# SiriusXM comedy channel rebrand

Comedy · Heat 1.0 / 10 · 3 shows · 13m airtime

SiriusXM rebranded Channel 99 from Raw Comedy to Sebastian Maniscalco's Comedy Radio on October 7. The channel's active comedian roster fell 66 percent, from 812 distinct acts in April to 275 in September. Reporting since then has put a figure on what the cut divided: roughly $117,000 to $141,000 in monthly revenue was split among about 800 comics before the roster shrank to 275. Patton Oswalt, Marc Maron, Dane Cook, Margaret Cho and Michelle Wolfe have all posted videos addressing Maniscalco by name. The discussion now centers on how much a single SiriusXM play is worth to a working comic, and what the smaller pool means for that split.

Page: https://boilpoints.com/point/siriusxm_comedy_channel_rebrand_3538412047

## Segments

- [Morning Brew Daily](https://boilpoints.com/u/morningbrewdaily), 2026-10-07, 16:42 to 21:52: **Reports the roster drop behind the rebrand**. Reports on the comedian backlash to SiriusXM's rebrand of Raw Comedy into Sebastian Maniscalco's channel, with an advocacy group's figures showing the active roster down 66 percent and 75 percent of spins going to the top 50 acts. New angle: The channel's active comedian roster fell 66 percent, from 812 acts in April to 275 in September.
- [Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald](https://boilpoints.com/u/juicyscoopwithheathermcdonald), 2026-10-15, 18:00 to 24:05: **Breaks down the Raw Dog revenue split**. Two working comics walk through the Raw Dog overhaul: the channel's reported $117,000 to $141,000 a month split among about 800 comics, the cut to 275 names, and Maniscalco's 24-hour Instagram Stories response. Sympathetic to the road comics, resigned to the change. New angle: Raw Dog's roughly $117,000 to $141,000 monthly revenue was split among about 800 comics before the cut to 275.
- [Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac](https://boilpoints.com/u/dailycomedynewswithjohnnymac), 2026-10-17, 11:04 to 13:10: **Adds the peers who posted videos**. Recaps the rebrand and the comedian backlash, then puts on the record the peers who spoke up: Liz Mealy's video and separate videos from Patton Oswalt, Marc Maron, Dane Cook, Margaret Cho and Michelle Wolfe, all addressing Maniscalco by name. New angle: Patton Oswalt, Marc Maron, Dane Cook, Margaret Cho and Michelle Wolfe all posted videos addressing Maniscalco by name.