Studio C is an American sketch comedy television show originally created by Matt Meese and Jared Shores. Produced by BYUtv, the show aims to be a clean, family-oriented comedy for a national audience.
The show traces its roots to the Brigham Young University sketch comedy troupe Divine Comedy, which shares some cast members with Studio C. The show's name is a reference to the studio in the BYU Broadcasting Building where the show is primarily taped.
As of September 2026, the Studio C YouTube channel has over 3.47 million subscribers and has received more than 3.3 billion total views.
In August 2018, it was confirmed that Studio C would have a 10th season but the ten original cast members would be leaving after the 9th season to create and star together on a new family-comedy network called JK! Studios. In addition to Johnson and Pence's return, the 10th season and onward feature all-new cast members.
In October 2020, it was announced that Jason Gray would return to Studio C as a permanent cast member in the fourteenth season during Fall 2021. Gray was not a cast member during Seasons 19 and 20 of the show.
On April 27, 2024, Studio C announced that Matt Meese would be returning for seasons 19 and 20 of the series, airing Fall 2024 and Spring 2025. As of season 21, he is still a main cast member.
On September 25, 2024, BYUtv announced special guests for season 19 (Steven He and Terry Crews), and season 20 (Jack McBrayer and Will Forte) of Studio C. BYUtv also announced that the Studio C YouTube channel has reached 3 billion views. Season 21 special guests include Josh Peck and Pierson. Season 22 featured special guest Rainn Wilson.
Cast + Cast memberSeasons 1–4 5–7 8–9 10–13 14 15 16 17 18 19–22 Jason Gray Main Featured Main Featured Mallory Everton Main Featured Whitney Call Main Featured Matt Meese Main FeaturedMain Adam Berg Featured Main Featured Stacey Harkey Featured Main Featured Natalie Madsen Featured Main Featured Stephen Meek Featured Main Featured James Perry Featured Main Featured Jeremy Warner Featured Main Featured Aaron Fielding Featured Dalton Johnson Featured Main Tori Pence Featured Main Featured Main Garet Allen Main Jessica Drolet Main Ike Flitcraft Main Featured Featured Matthew Galvan Main Tanner Gillman Main Featured Jetta Juriansz Main Arvin Mitchell Main April Rock Main Austin Williams Main Featured Naomi Winders Featured Main FeaturedMain Megan Rico Featured Main Featured Joe Balanza Featured Gabby Moore Featured Main Jericho Lopez Featured Main Kiri Case Main Carl Foreman Main Aleta Myles Main Michelle Knapp Main Hugh Clark Main N/A = Actor does not appear in those series. The 10 original cast members of Studio C left after Season 10 to start their own comedy group, JK! Studios which continues to produce sketches in front of a live audience, as well as a sitcom, a lifestyle vlog, and several other new elements. Their YouTube channel has over 413,000 subscribers as of October 2026. Tori Pence and Dalton Johnson first appeared as featured guests in Season 6, but did not appear in Seasons 5 or 7. For the sake of simplicity, however, the graph shows them as appearing in the 5–7 block. Tori Pence, who was first introduced in Season 6 and later became a cast member in Seasons 8 and 9, left Studio C after Season 13 to become a full-time cast member of BYUtv's new sitcom 9 Years to Neptune. However, she still made guest appearances as a featured cast member in several episodes of Season 14. Tori then returned as a full-time cast member in season 16 through the current season. Similarly, Ike Flitcraft left to do some freelance work, but appeared as a featured cast member in the Studio C Season 14 Halloween Special. Tori Pence later returned in Season 16. The original cast (sometimes referred to as the "Old Cast") reprised their roles during Season 18 Episode 1 for Studio C's hour-long 200th episode special.
Episodes
Series overview
Recurring characters and sketches
Seasons 1–9 The following characters and themes have appeared in at least two sketches:
A Message From Studio C A series of mock PSAs shot off-set in single-camera setup. The PSAs typically feature something ironic and/or unexpected. Text concerning the fake announcement is overlaid at the end of the video and then it cuts to the Studio C logo and the words, "This Has Been A Message From Studio C". Debuted Season 2, Episode 2. There have been seven segments of A Message From Studio C.
Ann Withers Ann is a single, middle-aged librarian, played by Whitney Call, who characteristically inserts book titles into her conversation, lifting up the book as she says its title. Ann pronounces her name as "Enn", leading to confusion over what her name is when she introduces herself to others. Ann has a preference for much younger men, but tends to scare away all the men she attempts to seduce. Debuted Season 2, Episode 3. Ann has appeared in four sketches and is in one segment of Awkward Avoidance Viking.
Awkward Avoidance Viking A silent character played by Jason Gray, dressed as a Viking warrior. He appears whenever Matt Meese has an awkward encounter with another person. The Awkward Avoidance Viking will rise up behind the back of the character Meese would like to avoid, and upon a nod of approval from Meese, knocks the character unconscious with his club. There are other Awkward Avoidance Vikings as well, including a female version, and ones that knock out the Viking when he is the awkward situation. Awkward Avoidance Viking segments are shot off-set with a single-camera setup and include an animated intro as well as a musical theme. Debuted Season 1, Episode 7. The Awkward Avoidance Viking has appeared in six segments.
Aww Yeah Girl Played by Mallory Everton, is a character that follows couples while shouting, "Aww yeah!" as they're about to kiss. She first appears in season 6. There have been two Aww Yeah Girl sketches.
Bad Karma A sketch where Mallory Everton is a girl who has a bad habit of laughing at/making fun of others in trouble, and then realizing that laughing at/making fun of them was the wrong thing to do. Then she proceeds to have a silly and bad experience. Later in the sketch, she is injured badly but still has bad things happen even when she tries to do good. After each bad thing that happens to her, a short jingle plays with audio of a person singing, "Bad Karma!". There have been two Bad Karma sketches.
Batman Jason Gray appears as Batman in a variety of sketches.
Batman Drives Uber A spinoff of the Batman sketches. Batman (Jason Gray) starts driving for Uber to get more money after spending all of it when he bought the Moon, renaming it 'Batmoon.' He has conversations with the people he is giving rides to. There have been three Batman Drives Uber sketches.
Callin' Collin Mallory Everton plays Collin, an obnoxious 11-year-old boy who has a popular podcast. He gives advice to people who call in that is not helpful in any way, such as "punch him in the booty" (in response to a question about annoying people) and "business documents" (in response to a question from his friend's mother about birthday party themes). He considers himself a womanizer and often tries to sound manly and smart. There have been three Callin' Collin sketches.
Captain Literally A superhero (Matt Meese) who arrives whenever someone uses the word "literally" to emphasize something that is not strictly true. Captain Literally uses his superpowers to make what was said become reality. His catchphrase is "Balance Restored!" which he says following the use of his powers. His uniform is a full-body red spandex suit, with blue briefs and wristbands over the suit, a blue cape, blue domino mask, and a capital blue letter "L" emblazoned on the chest. The segment is shot off-set with a single-camera setup, has a musical theme, and includes an animated intro and outro that shows his adventures as part of a comic book. Debuted Season 2, Episode 4. There have been seven Captain Literally segments, including two sketches with other minor characters including Captain Irony played by Mallory Everton. A spinoff of the popular ship "Mattory", "Captain Lironally" has been mentioned by fans. Other minor characters include The Nuclear Ninja played by Adam Berg, The Good and Well duo played by Stephen Meek and Stacey Harkey, and Dangling Participle Dude played by James Perry.
Couchville The "Couchville" series is about a kingdom ruled by King Warrick (Jason Grey) and Queen Iona (Whitney Call Meek) inside a couch owned by Thomas (Matt Meese). In later segments, there have been various characters depicting different household furniture including an ottoman ruler (Stephen Meek), a lovesack (Jeremy Warner), a rug (Adam Berg), french doors (James Perry), a doormat (Mallory Everton), and two chandeliers played by Natalie Madsen and Jared Shores, co-creator of Studio C. There have been three "Couchville" segments.
Crazy Mall Kiosk Salesman Played by Jason Gray, Leo is a mall kiosk salesman who sells lotion in front of the A&M clothing store. He often tries to make the other cast members buy his lotion using a variety of methods, such as free-sampling Stacey in the face, showing that he has lotion for ridiculous purposes, and announcing that for 1 minute all Nintendo Switch's are free to thin out the herd. His reveals that his cousins work at the Verizon kiosk after he hacks into Jeremy's phone. He has sociopath behavior when he seemingly kills Matt and eats a live mouse. There have been 2 Crazy Mall Kiosk Salesman segments.
Darth Sidious Jason Gray impersonates Darth Sidious from Star Wars. He often urges other characters to strike him down, "And your journey to the dark side will be complete." There have been three Darth Sidious segments.
David Starr
Jeremy Warner plays a character called David Wayne Starr who is interviewed by a news reporter Roger Kennings played by Steven Meek. David Starr introduces himself by saying, “My name’s David Wayne Starr with a double R.” He constantly mentions how he is a disappointment to his parents and how much of a Star Wars fan he is. He also explains that his voice has not matured like his body until the sketch, “Middle School Kid Ruins the News One Last Time.” There have been three David Starr skits.
Dobby Jason Gray impersonates Dobby the house-elf from the Harry Potter series. Comic situations arise when characters are faced with being required to do something bad to Dobby (his manager at Walmart firing him as door greeter, Jason Bourne executing him, etc.) and yet Dobby still loves them unconditionally and his characterological self-blame causes him to believe he deserves his punishment. Dobby aggressively uses his magical powers to protect the character after they can't go through with it. Debuted Season 1, Episode 9. Dobby has appeared in three sketches.
Farley Archer Farley Archer played by Jeremy Warner, along with his assistant Terry played by Stephen Meek, host a show called "The Dog Whisperer with Farley Archer" on the South Dakota Public Access Television. There have been three Farley Archer sketches.
Gary and Carl Featuring Stacey Harkey as Gary Johnson and Jeremy Warner as Carl Johnson, the Gary and Carl Show is a useless advice show seemingly set in the 80s. Recurring themes are unanswered questions, stupidity, and Dasani water advertising. There have been three Gary and Carl segments.
The Guild of Adventurers The Guild of Adventurers are three geeky guys, played by Jason Gray, Matt Meese, and Adam Berg, who enjoy role-playing games. Jeremy Warner and Stacey Harkey have also appeared in this recurring segment. The sketches are often centered around their interactions with romantic interests.
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