A 12 months after it moved from its longtime PBS dwelling to CNN, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is switching telecast companions once more. Netflix has struck a multi-year take care of the John F. Kennedy Middle for the Performing Arts to maneuver the Mark Twain Prize occasion to the streamer.

The deal begins this 12 months, with Kevin Hart honored on the ceremony. This marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the Mark Twain Prize, and Hart will probably be acknowledged “for his extraordinary contributions to the style and his spectacular achievements throughout comedy, movie, and tv.” This 12 months’s occasion takes placeat the Kennedy Middle Live performance Corridor on Sunday, March 24, and will probably be taped to premiere on Netflix on Sunday, Might 11 — because the Netflix is a Joke Fest takes place in Los Angeles.

Performers set for this 12 months’s Mark Twain ceremony together with Dave “Lil Dicky” Burd, Dave Chappelle, Jimmy Fallon, Tiffany Haddish, Regina Corridor, Chelsea Handler, Nelly, Plastic Cup Boyz, Keith Robinson, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, and J.B. Smoove. Adam Blackstone is music director.

“We’re delighted to announce our partnership with Netflix and proceed the Middle’s 25-year custom of celebrating distinctive comedians like Kevin,” Kennedy Middle president Deborah F. Rutter mentioned in a press release. “The Mark Twain Prize, which yearly brings the comedy group collectively to acknowledge comedic excellence and affect, aligns with Netflix’s standing because the eminent dwelling for comedy programming. We’re excited to convey this spectacular evening of tributes, roasts, and hilarity to Netflix.”

Comedy Central was the primary community to run the Mark Twain Prize, in 1998 and 1999, earlier than PBS took over from 2000 to 2022. CNN took it final 12 months.

The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor “acknowledges people who’ve had an affect on American society in methods much like the distinguished Nineteenth-century novelist and essayist Samuel Clemens, finest often called Mark Twain. As a social commentator, satirist, and creator of characters, Clemens was a fearless observer of society, who startled many whereas delighting and informing many extra together with his uncompromising perspective on social injustice and private folly.”

Earlier recipients of Mark Twain Prize embody 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), Invoice Cosby (2009; rescinded in 2018), Tina Fey (2010), Will Ferell (2011), Ellen DeGeneres (2012), Carol Burnett (2013), Jay Leno (2014), Eddie Murphy (2015), Invoice Murray (2016), David Letterman (2017), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2018), Dave Chappelle (2019), Jon Stewart (2022) and Adam Sandler (2023).

Performed+Dusted produces the Mark Twain Prize; David Jammy is exec producer. The 2024 Mark Twain Prize Gala is co-chaired by Barbara Goodman Manilow and Cappy McGarr. David M. Rubenstein is the Honorary Chair for the Mark Twain Prize.

The occasion was created by the John F. Kennedy Middle for the Performing Arts, Bob Kaminsky, Peter Kaminsky, Mark Krantz, and John Schreiber.