COMEDY CENTRAL continues to blaze trails in the digital content arena with the launch of “Web Shows,” a new on-air half-hour late-night series featuring all original broadband programming from comedycentral.com and AtomFilms. “Web Shows” will premiere the first of six episodes on COMEDY CENTRAL on Monday night, March 5 at 2:00 a.m. ET/PT. This is COMEDY CENTRAL’s first on-air collaboration with AtomFilms — both are divisions of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom.
The comedycentral.com web originals shows featured in Web Shows include:
I Love The 30’s: The TELLY-Award winning parody of the ubiquitous clips franchise on COMEDY CENTRAL’S sister network, VH1, features minor celebrities in the late 40’s, as they look back nostalgically at the 1930’s and discuss hilarious fads and trends such as The Great Depression and The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping. Created by and starring NYC-based comedy troupe Littleman (Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Conrad Mulcahy and Brian Donovan). The show is produced by Disposable Television (Brendan Colthurst).
Meet the Creeps: An extreme hidden camera show from the minds of writers/performers Jim Florentine (the voice of Special Ed and other characters on COMEDY CENTRAL’S “Crank Yankers”) and Don Jamieson. There is no limit to how low these two will sink in order to both shock you and crack you up. You will laugh, feel guilty for laughing, and then laugh at how guilty you feel.
Mike Birbiglia’s Secret Public Journal: From stand-up and COMEDY CENTRAL favorite Mike Birbiglia comes this hilarious video blog about life on tour as a comic. Written and shot during Birbiglia’s “COMEDY CENTRAL Live: Medium Man On Campus” tour.
The Watch List: This series features stand-up comedy and sketches based on the acts of some of the funniest Muslim-American comedians. Created and produced by Dean Obeidallah and Max Brooks (Emmy-winning writer for “Saturday Night Live”), this is the first show by a major media company to feature an exclusive Middle-Eastern line-up. Web Shows premieres on Monday night, March 5 at 2:00 a.m. Encores will air on Thursday nights at 2:00 a.m.
