On November 21, 2008, in Santa Rosa, California, Lampanelli taped her first one-hour HBO Special at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. The special, "Lisa Lampanelli: Long Live the Queen", which aired January 31, 2009, was directed by Dave Higby, who also directed her "Dirty Girl" special. In December 2010 she reunited with Higby when he directed her "Tough Love" special for Comedy Central that aired in the spring of 2011. She is scheduled to debut a one-woman show, "Bring Back the Fat Chick", on Broadway in 2012.