1st annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Richard Pryor
Episode: 1999-01-20 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1999
Season 1999
Season 2000
2nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Jonathan Winters
Episode: 2000-01-12 | Airdate: Jan 12, 2000
Season 2001
3rd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Carl Reiner
Episode: 2001-02-28 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2001
4th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Whoopi Goldberg
Episode: 2001-11-21 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2001
Season 2002
5th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Bob Newhart
Episode: 2002-11-13 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2002
Season 2003
6th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Lily Tomlin
Episode: 2003-11-26 | Airdate: Nov 26, 2003
Season 2005
7th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Lorne Michaels
Episode: 2005-03-02 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2005
8th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Steve Martin
Episode: 2005-11-09 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2005
Season 2006
9th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Neil Simon
Episode: 2006-11-20 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2006
Season 2007
10th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Billy Crystal
Episode: 2007-11-12 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2007
Season 2008
11th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: George Carlin
Episode: 2009-02-04 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2009
Season 2009
12th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Bill Cosby
Episode: 2009-11-04 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2009
Season 2010
13th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Tina Fey
Episode: 2010-11-14 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2010
Season 2011
14th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Will Ferrell
Episode: 2011-10-31 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2011
Season 2012
15th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Ellen DeGeneres
Episode: 2012-10-30 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2012
Season 2013
16th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Carol Burnett
Episode: 2013-11-24 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2013
Season 2014
17th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Jay Leno
Episode: 2014-11-23 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2014
Season 2015
18th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Eddie Murphy
Episode: 2015-11-23 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2015
Comic-actor Eddie Murphy becomes the 18th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Season 2016
19th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Bill Murray
Episode: 2016-10-28 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2016
Bill Murray receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor; guests include David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bill Hader, Dan Aykroyd, Aziz Ansari, Roy Blount Jr., Paul Shaffer, Brian Doyle-Murray and Sigourney Weaver.
Season 2017
20th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: David Letterman
Episode: 2017-11-20 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2017
Season 2018
21st annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Episode: 2018-11-19 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2018
Season 2020
Dave Chappelle
Episode: 2020-01-07 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2020
Season 2022
Jon Stewart
Episode: 2022-06-21 | Airdate: Jun 21, 2022
Season 2023
Adam Sandler
Episode: 2023-03-26 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2023
Join CNN for an exclusive broadcast of the 24th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony celebrating Adam Sandler with special guests Jennifer Aniston, Judd Apatow, Drew Barrymore, Steve Buscemi, Conan O'Brien, Chris Rock, and more.