Netflix To Present Five Comedy Specials This Fall

You can have Bill Cosby in the palm of your hand. And Jim Jefferies will tickle you at your discretion.

Netflix is announcing performances by both comics and three more, set to roll out this fall. It’s the latest in the original-content initiative from this subscription Internet channel.

Here’s the lineup, with each program going online at 3:01 a.m. ET:

• “Jim Jefferies: BARE,” premiering Aug. 29. Taped at Boston’s Wilbur Theatre, it finds Jefferies weighing in on diverse topics such as politics, new fatherhood, orgies and Neil Diamond. (It will join the first season of Jefferies’ FX comedy series “Legit,” now streaming on Netflix.)

• Chelsea Handler in her previously announced “Uganda Be Kidding Me Live” appearance, premiering Oct. 10. It’s the culmination of an international stand-up tour by Handler (who exits her E! talk show later this month, headed for a new series on Netflix in 2016) as she recounts tales of her global travels and the ridiculous characters in her life.

• “Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats” premieres Nov. 14. Originating from San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, it’s a dark but silly exploration by the “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star showcasing her talents as an actress, stand-up comic, writer and motorcycle enthusiast.

• “Bill Cosby 77,” premiering Nov. 28. Taped July 12 (Cosby’s 77th birthday) at the San Francisco Jazz Center, it’s an hour-plus of comedy from Cos dealing with such topics as relationships, marriage and, of course, kids.

• “Bill Burr: I’m Sorry You Feel That Way,” premiering Dec. 5. Burr is onstage at Atlanta’s Tabernacle exploring subjects such as how nothing ruins great sex like a rom-com and how too many childhood hugs could be the downfall of man.

“Stand-up comedy is a category of original content that we’re very focused on,” said Lisa Nishimura, Netflix’s vice president of original documentary and comedy programming. “There’s a really huge scope of types of comedy within stand-up, and we have the ability to provide that entire scope.”

Going forward, Netflix expects to keep introducing stand-up specials, she said.