Marc Maron Sets Premiere Date For Second HBO Comedy Special ‘Panicked’

Marc Maron has announced that his second HBO Original comedy special, Marc Maron: Panicked, is set to premiere on HBO on Friday, August 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.

Coming on the heels of 2023’s From Bleak to Dark, in which he reflected on the loss of his partner Lynn Shelton, the special will find Maron offering up a nuanced perspective on our increasingly uncertain world, as he’s wont to do.

“I feel that this is the best work I’ve done. Everything came together,” Maron said of the special. “The direction, the production design, the shirt and the bits. HBO gets me and I’m thrilled to be presented by them.”

Said Nina Rosenstein, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming, Late Night and Specials: “Marc is one of the all-time greats. His standup has a way of making you laugh while also cutting right to the bone — he’s funny, raw, and entirely one of a kind. We’re so happy to work with him on his second HBO special.”

 In addition to writing and performing, Maron exec produced the hour alongside David Martin. Produced by Avalon, it’s directed by Steven Feinartz.

Panicked marks the sixth stand-up special for Maron, whose past works have garnered WGA Award and Critics Choice Award nominations. The comic is perhaps best known for his landmark podcast WTF with Marc Maron, which we recently told you first will come to an end this fall after notching over 1,600 episodes. Currently, Maron can be seen starring alongside Owen Wilson in the Apple TV+ golf comedy series Stick. Coming up, he also has the doc Are We Good?, chronicling his career and journey of overcoming grief and loss, which premiered at SXSW, as well as The Bad Guys 2, In Memoriam, and Springsteen biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere.