Comedy Central

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Comedy Central

Founded	April 1, 1991
President	Philippe Dauman
Company	MTV Networks (Viacom)
Current Popular Series	South Park The Daily Show The Colbert Report Reno 911!

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.

1 In-Depth
2 Current Primetime Schedule
3 Current Programming
4 External Links

[edit] In-Depth

Program Listing: A complete listing of shows that aired new episodes 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

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Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	11:00	11:30
Monday	The Jeff Dunham Show	Tosh.0	Movie				Various	Various	The Daily Show	The Colbert Report
Tuesday	The Daily Show	The Colbert Report	Scrubs	Scrubs	South Park	South Park	South Park	South Park	The Daily Show	The Colbert Report
Wednesday	The Daily Show	The Colbert Report	Scrubs	The Jeff Dunham Show	South Park	Michael & Michael Have Issues	South Park	Secret Girlfriend	The Daily Show	The Colbert Report
Thursday	The Daily Show	The Colbert Report	Scrubs	Scrubs	The Jeff Dunham Show	South Park	Tosh.0	The Jeff Dunham Show	The Daily Show	The Colbert Report
Friday	The Daily Show	The Colbert Report	Scrubs	Scrubs	Stand-Up Specials		Stand-Up Specials		Live at Gotham

[edit] Current Programming

[edit] Upcoming New Programming

Ugly Americans (Early 2010)
Untitled Gary Sanchez Productions Series (2010)

[edit] Currently on Hiatus

The following shows are currently not airing new episodes. If a show below does not have a return date next to it, it is not yet confirmed that new episodes will return.