The Comedy Get Down is described by BET as the "first scripted comedy series about what really happens behind the scenes of a massive stand-up comedy tour featuring five legendary comics – George Lopez, DL Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Eddie Griffin and Charlie Murphy. They’re hilarious, insane and unapologetic on stage, but the second they step off is when the real show begins. The storylines are based on actual events that have taken place not only on their wildly successful Comedy Get Down arena tour, but throughout the 25 plus years each has been a nationally headlining comedian. A workplace comedy at its core, the 30 minute, single-camera series explores the personal and professional relationships of these five comic titans as they navigate the challenges of life on the road: seedy venues, racist road managers, pushy wives, angry baby mamas, obsessive fans, demanding celebrities, shady politicians and more."[1]
The guys must curb their use of the n-word during the stand-up sets or risk losing the corporate sponsorship for their tour. Meanwhile, White Terry struggles to get Charlie a razzleberry pie from The Pussycat Pie Factory.
Nina arranges for a tour bus to take the guys to their next tour stop as a means of bonding. They stop at a diner chain and befriend a couple of members of the Cincinnati Bengals whose drunken behavior starts to draw the wrong kind of attention. Meanwhile, Eddie refuses to ride the bus due to past trauma and instead embarks on a car ride with White Terry. The duo end up at a meeting of conspiracy theorists where D.L. gives a speech.
After pledging a donation to a charity, Cedric is honored at a dinner and Eddie and George tag along. He soon becomes aware, however, that his donation of $10,000 is actually for $100,000. Meanwhile, D.L. spends the day with a Make-A-Wish teen who is a big fan but the kid ends up spending most of the day mocking him.
D.L. and George anger various advocacy groups over comments that they have made.Nina informs the guys that Twitter is blowing up because of some things DL and George said that got them in trouble with a gay rights group. Meanwhile, Cedric offers football player Eric Dickerson free tickets to the show in Dallas, expecting to have the favor returned with tickets to a football game.
On April 20, 2016, it was announced that BET had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. Executive producers were set to include Tom Brunelle, Brad Wollack, Michael Rotenberg, Greg Walter, Kimberly Carver, and Eric C. Rhone. Production companies involved with the series were reported to include 3 Arts Entertainment and Free 90 Media.[1][12]
