Name Stand Up Comedians That Got A Leading Role InThere Own Show And It Was Named After Them.

Jerry Seinfeld---Seinfeld

Ellen Degeneres---Ellen

Paula Poundstone---Paula (I think)

Roseanne-Roseanne
The Drew Carey Show- Drew Carey

The Mike O'Malley Show (which was cancelled after 2 episodes)

Whoopi

The Joan Rivers Show

I still remember when Ellen was called These Friends of Mine!! :lol:

Martin Lawrence- tv show: Martin

Jeff Foxworthy - The Jeff Foxworthy Show

Bill Engvall - The Bill Engvall Show

Jamie Foxx - The Jamie Foxx Show

"BERNIE MAC"-Bernie Mac
"EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND"-Ray Romano
"LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN' "THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN"-David Letterman
"WHOOPI PLUS ONE"-Whoopi Goldberg (that was a short-lived late night talk show she had on Fox once)

Bill Cosby-The Bill Cosby Show,The New Bill Cosby Show,Cos,The Cosby Show,The Cosby Mysteries And Cosby.
Jerry Seinfeld-Seinfeld

"THE JACK BENNY SHOW"-Jack Benny
"THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW"-Andy Griffith

George Lopez- The George Lopez Show
Rodney Carrington-Rodney
Gary Shandling-Gary Shandling Show
Arsenio Hall-The Arsenio Hall Show

Lenny - The Lenny Clark Show
Norm - Norm McDonald show

Gary Shandling-"IT'S GARY SHANDLINGS SHOW"

The Mary Tyler Moore Show (I'm surprised no one mentioned this already!)
I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy!, Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (are there any more?)

Whoopi- Whoopi Goldberg
Ellen- Ellen Degeneres

The Mary Tyler Moore Show (I'm surprised no one mentioned this already!)
I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy!, Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (are there any more?)
noone mentioned it because Mary Tyler Moore isn't a stand-up comidean!

And Luccile Ball wasn't one either, same with Desi Arnez!

The Jackie Gleason Show ??

The Dick Van Dyke Show ??

The Flip Wilson Show ??

Sarah Silverman - The Sarah Silverman Program

wow...who knew there were so many unimaginative titles out there?

GEORGE CARLIN - THE GEORGE CARLIN SHOW

FLIP WILSON - THE FLIP WILSON SHOW

If the poster who made this thread only means STAND UP COMEDIANS, than Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz wouldn't apply. However, if the poster who made this thread meant people who are considered comedians (without actually doing stand-up) than Lucy does apply. Desi still doesn't apply.

What about "Cosby" and "The Cosby Show"?

The Steve Harvey Show

The Cho Show--- Margaret Cho

I've always wondered why Tim Allen didn't name Home Improvement after himself. He was a very established standup comic at the time of his show's debut.

wow...who knew there were so many unimaginative titles out there?
:rofl:

Shawn & Marlon Wayans (The Wayans Bros.)

D.L. Hughley (The Hughleys)

Wanda Sykes (The Wanda Sykes Show and Wanda at Large)

Bob Newhart got four: one in the early 60s on NBC called The Bob Newhart Show (a variety show), another by that same name which was a comedy on CBS from 1972-78, Newhart from 1982-90 on CBS, and finally Bob from 1992-93.

What was that FOX sitcom that was around about a year and a half ago? I think it was kind of infamous for not being good. I could be wrong, but wasn't it named after some comedian? I'm wanting to say that it started with an M.