COMEDY CENTRAL's(R) Got a Brand New Bag! Back With a New Look and Today's Brightest Talent in Stand-Up, the 14th Season of 'COME
January 27 2010 - 11:26AM
PR Newswire (US)
Tony Rock And Doug Williams Star In Back-To-Back Premiere Episodes
New All-Star Line-Up Includes Jon Lajoie, Rob Riggle, Matt
Braunger, Pete Holmes, Amy Schumer, Donald Glover, Shane Mauss And
The Sklar Brothers NEW YORK, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Get ready for
some spanking new funny! Unveiling a fresh, new look and showcasing
its best-ever, all-star line-up of today's finest comedians,
"COMEDY CENTRAL Presents" premieres Friday, February 19. The season
kicks off with "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents Tony Rock" at 11:00 p.m.,
followed by "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents Doug Williams" at 11:30 p.m.
on COMEDY CENTRAL. In anticipation of the funniest season yet,
COMEDY CENTRAL is whetting viewers' appetites with a special
half-hour sneak peek, "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents Best of 2010,"
featuring selected highlights from the upcoming season on Friday,
February 12 at midnight. "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents" is the premiere
showcase for top stand-up talent. Filmed at New York City's Gerald
W. Lynch Theater in front of a live audience, the 14th season of
"COMEDY CENTRAL Presents" will air every Friday night beginning
February 19 with two all-new episodes each week at 11:00 p.m. and
11:30 p.m. Hot, new episodes of this season will include stand-up
performances from Jon Lajoie, Rob Riggle, Matt Braunger, Pete
Holmes, Amy Schumer, Andy Kindler, Iliza Shlesinger, Owen Benjamin,
Rory Albanese, Jon Dore, Shane Mauss, Donald Glover and The Sklar
Brothers. Leading up to each on-air premiere and throughout the new
season, Jokes.com will feature preview clips and never-before-aired
footage from each episode of "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents," as well as
viral videos from comedians. In addition to this exclusive content,
Jokes.com will feature the latest tweets and chatter from the
comedians themselves. Each episode of "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents"
will be made available in HD for download-to-own the day after the
episode premieres on iTunes, Xbox and Zune Marketplace. Episodes in
SD will be available on Amazon Video on Demand and Sony Playstation
Network. A sneak peek of the season is also available now for free
download on iTunes. "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents" is produced by
RickMill Productions. Paul Miller and Kimber Rickabaugh from
RickMill Productions served as executive producers of this season's
episodes of "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents." Ryan Polito and Paul Miller
served as directors. JoAnn Grigioni and Christina Youry are the
executives in charge of production for COMEDY CENTRAL. COMEDY
CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more
than 95 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and
is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned
division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE:VIANYSE:andNYSE:VIA.B) MTV
Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is
http://www.comedycentral.com/. For up-to-the-minute and archival
press information and photographs visit Press Central, COMEDY
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