Wayne Brady's Comedy IQ
Season 1
Comedy Competition series for teens featuring comedy challenges and lessons from Wayne Brady, Mandie Taketa, and Jonathan Mangum, with celebrity guests dropping by to provide advice, direction, and coaching.
Where to Watch Season 1
10 Episodes
- Dane vs. Wayne
E3Dane vs. WayneWayne Brady and Jonathan Mangum head up two teams in an epic head-to-head improv battle at Comedy Sportz. Pressure builds as the teens prepare for their first performance in front of a live audience. One teen must face off in an improvised rap battle against Wayne himself, while another struggles to support the rest of the group. - Contagious Laughter Syndrome
E4Contagious Laughter SyndromeWayne Brady and Jonathan Mangum team up with friend and longtime collaborator Joel McCrary (Over the Hedge, Dwight in Shining Armor) to challenge the budding comedians to develop three unique characters, employing voice, physicality, and backstory as ways to better understand empathy. The teens are thrown for a loop when Wayne ups the ante and challenges them to improvise while in character. - The Golden Rule of Improv
E5The Golden Rule of ImprovAt the midpoint of the competition, Wayne Brady and guest Lauren Pritchard (MadTV, Show Offs) challenge the kids to pair off, create brand-new characters, and write sketch performances, applying such lessons as "knowing yourself," utilizing your "superpower," and "making each other look good." The kids must then perform their sketches in front of a live audience--and their parents--at a famed comedy venue. - Stand-up For Yourself
E7Stand-up For YourselfWith elimination looming, the cast gets the biggest challenge yet. The young comics have to write and perform a three-minute stand-up set for a live audience at an iconic improv comedy club. Wayne Brady brings in legendary stand-up Sinbad to help the teens shape their sets. Pressure builds as one young comic is forced to re-write an entire set in under an hour. At the weekly line-up, the first cast member is eliminated. - Making a Mochrie
E9Making a MochrieTensions run high in a double elimination week as the teens feel the pressure to perform in the upcoming challenge. Whose Line Is It Anyway superstar Colin Mocherie mentors the young comics as they face their biggest improv challenge yet and get the chance to perform alongside Colin. At the lineup, two teens are eliminated, sending the final three into the finale. - The Final Showdown
E10The Final ShowdownIn the finale episode, the three finalists utilize all the lessons they've learned from Wayne Brady throughout the season to put on a one-of-a-kind performance at the acclaimed Upright Citizens Brigade theater in the heart of Los Angeles. Wayne joins the budding comics for a show-stopping opening musical comedy number, and the eliminated cast returns to help the finalists perform in their sketches for a packed house.
