Louis C.K. Returns to Netflix with Stand-Up Special Ridiculous

Comedian Louis C.K. is returning to Netflix with a new stand-up special titled "Ridiculous," set to premiere on the streaming service this summer, marking his first project with a major distributor since a 2017 sexual misconduct scandal derailed his mainstream career.

The announcement coincides with details of C.K.'s headlining performance at the Hollywood Bowl on May 5, part of the Netflix Is a Joke Festival running from May 4 to 10 in Los Angeles. Tickets for the show go on sale April 6 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. C.K., 57, directed and executive produced the special alongside Lea Cohen Zuckerman and Brady Nasfell. He has been touring the material for nearly a year, performing in theaters, arenas and stadiums across the United States.

The comeback arrives nearly eight years after a New York Times report in November 2017 detailed allegations from five women, including fellow comedians, who accused C.K. of masturbating in front of them or over the phone without their consent. In a statement to the newspaper days later, C.K. acknowledged the accounts as true. "At the time, I said to myself that what I did was O.K. because I never showed a woman my dick without asking first, which is...