What Do You Get When You Cram Eight of Today's Hottest Comics onto One Disc? 'The Best of Comedy Central(R) Presents: Uncensored' DVD Hits Stores on Tuesday, February 5

What Do You Get When You Cram Eight of Today's Hottest Comics onto One Disc? 'The Best of Comedy Central(R) Presents: Uncensored' DVD Hits Stores on Tuesday, February 5

Features Comedians Lewis Black, Dane Cook, Jeff Dunham, Jim Gaffigan, Mitch Hedberg, Demetri Martin, Carlos Mencia and Brian Regan

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Their comedic styles vary from in-your-face, offensive, observant, soft, to somewhat out there (puppets, anyone?). We guarantee you'll end up laughing no matter who's holding the mic. Released by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, "The Best of Comedy Central(R) Presents: Uncensored" DVD arrives in stores nationwide on Tuesday, February 5 and will also be available at http://shop.comedycentral.com/.

"The Best of Comedy Central(R) Presents: Uncensored" DVD features original stand-up specials from Lewis Black, Dane Cook, Jeff Dunham, Jim Gaffigan, Mitch Hedberg, Demetri Martin, Carlos Mencia and Brian Regan.

"COMEDY CENTRAL Presents" provides one of the few remaining showcases for top stand-up talent. It is filmed in New York City and features today's best comics performing a half-hour of stand-up with a special set design to reflect each comedian's material and personality.

Currently, the 12th season of "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents" airs every Friday night beginning on January 11 with two all-new episodes airing each week at 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. Future episodes of this season will include stand-up performances from Jo Koy, Hard N' Phirm, Eugene Mirman, Leo Allen, Lavell Crawford, Robert Kelly, Bonnie McFarlane, Rich Vos and many more. Plus, Michael Showalter hosts "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents My First Time," a special half-hour where comedians Michael Ian Black, Mike Birbiglia and Bonnie McFarlane talk about their first times performing stand-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.

Source: COMEDY CENTRAL Corporate Communications

CONTACT: Renata Luczak of COMEDY CENTRAL, +1-212-767-8661,
renata.luczak@comedycentral.com; or Brenda Ciccone of Paramount Home
Entertainment, +1-323-956-8091, brenda_ciccone@paramount.com

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http://www.comedycentral.com/
http://shop.comedycentral.com/
http://www.comedycentral.com/press

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