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Comedy Central Orders Weekly Variety Show Pilot Hosted by Justin Willman, Produced by Chris Hardwick

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Comedy Central is going further into the Nerdist/Chris Hardwick business after the sucess of “@midnight” by ordering a pilot produced by Hardwick for a variety show intended to be weekly.

Justin Willman who you might know as a charming magician or the host of Cupcake Wars would be set to host what would be a mix of sketch, stand-up, “social experiments”, and more.

This might prove to be another nice way to expand Comedy Central’s branding as a variety show doesn’t currently exist on Comedy Central.

Comedy Central Lines Up Its Fall Line-up

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Summer is almost over and with it is coming the next row of returning series at Comedy Central that continues to be on a roll with its programming schedule. South Park, Key & Peele, Tosh.0, Adam Devine’s House Party, and Brickleberry are all set to come back through the end of August to the end of September.

You should all be paying attention to Comedy Central’s batting average when it comes to returning shows because it seems pretty great. Also, this should all keep us well entertained while we wait for the premiere of Moonbeam City.

Drunk History Tries to Get Through the Story of Judge Waties Waring and Citizen Kane

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Drunk History enlisted the drunk storytelling skills of Dave Ross and Steve Berg to tell the amazing stories of the anti-segregation Judge Waties Waring and how Citizen Kane was made, respectively.

The reenactments bleeding into the drunkenness of the storyteller along with Rich Fulcher as Waring and Jack Black as Orson Welles are priceless in these clips.

And Here’s Nathan For You’s Saga of Dumb Starbucks

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Nathan For You made waves all over the world when he founded Dumb Starbucks. After months after the first Dumb Starbucks, we all get the whole story including getting legal advice, becoming a parody artist, hiring the staff, and then actually opening up, all leading up to getting shut down for health code violations.

It’s as amazing as you would think it is. Hopefully, we’ll see the return of Dumb Starbucks soon.

Key & Peele Returns for Season 4 on Sept. 24th

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It’s time to get the pussy back on the chain wax (i.e. stop feeling down that there has been a void of Key & Peele in your life). Season 4 is just under two months away from premiering on Comedy Central, specifically Sept. 24th.

With that, we’ll all get to see Hillary Clinton’s Anger Translator too.

Jim Gaffigan’s The Gaffigan Show Gets Series Order at TV Land

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Jim Gaffigan’s pilot that was in contention for awhile at CBS has now officially moved to a ten episode order at TV Land for next year and gotten a title, The Gaffigan Show. The show, much like his stand-up, will draw from his experiences of being a husband and father of five.

Reruns of The Gaffigan Show will air on Comedy Central a week after their air on TV Land. This has us curious if CBS and NBC will end up regretting letting go of The Gaffigan Show and Mulaney respectively.

Possibly Suggest What Comedy Central’s #CCSocialScene Will Do For Sketches

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Paul Scheer along with Lilan Bowden, Jeff Sloniker, Barak Hardley, Lee Newton, Jacob Womack, and H. Michael Croner make up Comedy Central’s CC: Social Scene that will be making sketches based off of theme based user suggestions from Twitter.

For proof, here’s the whole CC: Social Scene team together explaining what’s happening. So far, there will only be six episodes, so don’t sit too long on thinking of what to suggest if you indeed want to hopefully influence a sketch at the Twitter #CCSocialScene.

Comedy Central’s “Moonbeam City” Goes 80’s To The Max

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Yet another promising animated series trailer lands today. After the trailer for Adult Swim’s Mike Tyson Mysteries found its way from Comic Con to the Internet, Comedy Central just posted a trailer for their latest animated series, Moonbeam City.

Between the voices of Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Banks, Kate Mara, and Will Forte, and the spectacular neon color palate, over sized clothes, etc. Moonbeam City looks like everything you’d want an 80s animated procedural comedy to be.

Watch the trailer here.

Comedy Central Renews Drunk History and Nathan For You

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Both Drunk History and Nathan For You just got picked up for their third seasons at Comedy Central only after a few weeks into their second seasons.

On their night, we’ll still maintain that Drunk History, Nathan For You combined with The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and “@midnight” is one of the most solid blocks of comedy on TV right now and will thankfully be that way in the future.

Kurt Braunohler & Joe Zimmerman’s Half Hour Specials Premiere Tonight on Comedy Central

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Tonight, Comedy Central’s The Half Hour continues with specials from Kurt Braunohler and Joe ZImmerman. We hope that you would know Kurt from his most recent jet ski trek down the Mississippi River from Chicago to New Orleans and Joe from his fantastic Andrew Jackson joke, which we’re pretty sure you’ll probably get to hear tonight when you, of course, tune in.

Kurt’s special is up first at 12AM followed by Joe’s at 12:30AM on Comedy Central.

Nathan Fielder Tries to Help Out Liquor Store with “Reserved” Alcohol

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A liquor store is Nathan Fielder’s latest goal in helping small, local business out on Nathan For You. His plan is to have teenagers buy alcohol that they will then have a claim to when they turn 21 and be able to legally drink it.

Before you imagine all the possibilities of how right this idea can go, watch it unfold here.

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail Premieres Tonight on Comedy Central

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After years of amazing shows in the actual back room of a comic book store, Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail will be premiering as a TV series on Comedy Central tonight.

Clear out whatever you’re doing at 12:30AM to Comedy Central and make sure you’re watching what’s been one of the best comedy shows in LA ever since it started.

As with the regular live show, artist Dave Kloc made an amazing poster for the premiere episode.

Watch What Will Happen If You Give Kurt Metzger a Jay Walking Ticket

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The city of San Diego thought it prudent to give one Kurt Metzger a jaywalking ticket while he was walking back from a bar rather than driving.

Little did they know that this great bit on Kurt’s Comedy Central hour long stand-up special White Precious would be the result (spoiler alert: they do not come off as the good guys).

By the way, you should buy White Precious off CC:Stand-Up Direct for $5. It’s pretty damn great.

Take a Look Behind The Half Hour with Mark Normand and Joe Wengert Before The Premiere of Their Actual Half Hour Specials

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Tonight, Mark Normand and Joe Wengert will have their first stand-up specials premiere in the latest episodes of Comedy Central’s The Half Hour starting at 12AM on Comedy Central.

Before that, you can get a look behind the scenes with the two in case, for whatever reason, you’re not familiar with how funny both are.

With Marvel’s Announcement of a New Captain America, Stephen Colbert Wants In on Franchise Makeover

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On last night’s Colbert Report, Marvel’s Joe Quesada made the announcement that there will be a new Captain America and he will be Sam Wilson otherwise known as The Falcon.

Of course, this “promotion” leaves an open slot, which one American patriot, Stephen Colbert, wouldn’t mind going for.

Former Daily Show EP Rory Albanese Joins The Minority Report with Larry Wilmore as EP

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Last year, Rory Albanese left his long tenure at The Daily Show as a writer/executive producer to pursue other projects, do a bit of stand-up, etc. In fact, he signed a development deal with Warner Bros. and subsequently sold a project.

Now, Albanese is returning to his EP role on a Comedy Central series, except it will be on the brand new show with another Daily Show alum, Larry Wilmore and his upcoming show,The Minority Report with Larry Wilmore set to replace The Colbert Report.

Though this doesn’t give us much more details on The Minority Report, it should instill a more confidence in whatever they’re up to in developing it right now.

Nathan Fielder Hires Focus Group To Give Him a Whole New Image on Nathan For You

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If there’s one a recurring issue that Nathan Fielder seems to have throughout hosting his show Nathan For You, it seems to be that many folks don’t like his persona very much. With this in mind, he hired an expressly diverse focus group to give him pointers on camera and make over his entire image in the hope that people will like him more.

Of course, this experiment doesn’t happen without a few Nathan’s own “obstacles”. Watch parts one and two here.

Mark Normand’s First Album “Still Got It” Out Today

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This week is really Mark Normand themed as he’s got an album, a Conan appearance, and a half hour special on Comedy Central all coming out in the span of four days.

First off, today, he’s got his debut comedy album Still Got It out today from Comedy Central Records. Pick it up to kick off this Mark Normand week properly.

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail: The Origin Story

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Now that The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail is a TV series having its series premiere on Comedy Central Jul. 23rd 12:30AM, you’re probably wondering how it, a great comedy show in the back of a comic book store, all got started.

Well, while it’s always been in the back of Meltdown Comics, it hasn’t always been hosted by Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani. In fact, the show had been going for awhile, but only went to the weekly phenomenon that we all know now with the forces of Jonah, Kumail, and producer/booker Emily Gordon coming together a few years ago.

Watch and hear the full origin story here.

All of South Park to Stream on Hulu

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All of South Park to Stream on Hulu

Coming up to its 18th season, South Park is getting the online version of syndication by having its entire 17 seasons go to Hulu. In fact, you’ll be able to watch all 17 seasons for free on Hulu up until the season 18 premiere in September.

After that, you’ll have to have a Hulu Plus account to watch South Park on Hulu, but new episodes will be available the very next day after they air. South Park’s website, where you can also currently watch every episode of South Park will continue to do so until the new season premiere, after which, they’ll have a rotation of episodes available for streaming.

So, get your South Park binge in for free while you can.

Get a Preview of Kurt Braunohler’s Roustabout and Still Help Him Send Goats to Africa

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Kurt Braunohler did indeed ski down the Mississippi River for his upcoming CC:Studios web series Roustabout, which, as you can clearly from this preview featuring such guests as Kristen Schaal, Jon Daly, Wyatt Cenac, and Kyle Kinane, will be amazing.

Kurt is also still raising money to send goats to Africa for families in need as he has yet to meet his Indiegogo goal. Do help him out so Kurt can say that he jet skied to send goats all the way to Africa.

Nathan Fielder Helps a Souvenir Shop and Almost Puts Himself at Risk

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On the latest episode of Nathan For You, Nathan Fielder helps out a souvenir shop on Hollywood Blvd. boost its sales by making people think that a movie is being shot there and convincing them to actually buy gifts from that souvenir shop.

Turns out that staging a movie in order for people to buy stuff wasn’t exactly legal and Fielder had to deal with that.

Mark Normand’s Debut Comedy Album ‘Still Got It’ Now on Pre-Order

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Mark Normand’s Debut Comedy Album ‘Still Got It’ Now on Pre-Order

We’ve been waiting awhile for some sort of album or special from the hysterical Mark Normand and finally, “Still Got It”, his very first comedy album, is coming out July 15th from Comedy Central Records.

It’s available on pre-order and we highly suggest you take advantage of that.

Watch An Episode of The Meltdown with Kumail and Jonah Now

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Watch An Episode of The Meltdown with Kumail and Jonah Now

Before the premiere on Wed. Jul. 23rd on Comedy Central, you can now preview an episode of The Meltdown with Kumail and Jonah on Amazon Instant for free featuring Steve Agee, David Koechner, Neal Brennan, and Moshe Kasher.

We highly recommend that you do that at some point today or as soon as you can.

Drunk History Tells Stories of Rosa Parks and Joe Louis

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Comedy Central’s Drunk History finally returned this past Tues. filling the inebriated history lesson that we’ve been desperately missing for months.

Two of their stories featured an inspiration for Rosa Parks and Joe Louis going against Max Schmeling of course told respectively by someone who doesn’t know how drunk they’re being on camera and someone else who wants to bring their dog into the story.