Russell Howard confirms he’s quit TV – will only do stand-up and podcasts

nme.com:

Russell Howard has confirmed that he is no longer working in TV and is only doing stand-up and podcasts from now on.Howard became especially well-known for fronting Russell Howard’s Good News between 2009 and 2015 on the BBC.

He later expanded the show to an hour-long format for the Sky show The Russell Howard Hour, which aired between 2018 and 2022.

He also presented a spin-off, Russell Howard’s Home Time, over Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic.However, the comic has confirmed he is now just focusing on stand up and his two podcasts, Five Brilliant Things and GoalLess.“I don’t do TV anymore, I just do stand-up and my podcast.

I had a pretty good run but I just prefer doing stand-up,” Howard said on the Have A Word podcastI was all over the world and it was just fun.