John Hodgman Takes a Walk Back With Music Legend Dewey Cox in 'The Last Word: Dewey Cox' Premiering Monday, December 17 at Midnight* on COMEDY CENTRAL(R)

John Hodgman Takes a Walk Back With Music Legend Dewey Cox in 'The Last Word: Dewey Cox' Premiering Monday, December 17 at Midnight* on COMEDY CENTRAL(R)

John C. Reilly, Kristen Wiig And Jenna Fischer Star In 'Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story' Which Opens In Theaters Nationwide December 21

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- COMEDY CENTRAL is bringing history to the masses in "The Last Word: Dewey Cox." This half-hour special premieres on Monday, December 17 at midnight.

COMEDY CENTRAL's "The Last Word: Dewey Cox" is a spoof on celebrity profile programs. In this show, John Hodgman ("The Daily Show") plays a faux- journalist who specializes in interviewing famous people right before they die. In "The Last Word: Dewey Cox," Hodgman sits down with legendary musician Dewey Cox and the key people in his life, including his wives and band members, to get a portrait of the artist and his unparalleled career. They also muse about the new film version of Cox's life, "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" starring John C. Reilly. Sony's "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" opens in theaters on December 21.

Encore presentations air Tuesday, December 18 at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, December 19 at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 20 at 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. and Friday, December 21 at 4:30 p.m.

"Reel Comedy" is COMEDY CENTRAL's series of specials that provide a unique, in-depth look at the hottest new comedic films. Each half-hour special contains COMEDY CENTRAL's own original concept and story, interviews with the stars, and clips from the featured film. Past specials have included the casts of "Wedding Crashers," "Bewitched," "40 Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up."

COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 91 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of VIACOM Inc.'s (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:and)(NYSE:VIA.B) MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is www.comedycentral.com.

For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs visit Press Central, COMEDY CENTRAL's press Web site at www.comedycentral.com/press.

MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 140 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services -- MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN/THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 300 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.

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Source: COMEDY CENTRAL Corporate Communications

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