The Comedy Channel
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This article is about the Australian television channel. For other uses, see The Comedy Channel (disambiguation).
| The Comedy Channel | |
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| Launched | 1995 |
| Owned by | Foxtel |
| Audience share | 0.9% (0.6% for timeshift) (Jan '07, [1]) |
| Website | www.thecomedychannel.com.au |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Foxtel | Channel 25 |
| Austar | Channel 25 |
| Optus | Channel 15 |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel Digital | Channel 113 |
| Foxtel Digital timeshift | Channel 153 |
| Austar Digital | Channel 113 |
| Optus Digital | Channel 113 |
The Comedy Channel (promoted on air as comedy) is an Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television. Entirely owned by Foxtel and based in Melbourne (previously in Sydney), The Comedy Channel is the only channel in Australia specifically dedicated to comedy 24/7; primarily featuring stand-up, sitcoms, animated comedy, sketch comedy and talk shows.
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[edit] Programming
The majority of The Comedy Channel programming is made internationally particularly from America's Comedy Central Channel, although some Australian product is produced.
[edit] Originally produced currently airing Programs
[edit] Other currently airing programs
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- Arrested Development
- Balls of Steel
- Bro'Town
- Chappelle's Show
- Comedy Inc.
- Comics Unleashed
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Da Ali G Show
- Dave Gorman's Important Astrology Experiment
- Drawn Together
- Ed vs. Spencer
- Family Guy (Seasons 1-4)
- Full Frontal
- Kenny vs. Spenny
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- MADtv
- Premium Blend
- Reno 911!
- Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"
- Saturday Night Live
- Scrubs
- skitHOUSE
- South Park
- The Adventures of Lano and Woodley
- The Boondocks
- The Colbert Report
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- The League of Gentlemen
- The Man Show
- The Sketch Show (UK version)
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- The Wonderful World of Sex
- The World Stands Up
- Trailer Park Boys
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (US version)
[edit] Originally produced previously aired Programs
- Chop-Socky's : The Prison of Art
- Dilemma
- Eck's Rated Shorts
- Hit and Run
- Home & Hosed
- Introducing Gary Petty
- Small Tales & True
[edit] Previously aired Programs
Some of the following programs may return at a later date, however at present they are not screening.
- Big Bite
- Crank Yankers
- Dilbert
- Funky Cops
- God, the Devil and Bob
- I Am Not An Animal
- Ink
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
- Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show
- Late Show with David Letterman (moved to W.)
- Eurotrash
- Last Comic Standing
- Life Support
- Mission Hill
- Mother and Son (moved to FOX Classics)
- Naked News
- Popetown
- Stripperella
- Stressed Eric
- Strangers With Candy
- The Adventures of Lano and Woodley
- The Boondocks
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK version)
[edit] Logos
 Former Logo (2004 - 2007) |
 Current Logo (2007 -) |
[edit] External link
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