Griffin performing stand up in Las Vegas in 2008

Comedian Kathy Griffin has released 20 television specials, three original comedy albums, and one concert film.

Television

HBO

#	Title	Original airdate	Filming location	Segments	Notes
1	HBO Comedy Half-Hour: "Kathy Griffin" (season 3, episode 11)	October 18, 1996	The Fillmore San Francisco, California	Griffin's first guest spot on the Seinfeld episode "The Doll" Griffin's attempt to find a male prostitute The Jerry Springer Show Meeting Salt-n-Pepa	Griffin's only special as part of a television series
2	Kathy Griffin: Hot Cup of Talk	August 14, 1998	Variety Arts Theatre Los Angeles, California	Griffin's acting stint in the play Awaiting the Renaissance Madonna's British accent VH1 Divas Live with Celine Dion and Mariah Carey The new way to say "cunt" Griffin's encounter with President Bill Clinton Hanson

Bravo

#	Title	Original airdate	Filming location	Segments	Notes
3	Kathy Griffin: The D-List	March 24, 2004	Laugh Factory Los Angeles, California	Britney Spears's Las Vegas wedding Meeting Whitney Houston at the Billboard Music Awards Griffin's appearances on Hollywood Squares with Anna Nicole Smith and Little Richard Hosting an AmfAR event with Sharon Stone
4	Kathy Griffin: Allegedly	November 30, 2004 (DVD)	Variety Arts Theatre Los Angeles, California	Pitching a sitcom to NBC Working at VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards and meeting Macy Gray, Debbie Gibson, Destiny's Child, Salma Hayek, Renée Zellweger and Gwyneth Paltrow The 9/11 celebrity telethon Appearing in the music video for "The Real Slim Shady" with Eminem Griffin's trip to Afghanistan Brooke Shields' wedding The View and Griffin's first time meeting Barbara Walters	Direct-to-DVD, later aired on Bravo. Griffin's only 90 minute special to date.
5	Kathy Griffin Is...Not Nicole Kidman	August 3, 2005	Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, California	Presenting with Ryan Seacrest at the American Music Awards Griffin meeting Anna Nicole Smith backstage at the American Music Awards Oprah Winfrey visiting the set of Colonial House Barbra Streisand on Oprah Backstage at American Idol Meeting Clay Aiken at the Billboard Music Awards Seeing Aiken and Kelly Clarkson perform in Las Vegas	Preceded the series premiere of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-list.
6	Kathy Griffin: Strong Black Woman	May 9, 2006	Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, California	Griffin working the red carpet premiere of War of the Worlds with Star Jones, and joking Dakota Fanning had entered a rehab facility Watching Anderson Cooper's Hurricane Katrina coverage Oprah Winfrey gaining weight Tom Cruise on Oprah Griffin's encounter with Celine Dion Griffin's vacation in Palm Springs
7	Kathy Griffin: Everybody Can Suck It	June 5, 2007	Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Santa Rosa, California	Mel Gibson's arrest Lindsay Lohan Club Hyde in Los Angeles Whitney Houston Rosie O'Donnell's R family cruise The Creative Arts Emmys Ann Coulter
8	Kathy Griffin: Straight to Hell	November 29, 2007	Chicago Theatre Chicago, Illinois	Griffin's Emmy Award acceptance speech controversy Senator Larry Craig's arrest Paris Hilton Paula Abdul and Hey Paula Larry King's 50th Anniversary special Co-hosting The View with Barbara Walters and Martha Stewart
9	Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch	April 15, 2009	Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Portland, Oregon	Attending the Grammy nomination concert and seeing Taylor Swift and the Jonas Brothers Attending the Grammy Awards Spending her birthday with Cher Maggie Griffin Judge Judy Attending the Creative Arts Emmys Presenting at the Primetime Emmys
10	Kathy Griffin: Balls of Steel	November 3, 2009	Civic Center San Diego, California	Britney Spears The Taylor Swift and Kanye West incident at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Maggie Griffin's love of boxed wine and Hennessy Jon and Kate Gosselin Watching Oprah Winfrey interview Whitney Houston Attending the Teen Choice Awards with Levi Johnston, and Miley Cyrus's performance Presenting with Paula Abdul at VH1 Divas Live Appearing on The View and confronting Barbara Walters Michael Jackson and the Jackson family Losing at the Primetime Emmys
11	Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt	June 8, 2010	Tennessee Theatre Knoxville, Tennessee	The Waffle House Dancing With the Stars Running into Renée Zellweger in Las Vegas Griffin's appearance on Law and Order: SVU Hoarders Attending a dinner party with Suzanne Somers, Morgan Freeman, Sidney Poitier, Don Rickles, and Sharon Stone Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King at the Texas State Fair
12	Kathy Griffin: Whores on Crutches	November 2, 2010	Pechanga Resort and Casino Temecula, California	The View Playing on a slot machine Paris Hilton's arrest Tiger Woods and his affairs Television shows she frequently watches Maggie's new book Tip It The Real Housewives of New Jersey	Originally titled "Diva in a Tipi".
13	Kathy Griffin: 50 and Not Pregnant	March 17, 2011	Riverside Theater Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Attending parties at the 53rd Grammy Awards The Oprah Winfrey Network and In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman Sitting next to Uma Thurman at a roast of Quentin Tarantino Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus in Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Steven Seagal: Lawman Maggie Griffin's last wishes Being avoided by Sarah Palin in Reno Performing in Knoxville for her previous special Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt
14	Kathy Griffin: Gurrl Down	June 22, 2011	Wilbur Theatre Boston, Massachusetts	Sarah Palin and her family Trying to pick up guys at MIT Griffin's run-in with Michele Bachmann Hosting CNN's New Year's Eve Bash with Anderson Cooper My Strange Addiction Kirstie Alley Phaedra from The Real Housewives of Atlanta Meeting Bill O'Reilly backstage at Glee Lady Gaga's parents
15	Kathy Griffin: Pants Off	September 20, 2011	Segerstrom Center for the Arts Costa Mesa, California	Introduction by Maggie Griffin The wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries Bruce Jenner Casey Anthony Nancy Grace Marcus Bachmann's gay conversion clinic The Real Housewives of New Jersey and Orange County Performing at a maximum security prison Being pants-less during the 2011 Virginia earthquake in New York City Dinner with Gloria Steinem Eating a pot brownie Housesitting for Anderson Cooper	Originally titled "Kathy Griffin: Pray The Gay Back".
16	Kathy Griffin: Tired Hooker	December 20, 2011	Borgata Hotel Atlantic City, New Jersey	Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' divorce Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's divorce Receiving a bikini wax Hugh Jackman's one-man Broadway show Nancy Grace on Dancing with the Stars Griffin starting a fake account on Grindr Griffin's dogs Larry and Pom-Pom Lindsay Lohan's community service Pajama jeans and Forever Lazy The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Ordering pizza with Cher
17	Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class	July 26, 2012	Terrace Theater Long Beach, California	Miley Cyrus's engagement to Liam Hemsworth Anderson Cooper guest starring on Kathy Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp The Real Housewives of Orange County The Westboro Baptist Church protesting Griffin Oprah's Next Chapter The whippets and sizzurp crazes Cher's Twitter feed Stealing a seat at the Grammy Awards from Eric Church Griffin's prison pen pal
18	Kathy Griffin: Kennedie Center On-Hers	January 3, 2013	State Theatre Minneapolis, Minnesota	Meeting Celine Dion backstage in Las Vegas Lindsay Lohan's legal problems Liz and Dick and Lifetime original movies Filming video spots for Barack Obama with Cher Miley Cyrus Sexting Anderson Cooper Beyond Scared Straight The reunion special of The Real Housewives of New Jersey Josh Groban
19	Kathy Griffin: Calm Down Gurrl	June 4, 2013	Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Santa Rosa, California	Convicted murderer Jodi Arias following Griffin on Twitter Meeting Barbra Streisand at Jane Fonda's birthday Justin Bieber The sizzurp craze and Lil Wayne's overdose Griffin's new boyfriend Griffin's new dog Pom-pom Amanda Bynes' erratic behavior Reading articles about oral sex in Redbook
20	Kathy Griffin: Record Breaker	December 18, 2013	Majestic Theatre San Antonio, Texas	Rick Perry Presenting at the Daytime Emmy Awards Maggie Griffin's opinion of Miley Cyrus's performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards Griffin going on a gay cruise Appearing on Kirstie Alley's sitcom Kirstie Fanmail from Griffin's prison pen pal	Griffin's 20th special and a representative from Guinness World Records attended to certify her record of "Most Televised Stand-Up Specials by a Comedian."^[1]

Film

Title	Theatrical release	Filming location	Segments	Notes
Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story^[2]	March 11, 2019 (South by Southwest) July 31, 2019 (wide)	Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center Santa Monica, California^[3]	Prologue: Recap of the Donald Trump photo controversy and Griffin's Laugh Your Head Off World Tour Sarah Huckabee Sanders Griffin's friendship with Stormy Daniels Samantha Bee calling Ivanka Trump a "feckless cunt" Donald Trump and his children Maggie Griffin thinking Kathy joined Al-Qaeda Living next door to Kim Kardashian; attending a dinner party with Melanie Griffith and Kris Jenner Craigslist personals missed connections Harvey Levin and TMZ Fallout from the Donald Trump photo controversy Griffin receiving hate and support mail Griffin being on the No Fly List Meeting Stevie Nicks Attending the 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner Being interrogated by the Department of Justice with Alan Isaacman

Albums

Original albums

Title	Release date	Recording location	Tracklist	Notes
For Your Consideration	July 17, 2008	Grand Theatre Center for the Arts Tracy, California	"The Hot Ticket" "The Survey: Gay? Straight?" "The Clicker (For the Maggie Fans)" "My First Rebanning (Hi Barbara Walters!)" "Happy Sunday (More Maggie!)" "Cover Me" "Oprah Is a Deity (And I Think She Is Full of Shit)" "Oprah's Favorite Things" "The Osmonds Were Never Cool" "Freaky Doll People (Demi? Oh Yeah!)" "Straight Guys Wake Up!" "Our New Daddy's Coming" "Wizard of Woz" "My Run-in With Spielberg"
Suckin' It for the Holidays	November 3, 2009	Borgata Hotel Atlantic City, New Jersey	"Happy Kwaanza" "Maggie the Gay Activist" "Sturdy Germans & Polacks" "Nervous Pills & Boxes of Wine" "Katie Couric (Again!!!)" "President Suze Orman" "I Met Gayle" "Maya Angelou Is Insufferable" "Justin Out-Blacks T.I." "Somebody Has to Blow Trump" "Kelly vs. Bethany" "A Dude Named Danielle" "Congratulations (Spe idi)"	Is not a holiday album, although Kwanzaa is mentioned briefly.
Look at My Butt Crack	August 14, 2014	The Mirage Las Vegas, Nevada	"Introduction" "Maggie Griffin updates" "Kardashian Khaos store in the Mirage Hotel, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and Kanye West" "Going around Las Vegas, people watching" "The Grammies" "Britney Spears" "Homeschooling" "Visiting Katt Williams" "Maggie Griffin's history with gay rights" "Demi Lovato" "Celebrities at the Grammies. Pink, Katy Perry, Madonna" "Anderson Cooper" "Eagles tour and celebrities encountered"

Television specials released as albums

Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt - August 9, 2010
Kathy Griffin: 50 and Not Pregnant - July 18, 2011
Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class - August 20, 2012
Kathy Griffin: Calm Down Gurrl - August 6, 2013

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2008	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special	Kathy Griffin: Straight to Hell	Nominated
2009	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special	Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch	Nominated
2011	Grammy Award	Best Comedy Album	Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt	Nominated
2012	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Variety Special	Kathy Griffin: Tired Hooker	Nominated
2012	Grammy Award	Best Comedy Album	Kathy Griffin: 50 & Not Pregnant	Nominated
2013	Grammy Award	Best Comedy Album	Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class	Nominated
2014	Grammy Award	Best Comedy Album	Kathy Griffin: Calm Down Gurrl	Won

Home video

Kathy Griffin: Allegedly - November 30, 2004
Kathy Griffin Is... Not Nicole Kidman - June 12, 2007. Included on the season 1 set of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List.
Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch - January 12, 2010
Kathy Griffin: Pants Off/Tired Hooker - August 7, 2012 (Region 1)
The Kathy Griffin Collection: Red, White & Raw - October 30, 2012. Contains seven of Kathy's Bravo specials including Balls of Steel, Does the Bible Belt, Whores on Crutches, 50 and Not Pregnant, Gurrl Down, Pants Off and Tired Hooker. (Region 1)
Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story - August 13, 2019

References

^ "Kathy Griffin Sets World Record For Most Comedy Specials". KMBZ. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
^ Kathy Griffin: A Hell of A Story
^ Kathy Griffin Self-Financing New Comedy Special to Be Shot in Santa Monica. Variety.

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Comedy specials (list)	HBO Comedy Half-Hour (1996) Hot Cup of Talk (1998) The D-List (2004) Allegedly (2004) Kathy Griffin Is... Not Nicole Kidman (2005) Strong Black Woman (2006) Everybody Can Suck It (2007) Straight to Hell (2007) For Your Consideration (2008) She'll Cut a Bitch (2009) Suckin' It for the Holidays (2009) Balls of Steel (2009) Does the Bible Belt (2010) Whores on Crutches (2010) 50 and Not Pregnant (2011) Gurrl Down (2011) Pants Off (2011) Tired Hooker (2011) Seaman 1st Class (2012) Kennedie Center On-Hers (2013) Calm Down Gurrl (2013) Record Breaker (2013) Look at My Butt Crack (2014) A Hell of a Story (2019)
Television shows	Kathy's So-Called Reality (2001) Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (episodes, 2005–2010) Kathy (2012–2013)
Related articles	"I'll Say It"