Comedy Central

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 6:34pm on Monday, February 1st, 2010

Comedy Central Records Wins Grammy Award For 'A Colbert Christmas'

New York (February 1, 2010) -- Comedy Central Records' release of Stephen Colbert's "A Colbert Christmas - The Greatest Gift of All!" was honored with the Grammy Award last night as Comedy Album of the Year. The awards are given by The Recording Academy, established in 1957 to honor excellence in music and recordings.

Comedy Central Records released songs from "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!", Stephen Colbert's one-hour original musical holiday special, as a digital album exclusively on iTunes. A portion of the proceeds from all sales goes to benefit the charity Feeding America. The album features guest artists Elvis Costello, Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend, Willie Nelson and Jon Stewart.

The label has previously won the Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 2007 with "Lewis Black's The Carnegie Hall Performance." Prior Grammy nominations for Comedy Central Records include Steven Wright's "I Still Have a Pony," George Lopez's "America's Mexican" and "Tall, Dark & Chicano" and Lewis Black's "Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues."

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 12:45pm on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

'The Sarah Silverman Program' Season 3 will begin February 4, 2010 on Comedy Central

NEW YORK, January 12, 2010 -- Welcome back to the wacky world of Sarah Silverman. Follow Sarah and the rest of the gang as she takes on pedophile vans, and rigs a mayoral election, among other adventures in this irreverent new season.

"The Sarah Silverman Program" returns for a third season with 10 all-new episodes beginning on Thursday, February 4 at 10:30 p.m.

In each episode, Sarah falls into unique, unsettling and often hilarious predicaments, with her sister (played by real-life sister Laura Silverman), her nerdy gay neighbors, Brian and Steve (Brian Posehn and Steve Agee) and dim-witted Officer Jay (Jay Johnston) never far from her side.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 10:45am on Friday, January 15th, 2010

COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Hires Kent Alterman as Head of Original Programming and Production

"NEW YORK, January 14, 2010 -- COMEDY CENTRAL has named Kent Alterman head of original programming and production, it was announced by Doug Herzog, president MTV Networks' Entertainment Group and Michele Ganeless, president, COMEDY CENTRAL. Alterman will report to Ganeless and will be based in the network's Los Angeles office.

Alterman will be responsible for the development and day-to-day operations of all original programming on COMEDY CENTRAL. In this position, he will oversee the development teams in both Los Angeles and New York.

In addition, Alterman will manage the COMEDY CENTRAL talent and events staff, who identify and develop the next generation of comedy stars and produce the channel's special event programs.

"I've known and worked with Kent for many years and we are excited to have him rejoin the comedy family," said Herzog. "Kent is one of the preeminent creative executives working today. His finely tuned comedic instincts are sure to bring great new programming to the channel."

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 8:47am on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Sit Down for an Epic Day of Stand-Up with COMEDY CENTRAL's(R) 'Stand-Up Showdown' Finals

"NEW YORK, January 11, 2010 -- COMEDY CENTRAL is ending "Stand-Up Month" with a "Showdown" battle of epic proportions! COMEDY CENTRAL proves yet again it's the only place to find the best stand-up comedy with this day devoted entirely to stand-up. Prepare to find out who will be crowned victorious in the 2010 "Stand-Up Showdown."

It's not much of an election year, but that doesn't mean viewers can't vote...for stand-up! All January long, viewers can vote for their favorite comics online and by mobile phone to decide the 2010 "Stand-Up Showdown" champion! Viewers can also watch stand-up video from the competing comics by going to www.standupshowdown.com on their mobile device. The winning comedian will be crowned at the end of the night."