Jo Koy Returns to Netflix with Sixth Special 'Blue in the Face' Premiering September 15
Jo Koy's sixth Netflix stand-up special, Blue in the Face, will premiere globally on 15 September, the comedian announced on 19 August. The special was filmed before a sold-out crowd at Stockton Arena in California and fulfils a two-special deal Koy signed with Netflix in 2023 Deadline.
In Blue in the Face, Koy recounts a dental disaster, the time he got fired from McDonald's, and pays tribute to his veteran stepdad. He chose Stockton as the taping location partly because of the city's deep roots in Filipino American history — Koy has long drawn on his Filipino heritage as a throughline in his material, and Stockton is home to one of the oldest Filipino communities in the United States.
This is the second special under that two-title deal. The first, Jo Koy: Live from Brooklyn, ranked as the seventh most-watched Netflix stand-up special of 2024, accumulating 6.9 million viewing hours. Netflix describes Live from Brooklyn as covering energy vampires, mumble rap and emoji flirting Netflix. Koy's broader Netflix catalogue also includes Live from the Los Angeles Forum, Comin' In Hot and Live from Seattle.
Shannon Hartman directed and executive produced Blue in the Face alongside Koy, Michelle Caputo and Joe Meloche. Art & Industry served as the production company. Koy is represented by Arsonhouse Entertainment, CAA and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum.
The special lands in the middle of a busy stretch for the comedian. He is currently on his Koy Meets World Tour. Earlier in 2026, he joined Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias to headline the first sold-out comedy show at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles — a venue that seats more than 70,000. Koy has also consistently ranked among the top 10 grossing stand-up comedians in the world in recent years.
Ten days after Blue in the Face arrives on Netflix, Koy will appear in a different format entirely. He voices a role in Forgotten Island, a DreamWorks and Universal animated feature set for theatrical release on 25 September.
For a comedian who has built his career on live stage work, the back-to-back releases put Koy in front of two very different audiences within the same fortnight — streaming subscribers on one platform, family filmgoers in cinemas on another.
