand.
469	Carmen Lynch	Jesse Joyce	Matthew Broussard	October 18, 2016
470	Adam Cayton-Holland	Ben Roy	Andrew Orvedahl	October 19, 2016
Return of principal cast of Those Who Can't, featured first in episode 360
471	Brent Weinbach*	Kate Micucci and "Weird Al" Yankovic	None	October 20, 2016
Features performers from Tenacious D's Festival Supreme. Special appearance by Yakov Smirnoff portraying an "American millennial." Hardwick, after the previous night's presidential debate, decided not to eliminate Brent.
472	David Koechner	Mary Lynn Rajskub	Brandon Johnson	October 25, 2016
Special appearance by Will Ferrell portraying George W. Bush.
473	Colton Dunn	Lauren Ash and Nico Santos (tie)	None	October 26, 2016
Features cast of Superstore. Colton and Nico tied, so everyone went to FTW
474	Jordan Morris	Chris Garcia	Jenny Zigrino	October 27, 2016
475	April Richardson	Moshe Kasher	Kevin Pereira	October 31, 2016
For Halloween, Hardwick dressed as Eleven, Pereira dressed as "Bread Cats," Richardson as David Bowie, and Kasher as "Sexy Rabbi."

November

No.	Winner	Runner-up	Last place	Original air date [2]
476	Janet Varney	Dana Gould	Nate Mooney	November 1, 2016
Features creator and stars of Stan Against Evil.
477	Jim Norton	Jena Friedman	Ryan Stout	November 2, 2016
478	Tiffany Haddish	Jim Jeffries	Brian Huskey	November 3, 2016
Special appearance by Greg Proops as the Devil.
479	Alice Wetterlund	Jonathan Fernandez	Jordan Rock	November 7, 2016
480	Ron Funches	Whitney Cummings* and Paul F. Tompkins	None	November 8, 2016
The first live episode. Special appearances by Doug Benson as @midnight "weed correspondent" and Dolph Lundgren. Given the ongoing election results, Hardwick let Whitney stay on for FTW.
481	Chris D'Elia	Megan Neuringer	Vladimir Caamaño	November 9, 2016
482	Matt Braunger	Jen Kirkman	Sean Donnelly	November 10, 2016
483	Doug Benson	Samm Levine	Arden Myrin	November 14, 2016
484	Flula Borg*	Randy Liedtke and Sara Schaefer	None	November 15, 2016
Special "super-cute" episode called "I Can Haz Midnight" or "Cat Midnight." Hardwick couldn't bear to eliminate anyone.
485	James Davis	Arielle Vandenberg	Dan Levy	November 16, 2016
486	Willam Belli	Bridget Everett and Justin Martindale (tie)	None	November 17, 2016
Hardwick felt it was a "good group," so he took everyone to FTW. Bridget and Justin tied.
487	Joe DeRosa	Pete Holmes	Hari Kondabolu	November 28, 2016
488	Dana Carvey	Scott Aukerman and Chelsey Crisp*	None	November 29, 2016
489	Michael Ian Black	Matt Goldich	Janeane Garofalo	November 30, 2016

December

No.	Winner	Runner-up	Last place	Original air date [2]
490	Kristen Schaal	Noel Fielding* and Rich Fulcher	None	December 1, 2016
Hardwick did not eliminate Noel Fielding because "this is a Brexit I will avoid."
491	J Mascis*	Steve Agee and Dave Hill	None	December 5, 2016
Hardwick "really didn't want to eliminate anyone today."
492	Janelle James	Mike Lawrence	Sam Morril	December 6, 2016
493	Mamrie Hart	Joe Randazzo	Jon Gabrus	December 7, 2016
494	Nate Fernald	Ali Siddiq	Erica Rhodes	December 8, 2016
Guest appearance by Michael Chiklis.
495	Reggie Watts	James Adomian and Morgan Murphy*	None	December 12, 2016
Because "it's Christmas week," Hardwick decided not to eliminate anyone.
496	Moshe Kasher	Kurt Braunohler	Fortune Feimster	December 13, 2016
Due to the nature of the final challenge, a cutthroat round of Jankenpon, Hardwick had no choice but to eliminate Fortune.
497	Milana Vayntrub	Aparna Nancherla* and Nick Thune	None	December 14, 2016
Special appearance by Dave 'Gruber' Allen as Krampus.
498	Diona Reasonover*	Matt Besser and Andy Richter	None	December 15, 2016
Features cast of Andy Richter's Home for the Holidays.

References

1. "The Late Night TV Page - Talk Show Guest Listings". interbridge. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
2. @midnight Archived 2015-12-21 at the Wayback Machine at epguides
3. "@midnight with Chris Hardwick - Comedy Central TV Schedule". Comedy Central. Retrieved August 16, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• @midnight at IMDb
• @midnight at TV.com