--- title: Amy Schumer: Chris Rock Will Direct Her Special for HBO description: It will air later this year canonical: https://time.com/3850746/chris-rock-amy-schumer-hbo/ author: Esther Zuckerman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-07T18:44:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:01:48.556Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Amy Schumer Special Directed by Chris Rock Coming to HBO og:description: It will air later this year og:url: https://time.com/3850746/chris-rock-amy-schumer-hbo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b4911b696a91b46/6987eeda55a8592658a89ff6/amy-schumer.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2015 CinemaCon - 2015 Big Screen Achievement Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Amy Schumer Special Directed by Chris Rock Coming to HBO twitter:description: It will air later this year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b4911b696a91b46/6987eeda55a8592658a89ff6/amy-schumer.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Amy Schumer Special Directed by Chris Rock Coming to HBO by [Esther Zuckerman](/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 7, 2015 6:44 PM CUT  Amy Schumer attends the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards on April 23, 2015 in Las Vegas, NV. Amy Schumer attends the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards on April 23, 2015 in Las Vegas, NV.C Flanigan—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Esther Zuckerman](/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 7, 2015 6:44 PM CUT Amy Schumer’s big year just got even bigger. Later this month, the comedian will tape her first comedy special for HBO, the network announced Thursday. The special, which tapes May 29 at the Apollo Theater, will be directed by Chris Rock. The pairing makes for a comedy dream team of sorts. Schumer’s highly praised Comedy Central show, _Inside Amy Schumer_, is currently in the midst of its third season, and in July Schumer is set to put her stamp on the summer blockbuster season with the release of the movie she stars in and wrote, _Trainwreck_, directed by Judd Apatow. The special is set to air later this year, according to HBO. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3850746/chris-rock-amy-schumer-hbo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3850746/chris-rock-amy-schumer-hbo/"},"headline":"Amy Schumer Special Directed by Chris Rock Coming to HBO","datePublished":"2015-05-07T18:44:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:01:48.556Z","description":"It will air later this year","url":"https://time.com/3850746/chris-rock-amy-schumer-hbo/","keywords":["Television","HBO","Comedy","Amy Schumer","Chris Rock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b4911b696a91b46/6987eeda55a8592658a89ff6/amy-schumer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman","jobTitle":"Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b4911b696a91b46/6987eeda55a8592658a89ff6/amy-schumer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2015 CinemaCon - 2015 Big Screen Achievement Awards","caption":"2015 CinemaCon - 2015 Big Screen Achievement Awards","creditText":"C Flanigan—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3850746/chris-rock-amy-schumer-hbo/","name":"Amy Schumer Special Directed by Chris Rock Coming to HBO"}}]}] ```