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Comedy Central says on June 10, 2013 John Oliver will take over as guest host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart so that Jon Stewart can tackle his first feature film directing gig: Rosewater. Oliver will handle the hosting job for eight weeks over the summer, with Seth Rogen, Armando Iannucci, Mavis Staples and [...]

Comedy Central wants more of The Jeselnik Offensive and Nathan for You. Both shows have been renewed for second seasons as just announced by Kent Alterman, President, Content Development and Original Programming, Comedy Central.   “Anthony and Nathan share dashing good looks and razor-sharp wit,” stated Alterman. “One of them is also a humanitarian.”   [...]

Comedy Central is moving forward on Brody Stevens: Enjoy It! from executive producers Zach Galifianakis, Mike Gibbons, and Dave Rath. The series will be the first-ever dramatic comedy show on the network, per Kent Alterman, President, Content Development and Original Programming, COMEDY CENTRAL.   Brody Stevens: Enjoy It! will involve 12 half-hour episodes and is [...]

Comedy Central is moving forward on Adam Devine’s House Party, a new stand-up series from the Workaholics star. According to the network, the new series will air eight episodes this fall.   “It’s hard to imagine what could go wrong by giving Adam so much money and turning him loose in a mansion to throw [...]

This could be a winner for Comedy Central. The network announced they’ll be debuting an eight episode first season of Drunk History this summer, based on the super popular web series. The web series found big-name actors involved in the retelling of history from an inebriated point of view.   Comedy Central’s Head of Original [...]

The Burn with Jeff Ross returns for season two, all new episodes of Workaholics will debut in mid-January, and Comedy Central will premiere the sketch comedy series Kroll Show with Nick Kroll as well as The Jeselnik Offensive starring Anthony Jeselnik early next year. All of these shows and more make up the network’s 2012-2013 [...]

Comedy Central confirmed they’ll be bringing back the popular sketch comedy series Key & Peele for season #3. The network’s given the go-ahead to a 13 episode third season which will premiere next fall.   Season two’s finale airs on Wednesday, November 28th at 10:30pm. The comedy series is currently averaging 1.5 million viewers each [...]

The animated comedy series Brickleberry will be returning for season two on Comedy Central, according to the network’s Kent Alterman, Head of Original Programming and Production. Brickleberry, executive produced by Daniel Tosh and created by Waco O’Guin and Roger Black, will have its 13 episode second season debut in the fall of 2013.   “We [...]

Comedy Central’s long-running animated series, South Park, is premiering a brand new Halloween episode on October 24th at 10pm. The special episode titled “A Nightmare on Facetime” will feature a very pissed-off Stan.   The plot: “The boys are all ready to dress up as their favorite foursome, the Avengers, for Halloween. After months of [...]

Katy Perry was joined by Jodi DiPiazza to perform “Firework” on Comedy Central’s Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs hosted by Jon Stewart. The star-studded event raises money for autism programs, and DiPiazza – who says Perry is one of her favorite singers – was diagnosed with autism at a [...]