And you thought there wasn't anything to watch on television this summer. Well, I thought that anyway. But, Comedy Central kindly reminds us that it is still around and is premiering all sorts of promising (and proven) comedy this summer. Dog Bites Man premieres on June 7th and looks promising. It stars Matt Walsh, formerly a correspondent for The Daily Show, and comedian Zach Galifianakis, and parodies local news. A whole bunch of returning programs premiere on July 9th, starting with Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes, where writers from the show will introduce sketches that never aired. It's also coming to DVD on July 25. Reno 911! and Mind of Mencia premiere on July 9th. What's missing? Stella. *sigh*Comedy Central also announced the premiere date for season 10 of South Park: October 4th. The network also will launch Scrubs into syndication in September.
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5-31-2006 @ 11:54AM
dvddesign said...
Awesome. With Scrubs now and them getting Futurama in a few years Comedy Central will become slightly watchable beyond Chappelle, South Park, and Daily Show for the first time since they cancelled MST3K in 1995.
Long Live TOM SERVO!
The less times they show South Park BLU/Comedy Central Presents/MADTV, the better.
I miss their lineup from 1993-95. Craig Kilborn TDS with Liz Winstead, MST3K, AbFab, the odd Benny Hill repeat, OLD SNL from 1970's and 80's. And I never thought I'd say it, but I miss Penn Jillette as the announcer.
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5-31-2006 @ 12:30PM
jOHN said...
Does anyone else think that Dog Bites Man is what The Daily Show was when Craig Kilborn was hosting the show? Didn't the old Daily Show parody the news business and showcase news that wasn't really newsworthy? I haven't seen DBM, but that's my impression of it from the promos.
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5-31-2006 @ 2:22PM
JoshG said...
Dammit, TVSquad, get it right! October 4th is the premiere of the CONTINUATION of South Park Season 10, the first half of which ended a few weeks ago. South Park does seasons backwards; start in spring, end in fall, with a big mid-season summmer break. Always been that way. If each short run of 7 episodes was a season by itself, we'd be up to season 20-something.
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5-31-2006 @ 9:13PM
Daniel Solis said...
If CC wants more viewers they need to bring more repeat late night shows like Conan. Preferably classic Conan.
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6-07-2006 @ 11:42PM
Tanya said...
Chappelle was intriging at first. Now just a bore. Although I do hope his show does well. CC is starting to be very boring. I was a HUGE CC fan for years then the progamming began to suck starting with Reno 911. The funniest sh*t I've seen recently was emailed to me. It was a link to a site: Maciotv.com. The black comedian that was in Half Baked with Chappelle. HIS sketches are funny. It made me laugh for the first time in a LONG time. CC should do something edgy like Macio's show, then maybe people would watch their network again. Oh, yeah give Carlos Mencio the boot. How many 'beaner' jokes can a person listen to? ...CC what a JOKE- literally!
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6-20-2006 @ 11:05PM
Anne said...
Yay for Scrubs! Finally, a reason to watch CC. I haven't been able to bring myself to watch it since they stopped showing SNL and started showing that Mad TV crap!
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