Hollywood Bowl’s merriment dawns as three voices, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, as their SmartLess podcast, conceived in the soft stretch of headphones, now flowers beneath starlight at the biggest stage in Tinseltown. Packed with humor and surprise, speaking truths about art and life into ears long-hungry for candor, now rules the great amphitheater. Their witty theories and unvarnished humor, previously restricted to podcasts, now dance in live harmony in the stadium’s center stage.

As SmartLess jumps from studio to stadium, sharpening its wit and laughter, listeners now have a chance to catch up with the podcast in person. 

Jason Bateman’s SmartLess to conquer the Hollywood Bowl

Hollywood Bowl is about to experience something unique and quite stellar for the first time with SmartLess, all set to be tapped live this fall in California at 7:30 PM. The popular podcast, which welcomed a constellation of Hollywood A-list guests like Robert Downey Jr., James Gunn, Greta Gerwig, James Cameron, Kristen Stewart, Kelly Clarkson, Willem Dafoe, and more, hosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett will reportedly record a live episode at the legendary Hollywood Bowl on November 15, 2025, as per Variety.

Bringing their trademark chemistry with unscripted, unfiltered, always surprising to a huge live crowd under California skies, the presales of the podcast tapping tickets opened September 12, 2025, at 10 AM PDT, Variety confirmed. With demand skyrocketing, the event has been moving quickly as it is SmartLess at large on a grand scale. This November is shaping up to be an evening where the podcast’s legacy is cemented on the historic stage where The Beatles played, a fact the hosts gushed about in their joint statement, per Variety. The party for three friends and their audience aims for communal triumph, sharing insider information freely.

For the very few unversed, here is everything about the SmartLess podcast in a nutshell, serving as a reminder that tickets are on sale soon.

What is Jason Bateman’s SmartLess podcast all about?

The insurmountable hype behind the SmartLess podcast was not built in a day. It debuted in July 2020 as a weekly comedy podcast in which every episode played out with one host unveiling a surprise guest, unleashing laughter, unguarded admissions, and unlikely connections, as the two other hosts interviewed the guest star. The three hosts, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, displaying insane chemistry, often disarmed the guest, leading to gobsmacking confessions and raw, hilarious moments, establishing a loyal audience.

SmartLess also bagged the Best Comedy Podcast award at the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards in 2022 and closed huge deals with Amazon Music and Wondery in 2021, and a $100 million shift to SiriusXM in 2024. In addition, they have also created a docuseries, SmartLess: On the Road (2023), with more than 260 episodes aired. And as for Jason Bateman himself, he is just as hectic off-air as on. In addition to the live show at the Hollywood Bowl, his on-screen acting slate remains booked and busy with several Netflix hits in the pipeline.

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