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The Alec Baldwin Roast finally airs on Comedy Central, among other channels, debuting on September 15, 2019, at 10 p.m. ET/PT and 9 p.m. CT. In addition to the Comedy Central network, the show airs on Paramount, Nickelodeon, CMT, VH1, MTV, and TV Land. But, if you don’t have a cable subscription or your cable package doesn’t include any of the networks showing the roast, there are still options for watching the event online.
If you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream of Comedy Central on your computer, phone, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV or other streaming device via one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming subscription services:
Comedy Central, VH1, TV Land, CMT, Nickelodeon, MTV, and Paramount are included in Philo’s main 58-channel bundle, which is the cheapest among all streaming services if you plan on keeping it long-term.
You can start a free 7-day trial of Philo TV right here, and you can then watch Comedy Central live on your computer via the Philo website, or on your phone (iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV or or other supported device via the Philo app.
If you can’t watch live, Philo also allows you to DVR programs and watch them up to 30 days later. And even if you forget to DVR something, Philo also comes with a 72-hour rewind feature, which allows you to replay most shows and events that have aired in the last three days.
Comedy Central, VH1, MTV, Nickelodeon, CMT, and Paramount are some of the 95-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle.
You can start a free 7-day trial of FuboTV right here, and you can then watch a live stream of Comedy Central on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of Cloud DVR (with the ability to upgrade to 500 hours), as well as a “72-Hour Lookback” feature, which allows you to watch most shows up to three days after they air even if you forgot to record them.
Comedy Central, CMT, MTV, TV Land, and Paramount are included in both the “Sling Orange” and “Sling Blue” channel packages via “Comedy Extra”. VH1 is included in the “Lifestyle Extra” add-on, which can be added to either the main “Sling Orange” or “Sling Blue” channel packages.
You can start a free 7-day trial of Sling TV right here, and you can then watch Comedy Central live on your computer via the Sling TV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or other streaming device via the Sling TV app.
If you can’t watch live, you can get 50 hours of cloud DVR storage as an additional add-on.
DirecTV Now offers several different channel packages, all of which include Nickelodeon. You can start a free trial right here, and you can then watch a live stream of Nick on your computer via the DirecTV Now website, or on your phone, tablet or streaming device via the DirecTV Now app.
If you can’t watch live, DirecTV Now includes cloud DVR.
Sean Hayes is the Roast Master for the event and some of the big names on the dais include Robert De Niro, Roastmaster General Jeff Ross, Caitlyn Jenner, and Blake Griffin. Alec Baldwin is the 17th star to be roasted on Comedy Central, with past stars in the hot seat have included Justin Bieber, Donald Trump, Bruce Willis, William Shatner, and Joan Rivers, according to Paste Magazine.
One of the things that has made Baldwin increasingly popular in recent years is his Donald Trump impression on Saturday Night Live. It may come as a surprise to some of his fans that he actually hates doing it, according to Fox News. Now, just ahead of the 45th season of SNL, Baldwin revealed on Kevin Nealon’s YouTube series “Hiking with Kevin”, “I think every time I did Trump after the first season — the first season everybody was high, they were in a lot of pain, they were confused. They thought, even if you didn’t like [Hillary Clinton], it is impossible that he would beat her. They just didn’t see that. Then, every time I did it — the second and third season I did it, I’d go into my room and I was like ‘I hope a meteor hits this building and kills me because I don’t want to do this ever again. I hate this.'”
And, it doesn’t sound like Baldwin will be making a lot of appearances on SNL this season, if any. He explained, “I can’t imagine I would do it again … They should find somebody who wants to do it. They’re all my dear friends and I love going there, but the other thing is that I’m going to go to work this fall in a way I haven’t done in a while. My wife and I had a son a year ago, and since he was born, I’ve worked minimally because I wanted to be there for my wife and kids … But the party’s over this fall and I’ll be traveling. SNL just crushes my weekends, and now weekends are going to become much more precious to me because that’s time with my kids.”
Baldwin did say that the first season he appeared as Trump was “fun”.