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- Gianmarco Soresi and Jay Jurden gave State of the Industry address at Just For Laughs on July 23, 2026, mocking Netflix’s May 2026 Roast of Kevin Hart.
- The roast was the year’s most watched comedy program.
- Soresi quipped Hartbeat Productions lacks money for staff and TV/film is “so dead the last big thing they shot America was Charlie Kirk,” noting address follows a JFL tradition started in 1995 after Andy Kindler’s tenure ended in 2023.
