Sebastian Maniscalco’s SiriusXM channel is hurting up-and-coming talent, comics say

喜剧演员称：塞巴斯蒂安·马尼斯卡尔科的 SiriusXM 频道正在伤害新晋人才

Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco is facing backlash from fellow comics who claim his takeover of SiriusXM’s Raw Comedy channel is harming up-and-coming talent, as reported earlier by Deadline. Many established comics, including Patton Oswalt and Margaret Cho, have posted videos online calling on Maniscalco to carry on Raw Comedy’s legacy by highlighting newer comedians on his channel, instead of mostly focusing on well-known ones.

据 Deadline 此前报道，喜剧演员塞巴斯蒂安·马尼斯卡尔科（Sebastian Maniscalco）正面临同行们的强烈抵制，他们声称他接管 SiriusXM 的“Raw Comedy”频道正在伤害新晋人才。包括帕顿·奥斯瓦尔特（Patton Oswalt）和玛格丽特·曹（Margaret Cho）在内的多位知名喜剧演员已在网上发布视频，呼吁马尼斯卡尔科继承“Raw Comedy”的传统，在频道中推介更多新晋喜剧演员，而不是主要关注那些成名已久的艺人。

SiriusXM launched Sebastian Maniscalco’s Comedy Radio in April, which is “curated and headlined by Sebastian himself,” according to the satellite radio provider. The move replaced SiriusXM’s long-running Raw Comedy channel featuring uncensored stand-up comedy shows from a range of talent. Now, the channel airs Maniscalco’s own show, alongside a stream of stand-up content that comedian Dan Soder says features “very famous comics who are dead or who don’t necessarily need the money.”

SiriusXM 于今年 4 月推出了“塞巴斯蒂安·马尼斯卡尔科喜剧电台”（Sebastian Maniscalco’s Comedy Radio）。据这家卫星广播提供商称，该频道由“塞巴斯蒂安本人策划并领衔”。此举取代了 SiriusXM 长期运营的“Raw Comedy”频道，该频道此前曾播放来自各类人才的无删减单口喜剧节目。现在，该频道主要播放马尼斯卡尔科自己的节目，以及一系列单口喜剧内容。喜剧演员丹·索德（Dan Soder）表示，这些内容大多是“那些已经去世或并不一定需要这笔钱的著名喜剧演员的作品”。

The widespread criticism comes as Stand Up for Standup, a nonprofit organization that provides resources for comedians in need, published a report about the channel’s shift away from emerging talent, who rely not only on the visibility they receive from appearing on the station, but also on the royalties they earn from SiriusXM. The organization says that since March, the spins on Maniscalco’s channels have decreased from a wider net of more than 800 comics to a much narrower pool of 275 artists, largely skewed toward celebrities.

此次广泛的批评源于非营利组织“Stand Up for Standup”发布的一份报告。该组织致力于为有需要的喜剧演员提供资源，报告指出该频道正逐渐疏远新兴人才，而这些艺人不仅依赖在电台露面所获得的曝光度，还依赖从 SiriusXM 赚取的版税。该组织表示，自 3 月以来，马尼斯卡尔科频道播放的喜剧演员数量已从 800 多人的广泛群体缩减至 275 人的狭窄范围，且内容严重向名人倾斜。

“We believe this shift, both in the overall quantity of artists enjoying plays on Channel 102, and the change in distribution across all spin-getters favoring the top few, is bad for comedians, and bad for the future of comedy,” Stand Up for Standup says.

“Stand Up for Standup”表示：“我们认为，这种转变——无论是 102 频道播放的艺人总数，还是播放资源向少数头部艺人倾斜的分配变化——对喜剧演员不利，也对喜剧的未来不利。”

“There’s a lot of up-and-coming comedians who are depending on the money and the checks that they get from Sirius,” Oswalt says in an Instagram video. “But 500 of them have been booted off of Sirius… You can easily reverse this decision. Get those young comedians back on the Sirius channel. Let them get those checks.” Many other comedians, including Liz Miele, Kyle Kinane, and Michelle Wolf, have called out Maniscalco as well.

“有很多新晋喜剧演员依靠从 Sirius 获得的收入和支票生活，”奥斯瓦尔特在一段 Instagram 视频中说道。“但其中 500 人已经被 Sirius 踢出局了……你可以很容易地撤销这个决定。让那些年轻的喜剧演员回到 Sirius 频道，让他们拿到那些支票。”包括利兹·米勒（Liz Miele）、凯尔·基南（Kyle Kinane）和米歇尔·沃尔夫（Michelle Wolf）在内的许多其他喜剧演员也公开批评了马尼斯卡尔科。

In a statement to Deadline, SiriusXM says Maniscalco’s channel “introduced a new creative direction and a regularly evolving programming mix for the channel,” adding that “SiriusXM continues to invest in comedians more than any other audio platform.” Neither SiriusXM nor representatives for Maniscalco immediately responded to The Verge’s request for comment.

SiriusXM 在给 Deadline 的一份声明中表示，马尼斯卡尔科的频道“为该频道引入了新的创意方向和不断演变的节目组合”，并补充称“SiriusXM 在喜剧演员身上的投入比任何其他音频平台都要多”。SiriusXM 和马尼斯卡尔科的代表均未立即回应 The Verge 的置评请求。