Jeff Ross Teases Next Netflix Roast After Tom Brady — Who’s in the Hot Seat?

If you liked watching Tom Brady get verbally sacked on Netflix, good news: Jeff Ross says another big roast is coming. He is aiming huge, but he is not trying to flood the zone either.

The next one: go big, not constant

Speaking on a Variety-moderated panel at the New York Comedy Festival, Ross said he is already lining up the next Netflix roast and wants it to feel like an event, not a factory line. There is another festival in May, and he is pretty confident the next roast will land in the spring. He also stressed he does not want to run these too often and wear people out.

"I want it to be like the Super Bowl of roasting."

How the Brady roast actually happened

Ross admitted getting Tom Brady took patience and timing. He chased that one for three years while Brady retired, unretired, then got divorced, before finally locking it in for the Netflix festival. His analogy: landing a giant target can take a while. Now, his partner Casey Patterson is circulating lists of potential targets for the next show, and Ross says he was surprised by how many big names actually want to step into the hot seat.

The cadence he wants

Ross is thinking Olympic-scale, not weekly series: a massive roast every year or two. He also pointed out that roasts used to be treated like second-class TV, but that has shifted. As he tells it, they are now in the Emmy conversation alongside heavyweights like the Oscars, the Grammys, the Tonys, and the Super Bowl Halftime Show. In his view, the roast has become a cultural moment.

Quick refresher: Brady got roasted hard

Netflix aired the live Tom Brady roast in 2024 as part of the 'Netflix Is a Joke' festival, officially titled 'GROAT: The Greatest Roast of All Time.' Kevin Hart hosted, and a lineup of comedians and athletes took turns torching the former NFL quarterback. Ross says the special racked up 2.5 billion viewing minutes and calls it one of the highest-rated Netflix specials.