Just bad
If you want to have 3 minute ads play 4-5 times per episode you are trying to watch this is the app for you. The best part is that whatever system they use for determining if you already watched an ad or not is broken! I am trying to watch a show and even rewinding the video causes a 3 minute ad to trigger. Done with this app. I don’t give it 1 star because the UI is pretty good but it means nothing when you can’t even watch the content. I pay $60 a month for dish and have to watch 3 minute ads still. Ill be going elsewhere.
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Vertical video and auto-play ??
Why is the iPad app vertical?? It’s been bothering me for months!
UPDATE: the vertical interface has now been bothering me for years! I’ve been a comedy central viewer since the 90s, sneaking Kids in the Hall and old Gilda Radner and Robin Williams (and maybe a little Pryor when the parents weren’t around) stand up sets as a kid, and we even got my very nice very polite mom hooked on South Park! I’ve been watching the daily show since Craig Kilborn and can remember being apprehensive about that new Jon guy taking over.
I just tried to watch Michelle Obama’s Daily Show ep and it just kept starting in the middle of the Eric Andre interview. This has been happening for a week. I deleted the app and reinstalled, and both this and the Nomzamo Mbatha episode straight up won’t play. Michelle Obama I get the spinny wheel, and Nomzamo Mbatha I just get a black screen saying it isn’t available. I’ve probably missed 10 episodes of the daily show in six years overall and to have it melt down while trying to watch Michelle Obama is just too much. I had to come back to write my review.
Please. This app is terrible. Other folks have outlined how terrible it is in technical terms. I’m giving you the emotional plea. I’ve quit watching all sorts of wonderful CC content because of its dysfunction but usually I can get the daily show to work.
I know you can do it. I know you can make it better. Please.
UPDATE: the vertical interface has now been bothering me for years! I’ve been a comedy central viewer since the 90s, sneaking Kids in the Hall and old Gilda Radner and Robin Williams (and maybe a little Pryor when the parents weren’t around) stand up sets as a kid, and we even got my very nice very polite mom hooked on South Park! I’ve been watching the daily show since Craig Kilborn and can remember being apprehensive about that new Jon guy taking over.
I just tried to watch Michelle Obama’s Daily Show ep and it just kept starting in the middle of the Eric Andre interview. This has been happening for a week. I deleted the app and reinstalled, and both this and the Nomzamo Mbatha episode straight up won’t play. Michelle Obama I get the spinny wheel, and Nomzamo Mbatha I just get a black screen saying it isn’t available. I’ve probably missed 10 episodes of the daily show in six years overall and to have it melt down while trying to watch Michelle Obama is just too much. I had to come back to write my review.
Please. This app is terrible. Other folks have outlined how terrible it is in technical terms. I’m giving you the emotional plea. I’ve quit watching all sorts of wonderful CC content because of its dysfunction but usually I can get the daily show to work.
I know you can do it. I know you can make it better. Please.
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i just wanted south park
Ok yes, this was an app for quality shows. But, i think i watched more ads than actual show time. Like there were 2 ads at the start, the intro, then 5 after the intro, im a bit annoyed by it.
If the ads were 5 seconds and actually entertaining i wouldnt mind but theyre all about 30 seconds, and i feel thats stupid
i also believe that some shows dont want people to screencast a piece of the show, because it could be on a pirated website by now. Some also take an infamous show, post it to their own media and claim it as their own. Piracy is a serious and terrible crime, and plagiarism isnt cool
If the ads were 5 seconds and actually entertaining i wouldnt mind but theyre all about 30 seconds, and i feel thats stupid
i also believe that some shows dont want people to screencast a piece of the show, because it could be on a pirated website by now. Some also take an infamous show, post it to their own media and claim it as their own. Piracy is a serious and terrible crime, and plagiarism isnt cool
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Confused app
The majority of the negative reviews have the exact same complaints dating back for sometime now. I just re-downloaded app on my new phone (so I can watch my favorite Tosh .0 while traveling) and to my surprise the player still as all the issues people were complaining about long ago. My two biggest complaints are that the app doesn’t keep track of my progression through a series and it will make me watch the exact same commercial back to back 12 times. Both of those make opening this app feel like a struggle instead of entertainment. (this is not a review on Comedy Central but the app itself.)
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Like many have experienced great shows, horrendous app
It’s ironic this one of the apps I use mode frequently on my AppleTV, and it is also maddening to use. I can’t believe the number of times I have to re-sign into my provider, even when I have been using it frequently.
Even more maddening, I constantly experience this phenomenon where I’ll be watching a show and in the middle of the show it stops with the message, ‘Sorry, this video is no longer available.’ 80% of the time I quit the app and start again and it works. But sometimes even that doesn’t work.
It’s also amazing in this day and age that the app doesn’t remember on other devices which shows I’ve watched, this works with other apps I sign on with my provider info....
One would think one of the biggest media companies would be able to design a better, more user-friendly app!!!
But I’ll keep watching because they’ve got the shows I watch.....
Even more maddening, I constantly experience this phenomenon where I’ll be watching a show and in the middle of the show it stops with the message, ‘Sorry, this video is no longer available.’ 80% of the time I quit the app and start again and it works. But sometimes even that doesn’t work.
It’s also amazing in this day and age that the app doesn’t remember on other devices which shows I’ve watched, this works with other apps I sign on with my provider info....
One would think one of the biggest media companies would be able to design a better, more user-friendly app!!!
But I’ll keep watching because they’ve got the shows I watch.....
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THIS APP IS HORRIBLE!
I can’t watch pass any first episodes because the stupid thing keeps asking you to “find a provider” and sign in! The issue is that I’ve got 2 different accounts with different providers from their list so I should be able to sign. In and keep watching with no hold ups BUT for some reason it will NOT let me sign in 😡 it keeps taking my in this loop where it appears to be logging me in and returning me to the app but instead it’s taking me to an error screen! I’m so frustrated with this process.. This is by far the WORST constructed app I have ever used and not to mention it’s and “OFFICIAL” App 🙄
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Confused
So I am all signed into Comedy Central and the don’t have all the south parks which is silly considering it’s a Comedy Central show. So I download hbomax which I also have hbo so cool. Find now I can watch all the episodes which thankfully to me I have hbo but I think it’s garbage that Comedy Central can’t air there own content unless they sold out. So now I have hbo max on my IPhone but can’t get it on my Roku tv cause freaking hbo hasn’t made a contract with them.
Comedy Central should try and stay separate. They have all sorts of content they could release.
Over not the best experience with this app. Though it does have stuff you can watch.
Comedy Central should try and stay separate. They have all sorts of content they could release.
Over not the best experience with this app. Though it does have stuff you can watch.
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Lots of problems
A few months ago I stopped using the app because it would cut to an Ad after every scene, so about 50+ AD's for a 30 minute show.
I decided to give it another try and now the AD's are at predictable breaks in the show again, but I'll get half way through a show and it will be unable to load the video. What a bummer watching only half of a show over and over again no matter which episode I choose. I try reloading a few times but trust me when I say that the AD's never have a problem loading. I'm back to watching AD's all the time trying to load up the remaining video. Video cuts out on iPad and iPhone.
I tried using Chromecast to watch episodes also, but the sound would not work.
You are better off finding something else to do than use this app.
I see the developer likes to read the reviews, I've tried contacting them in the past, but they see frustrating the users with Ad's and not being able to see content as a feature and not a problem.
I decided to give it another try and now the AD's are at predictable breaks in the show again, but I'll get half way through a show and it will be unable to load the video. What a bummer watching only half of a show over and over again no matter which episode I choose. I try reloading a few times but trust me when I say that the AD's never have a problem loading. I'm back to watching AD's all the time trying to load up the remaining video. Video cuts out on iPad and iPhone.
I tried using Chromecast to watch episodes also, but the sound would not work.
You are better off finding something else to do than use this app.
I see the developer likes to read the reviews, I've tried contacting them in the past, but they see frustrating the users with Ad's and not being able to see content as a feature and not a problem.
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Awful App, unable to watch full episodes of anything
This app seems to work at first, if you can get past the awful design (no search bar or even alphabetically organized shows) and actually find what you’re looking for, the show starts to play. After getting about halfway through the episode however, the video ends and a message “Sorry, this video is not available” pops up. There is no way to remove it. Starting the video again works for about a second before the message pops back up again. It is impossible to watch videos on this app, literally the only thing it is supposed to do. Absolutely awful and unacceptable. My grandmother could design a better app and she barely knows her way around a microwave.
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Piece of crap app!
I just downloaded this app & couldn’t watch half the shows I wanted to watch. The other half I tried watching kept being cut off in the middle of them then it would skip to another episode. So I deleted it. Kinda bummed because I couldn’t watch the one show I downloaded this app to watch. Don’t usually write reviews but this is ridiculous. I would give this app zero stars if I could. Read through some of the comments & I am shocked that there are so many one star review & that so many others have had the issues as I have. Some go way back & the developers have the same few response to all complaints. They obviously have no desire to do anything about it. Such a shame..they have lots of really good shows.
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Bad App Has Only Gotten Worse!
I want to love this app. I really do. I love that it has Reno 911, Chappelle’s Show, etc. When I first started using the app it worked great, but in the last 8-10 months or so, it’s been all downhill. Most of the time I can’t even get into the app at all. When I do get into the app, the content takes forever to load - if it loads at all. Shows stop streaming in the middle of an episode. Halfway through an episode of Reno 911 I got a message stating that it couldn’t continue due to licensing issues ... huh? I don’t know what the developers did to kill this app, but it’s been progressively worse since I installed it. Sometimes I don’t even have sound. And yes, I’ve tried uninstalling/reinstalling. I thought maybe it had something to do with the Fire Stick but it sounds like people are having these issues across platforms. FIX THIS!
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Response from developer
This is Comedy Central App Support. We hate to hear that you're having trouble on the app! We would like the opportunity to troubleshoot this issue with you. Please email us at help@cc.com with your device information for further assistance. We are here to help.
Ughh
I can’t watch it on my laptop. The website says Comedy Central is not part of my package - even tho it is.
I can’t watch it on my PS4 because there is no CC app. So I have to use my phone.
But every time I minimize it and open it up - no matter how much time goes by - it starts at the home page and I have to scroll and scroll and scroll to find the show again and find the episode I was on BECAUSE THERE IS SO SEARCH OPTION. Not only that it now keeps saying I have connection problems on the homepage when I am not connected to WiFi. But it was doing just fine before without WiFi. Like the time it takes to find the show, plus the ads, the load time, it’s not even worth it unless I’ve set aside X amount of time to watch so I don’t have to scroll and find it again or whatever.
I can’t watch it on my PS4 because there is no CC app. So I have to use my phone.
But every time I minimize it and open it up - no matter how much time goes by - it starts at the home page and I have to scroll and scroll and scroll to find the show again and find the episode I was on BECAUSE THERE IS SO SEARCH OPTION. Not only that it now keeps saying I have connection problems on the homepage when I am not connected to WiFi. But it was doing just fine before without WiFi. Like the time it takes to find the show, plus the ads, the load time, it’s not even worth it unless I’ve set aside X amount of time to watch so I don’t have to scroll and find it again or whatever.
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Response from developer
This is Comedy Central App Support. We hate to hear that you're having trouble on the app! We would like the opportunity to troubleshoot this issue with you. Please email us at help@cc.com with your device information for further assistance. We are here to help.
Nice to be able to watch live tv, but....
Why does the app not respond to the device’s orientation on iPad? Finding something watch works only in portrait mode, and only once watching in full screen can the device be turned to landscape and the app will follow. This is very awkward for those of us using keyboard cases. Also, the app doesn’t do picture in picture on the iPad (other cable channel apps do), which means that multitasking with the CC show in the corner of the screen isn’t possible. I like the content, but it seems that the app designers aren’t considering all the ways people use/hold their devices!
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Update from prior review
Someone from Comedy Central contacted me and wanted to contact me about the issues I was having. I appreciate that. Unfortunately I never ended up contacting them. But in the plus side I have had way less issues with the app. On a side note, I tried the new Comedy Central Now channel for Apple TV but it doesn’t have all of Comedy Central’s content. You would think it would since it’s a single channel your paying for. Will not be using past trial unless they update it with all the content like South Park.
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Unnecessary
The update on this app was unnecessary. I’m totally OK with watching commercials for the program I tune in to. But to make it so that Viewers have to sit through the commercials for other programs as well is just uncalled for. Now, unlike before when you tap on a video it takes you to whichever video the app wants to take you to before giving you the option to filter, now you have to watch the commercials for that program before you can close it to then make the selection of the program you are actually interested in, then watch the. Commercials for that one as well before the video starts. For example, if you were interested in watching the daily show from three days ago, when you tap on the daily show program it automatically takes you to the most current episode, you then have to watch all the commercials for that episode before you are able to close the episode to then choose the video you really wanted from three days prior, you then have to watch the commercials for that one as well and then you get the video. I don’t know if this is a scam or a glitch but I will not stand for it, not even for Trevor Noah! There are entirely too many options out there to put up with this type of stuff anymore.
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Response from developer
This is Comedy Central App Support. We understand that ads are probably not the reason you come to the app. Our apps are ad supported and being ad supported means we can keep a lot of our content available to you free of charge. That said we are always experimenting with different advertisers and types of ads to create the best user experience. We would appreciate your feedback so we can best understand your experience on our app. Please email us at help@cc.com!
Obvious features missing, pretty surprising..
This is a great app if you enjoy spending tons of time searching for what you’re wanting to watch. Oh, by searching I mean scrolling. Apparently the developers of this app thought not having a search or favorite function made sense. It seems to be almost a default function for any other similar app that the lack of having a search bar was so surprising I even double checked while writing this to make sure I didn’t miss it. I came to check the reviews purposefully to be sure I wasn’t the only one confused about this or missing it. So anyway, if you enjoy mindlessly scrolling and using apps that are entirely not user friendly, this should be your jam. Again, this is not a technical problem. Everything functions fine, hence the one and only star, but this app doesn’t even group things into category by host/comedian or anything like that. Again, surprising and disappointing coming from such a popular channel. This seems like it could be an easy fix so hopefully that will be taken into consideration... Update: just want to be clear this is not a “troubleshooting” issue... the design of the app is just terrible at baseline
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Response from developer
This is Comedy Central App Support. We hate to hear that you're having trouble using the app! We would like the opportunity to troubleshoot this issue with you. Please email us at help@cc.com with your device information for further assistance. We are here to help.
Can’t finish a show
Casting from this app is ridiculous! It took me almost 3 hours to get through a 1 hour special. Every time it was time for a commercial break, the shows freeze and I have to stop casting, find the place in the show I was at (because for some reason CC doesn’t understand “resume watching”) and then start all over again for the next commercial break. If I caught it right before the commercials, it would instantly freeze again, so I had to go through the process more times than there are commercial breaks. And the commercial breaks? What a pain! Two commercials in the first half-so restarting the show wasn’t too terrible-followed by 6-8 in the second half. That meant I didn’t finish the show because I was tired of restarting it literally every 3-5 minutes. Regardless of the restarting, the number and space between the commercial breaks are frustrating. I get that it’s revenue and necessary, but at least space them out more appropriately so people don’t lose the desire to finish the show.
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Response from developer
This is Comedy Central App Support. We hate to hear that you're having trouble streaming content in the app! We would like the opportunity to troubleshoot this issue with you. Please email us at help@cc.com with more details about the issue you're experiencing. We are here to help.
Needs a lot of work
Yes I’m glad I can watch a very wide variety of shows but why is there no option to remove ads? I’m very willing to pay to get rid of them. My next complaint is why is the play button so small? A lot of people stream on their phones and it’s ridiculously small. Next is why is there no “recently watched” or something? I’m in the middle of a show and I have to scroll through all of them to find it? Ridiculous. Obviously you want your newest shows to be watched but frankly the new ones aren’t as good. Charge people $5-$10 to remove ads and guaranteed they would pay. But you obviously hate making money so don’t take that advice. Just continue your crap app and don’t listen to anyone.
Sincerely, a not happy user
Sincerely, a not happy user
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It generally works, just HORRIBLY designed.
I have a list of grievances, but I’ll stick with my main ones for this review. The worst part of this app for me is the forced vertical browsing then forced horizontal viewing. So stupid. Unbelievable, really, that anyone finds this helpful in any way. Zero use, fully frustrating. Same stupid ads, on repeat. Fine. But they insist on playing them about 15% louder than the show. That doesn't make anyone pay more attention or want whatever product more. It PISSES PEOPLE OFF! That’s why they passed federal regulation banning it on TV (but apparently not online... yet). Makes me lose any respect I had for the network.
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Horrible app design and functionality
This app is terrible. I love CC but it seems like when it comes to the app they just said F-it and cobbled some barley working interface with some shiny new graphic design to make it look pretty. The show selection screen has no quick search or even an alphabetical side bar. Also if my iPad is in portrait mode and I even tap a show it automatically begins the show, there is an option to turn off auto play however when you tap the name of a show it automatically starts the episode paused. which would not be so bad if the maximize/minimize window wasn’t all the way in the top right corner out of sight. What’s even worse is that sometimes the button is missing forcing me to close the app completely and reopen, just to tap the show I want and have it automatically start, rotate, and waits for you to press play. I can tell others have had similar interactions due to the comments so please as a loyal watcher and fan of everything this company produces please take these complaints into consideration, Thank you
-Loyal Fan
-Loyal Fan
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Response from developer
This is Comedy Central App Support. We hate to hear that you're having trouble using the app! We would like the opportunity to troubleshoot this issue with you. Please email us at help@cc.com with more details about the issue you're experiencing. We are here to help.
