Last Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that premiered in 2003. The objective of the program is to select a comedian from a group, who will receive a development contract with the NBC television network and a special first to air on the cable-TV network Comedy Central and later on the cable network Bravo.

The show is produced by Peter Engel.

Unless all four vote unanimously on a contestant, the "celebrity talent scouts"' votes do not actually count. A panel of four other judges, consisting of network executives and producers, also casts votes (unanimously) after consulting backstage. This means that if three celebrity panelists vote for one contestant but all four non-celebrity judges do not, that contestant will not make it through. This was brought to light when panelists Drew Carey and Brett Butler objected to contestants not being voted through when they, along with panelist Anthony Clark, had voted for them.

Bonnie McFarlane from season two refused to appear, so she was replaced by Jessica Kirson.

Jessica Kirson was a semi-finalist in the second season.