All Comedy Central articles – Page 5
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Comedy Central strikes US deals
Comedy Central has acquired NBC slacker comedy Undateable and animated series Bob’s Burgers.
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Friends to remain on Comedy Central
Friends is to remain on Comedy Central for the next four years after the broadcaster renewed its agreement with Warner Bros International Television Distribution.
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Comedy Central boss Offman to oversee MTV UK
Comedy Central UK boss Jill Offman is to take control of Viacom sister channel MTV UK.
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In brief: Comedy Central appointment; C4 commissions Arrow Media; AJE gets new boss
Comedy Central looks to ramp up online plans, Channel 4 maintains its interest in cars, and Al Jazeera English gets a new boss.
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C5 in Comedy Central link-up
Channel 5 and Comedy Central have outlined plans to co-commission comedy content, laying out a two-year strategy that includes prank shows, sketch shows and other scripted series.
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Comedy Central confirms Impractical Jokers pilot
Comedy Central has confirmed that it is piloting a remake of Impractical Jokers, the prank show cancelled by BBC3 last year.
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Drunk History, Comedy Central
Plying comic actors with booze? What can possibly go wrong, wonders Robin Parker
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Comedy Central appoints head of development
Comedy Central UK has named Joe McVey as its new head of development.
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Comedy Central orders Drunk History series
Comedy Central UK has green-lit a full series of Drunk History after commissioning a pilot from Tiger Aspect.
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Comedy Central hands Roughcut model sitcom
Comedy Central is to move in with a group of models for an eight-part sitcom for Roughcut TV.
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Comedy Central poaches Turner programming boss
Comedy Central has poached Turner exec Jemma Yates to expand its international programming output.
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Comedy Central courts ‘tribes’
Comedy Central is preparing an online video gaming and endurance series featuring YouTube star KSI and is hunting more ideas that will appeal to digital “tribes”.
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Comedy Central takes Big Talk pilot to series
Comedy Central has taken Big Talk comedy Mummy’s Boys to series after producing a non-TX pilot last year.
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Comedy Central to remake Drunk History
Comedy Central UK is to pilot a British version of historical comedy format Drunk History – the first time the channel has reversioned a show which airs on its US sister network.
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Comedy Central hunts Geordie Shore-style shows
Comedy Central is searching for its own Geordie Shore-style unscripted comedy to sit alongside its forthcoming batch of original scripted comedies.
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Comedy Central debuts Sky Living show
Sky Living sitcom Give Out Girls is to debut on Comedy Central after the broadcasters reached an agreement over the Big Talk Productions show.
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Comedy Central bags Russell Howard
Comedy Central is taking its UK origination strategy to the next level after striking a deal with stand-up comedian Russell Howard for more than 20 hours of new content.
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Comedy Central hires digital chief
Comedy Central has appointed former Heat editor Sam Delaney as editor in chief of digital.
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Comedy Central buys Friends with Better Lives
Comedy Central has acquired US comedy Friends with Better Lives starring Dawson’s Creek’s James Van Der Beek.
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Comedy Central hires ITV brand exec
Comedy Central has hired Rafaela Perera, one of the chief architects of ITV’s rebrand, as creative director.