Comedy Central
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| Comedy Central | |
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| Founded | April 1, 1991 |
| Company | MTV Networks (Viacom) |
| President | Philippe Dauman |
| Current Popular Series | The Colbert Report
The Daily Show Reno 911! South Park |
Comedy Central is a cable television channel based in America. Founded on April Fool's Day 1991, it began as a combination of HBO's Comedy Channel and MTV Networks' HA! channel. Because the two networks were owned by two separate media conglomerates—Time Warner and Viacom respectively—both retained equal power over the network.
The network dwelled in obscurity for most of the beginning of its life. There were some highlights with its acquisition of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and the initial run of Politically Incorrect, but overall, the channel was a depository for edited stand-up segments and dated comedy specials from the previous decade. However, in 1997 the channel blew up with the production of South Park. As word-of-mouth spread about the cartoon, cable television company requests for the addition of Comedy Central exploded, and it was available in over 50% of American homes by 1998.
In 2003, Viacom bought out Time Warner's half of the company, making it a purely MTV Networks owned channel. In the 2000s, the network has been brought back into the spotlight because of such breakout hit shows as Chappelle's Show and the massive increase in popularity of The Daily Show since Jon Stewart took over the reins in 1999. Other staples of programming include the Secret Stash—a block of uncut programming (often a movie or a stand-up act) airing Saturdays at Midnight—and Friday Night Stand-Up.
Since 2002, the channel has also taken to producing DVDs and CDs under the label Comedy Central Records. They have released albums and DVDs by comedians such as Lewis Black, Mitch Hedberg, Dave Attell and Dane Cook.
Contents |
[edit] In-Depth
- Program Listing: A complete listing of shows aired on Comedy Central.
- Syndicated Program Listing: A complete listing of syndicated shows aired on Comedy Central.
- Special Program Listing: A complete listing of specials and events aired on Comedy Central.
[edit] Current Primetime Schedule
Timeslot legend:
| Premiere | Encore |
| Day | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 | 11:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Scrubs | Scrubs | The Daily Show | The Colbert Report | Futurama | South Park | South Park | Futurama | The Daily Show | The Colbert Report |
| Tuesday | Scrubs | Scrubs | The Daily Show | The Colbert Report | Futurama | South Park | Stand-Up Specials | The Daily Show | The Colbert Report | |
| Wednesday | Scrubs | Scrubs | The Daily Show | The Colbert Report | Futurama | South Park | South Park | Mind of Mencia | The Daily Show | The Colbert Report |
| Thursday | Scrubs | Scrubs | The Daily Show | The Colbert Report | Futurama | South Park | The Gong Show | Reality Bites Back | The Daily Show | The Colbert Report |
| Friday | Scrubs | Scrubs | The Daily Show | The Colbert Report | Stand-Up Specials | Live at Gotham | Stand-Up Specials | |||
[edit] Current Programming
- Atom TV
- The Colbert Report
- The Daily Show
- The Gong Show with Dave Attell
- Live at Gotham
- Mind of Mencia
- Reality Bites Back
- South Park
[edit] Currently on Hiatus
- American Body Shop
- Comedy Central Presents
- Lewis Black's Root of All Evil (July 30)
- Lil' Bush
- Reno 911!
- The Sarah Silverman Program. (October 2008)
[edit] Second-Run
[edit] Upcoming New Programming
- American Lives
- David Alan Grier's Chocolate News
- Flaming Sword of Fire
- Important Things with Demetri Martin
- Krod Mandoon
[edit] Second-Run
- In Living Color (September)
