All Comedy Central articles – Page 5
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NewsIn 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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NewsC5 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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NewsComedy 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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Behind The ScenesDrunk History, Comedy Central
Plying comic actors with booze? What can possibly go wrong, wonders Robin Parker
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NewsComedy Central appoints head of development
Comedy Central UK has named Joe McVey as its new head of development.
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NewsComedy 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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NewsComedy 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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NewsComedy Central poaches Turner programming boss
Comedy Central has poached Turner exec Jemma Yates to expand its international programming output.
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NewsComedy 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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NewsComedy 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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NewsComedy 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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NewsComedy 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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NewsComedy 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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NewsComedy 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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NewsComedy Central hires digital chief
Comedy Central has appointed former Heat editor Sam Delaney as editor in chief of digital.
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NewsComedy 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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NewsComedy Central hires ITV brand exec
Comedy Central has hired Rafaela Perera, one of the chief architects of ITV’s rebrand, as creative director.
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NewsMia Lane joins Comedy Central as UK indie link
Comedy Central has hired Wall to Wall executive Mia Lane as its head of development to help link the pay-TV broadcaster to the UK indie community.
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NewsComedy Central promotes Offman
Comedy Central UK boss Jill Offman is to take charge of all of the Comedy Central channels outside of the US after being promoted by Viacom International Media Networks.
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NewsComedy Central poaches BBC exec
Comedy Central has poached BBC executive Louise Holmes to become its vice president of programming.