Aziz Ansari Premieres New Stand-up On Netflix

Buried Alive, Aziz Ansari’s latest stand-up special will premiering only for the streaming service, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Two of Ansari’s old specials Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening (2009) and Aziz Ansari: Dangerously Delicious (2012) are also on Netflix but did not premiere on the service, providing the only place fans can catch Ansari’s newest material.

A Netflix spokeswoman told the New York Times that “the company intends to put a significant promotional campaign behind Buried Alive, billing it as original programming,” differing from the service’s presenting a comedy special by John Hodgman and a premiere special by Mike Birbiglia.

Ansari also signed a deal to write a book “investigating the modern, tech-obsessed dating scene,” coming in 2015, according to Entertainment Weekly.