Comedy Central has ordered new stand up series from the best stand-up show in Los Angeles made by Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjani. “The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail” is produced nay Nanjiany, Ben Stiller, Toni Magon and others.
Comedy Central announced a free summer outdoor event “Stars Under the Stars” in New York City.
After being a TV comedy leader, Comedy Central wants to do the same with mobile application. The network released a new app for iOS “CC:Stand-Up” featuring more than 6000 clips of comedy routines. The feature is optimized for iPhone and iPad and they are planning an Android and Xbox later this month. Hundreds of comedians, from Louis C.K to Bill Cosby have short clips of 1 to 15 minutes of their performances.
Amy Schumer is one of the many comedians who use Twitter to amuse or to announce. This time, the comedienne posted some great news for us. Her show “Inside Amy Schumer” has been renewed with a second season by Comedy Central. The sketch comedy became a Comedy Central favorite since the first episode. After not even a month since the launching (April 30), the show gets another season.
Inside Amy opened to 1.6 million total viewers, rising to 3 million across three plays. From comedian Schumer, the series combines standup with sketch comedy. It outranks the recently renewed "Nathan for You", "The Jeselnik Offensive" and "Kroll Show" among total viewers and the targeted demos as the best launch of 2013.
Guests slated to appear during the freshman run include Jon Glaser, Michael Showalter, Amber Tamblyn, Michael Ian Black, Rob Schneider, Abby Elliott, Tig Notaro, Tom Papa, Lisa Lampanelli, Dave Attell, Will Janowitz, Nikki Glaser, Sara Schaefer and Missi Pyle.
Comedy Central Presents Kagiso Lediga on 29 May, live at Parker’s. The South–African comedian hosted some of the biggest comedy events such as Laugh Out Loud, Comedy Blackout and Blacks Only, made some satirical news shows, and produced movies. He was recently selected as an international judge for the Emmy Awards which proves his growing stature as an internationally recognized producer.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has banned the transmission of Comedy Cental channel channel for 10 days.
The issue was based on a performance in which a man showed suggestive gestures that “offends good taste or decency”, was “obscene and denigrates women”.
After signing with Hannibal Buress earlier this week, Comedy Central takes another comedian to“The Half-Hour” show. Local stand-up performer Milton Howery known as Lil’ Rel is set to perform on June 7 as part of the showcase.
Since the 2012 rebranding of “The Half Hour” show we get to see the best comics ever. Splisider talked with 16 Half Hour comedians about their specials, careers, comedy world and stage life.
Joe DeRosa is presented on comedy Central for the second time having recorded a Comedy Central Presents in 2009. Joe is a regular on the “Opie and Anthony” show. He also have several appearances on comedy series “Louie” and “Bored to Death”. He is known for handling hecklers at his show and, by now, no one manage to stand up to him.
"Inside Amy Schumer" becomes Comedy Central's Best Series Premiere of 2013 with 3 million views. Inside Amy Schumer" full episode premiere has nearly 250,000 streams.
The premiere grossed 1.6 million total viewers and 1.2 million Adult 18-49 viewers In its time slot, the premiere was the #1 entertainment series in all of television.
The Fluffy comes with two-part special of his “Stand Up Revolution” tour. The Californian comedian pulls off a Hawaiian show to entertain us again with his high-octane sound effects and incredibly hilarious laugh.
Comedy Central brings “Seann Walsh World” to the small screen. The 13-part comedy series premiers this June and stars (of course) the award-winning stand-up comedian and actor, Sean Walsh. He is a young joker who uses sketched and viral hits to illustrate his world in front of a live-studio audience. The show will feature original sketches and stand-up routine premiers of Seann.
New York will rend the air with thousands of laughter this summer. Comedy Central Live comes back for the first time since 2007 with free comedy events to mark its seventh consecutive year with City Parks Foundation.The network brings together all stand-up comedy lovers under the same sky this time.