Jimmy Failla
Stand-up comedian

Jimmy Failla

Who Jimmy Failla is

Jimmy Failla is a stand-up comedian and former New York City cab driver who joined Fox News as a writer in 2016 and became host of the weekly comedy programme FOX News Saturday Night and the nationally syndicated radio show FOX Across America. He earlier hosted the radio show and podcast Off the Meter, and has appeared on AXS TV's Gotham Comedy Live and BBC America's Richard Hammond's Crash Course. In 2025 he headlined FOX Nation's first Night of Comedy, and he hosts Taxi Cab Comedy on the platform. His track Don't Like Button was played on SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy channel in September 2023.

At a glance

Stand-up specials
State of the Union and They're Just Jokes
Podcasts and radio
FOX Across America and Off the Meter
Books
Cancel Culture Dictionary and Follow That Car!: A Cabbie's Guide to Overcoming Fears
On screen
FOX News Saturday Night, Night of Comedy, Taxi Cab Comedy and 6 more
Official site
foxnews.com ↗

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: foxnews.com ↗.

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

On screen

Podcasts and radio

Books and writing

Comedians like Jimmy Failla

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Their stand-up

Failla was named Outstanding Male Comedian of the Year at the New York City Nightlife Awards in 2014, co-created the viral YouTube video Snakes in a Cab and was head writer of Fox Business Network's Kennedy from 2017 to 2020.

Career timeline

  1. 2013Follow That Car!: A Cabbie's Guide to Overcoming Fears (book, 2013) Book
  2. 2017Kennedy (head writer, Fox Business Network, 2017–2020) On screen
  3. 2025Night of Comedy (headliner, FOX Nation, 2025) On screen

Questions and answers

Where is Jimmy Failla performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: foxnews.com ↗.

What stand-up specials have they released?

State of the Union and They're Just Jokes.

What podcasts do they host?

FOX Across America and Off the Meter.

Have they written a book?

Yes:Cancel Culture Dictionary and Follow That Car!: A Cabbie's Guide to Overcoming Fears.

What TV shows and films are they in?

FOX News Saturday Night, Night of Comedy, Taxi Cab Comedy, Gotham Comedy Live, Richard Hammond's Crash Course and America's Got Talent, among 9 credits.

Who are some comedians like them?

Harrison Greenbaum (also in Gotham Comedy Live) and Dave Smith (also in Kennedy).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026