Memphis Native Memphis Redd to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' on August 20

Memphis Native Memphis Redd to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' on August 20

'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' Airs on Starz Every Wednesday at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilarious Memphis native Memphis Redd will perform in the Starz original stand-up comedy series "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" on Wednesday, August 20 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

Memphis Redd boasts television appearances on shows such as "Comic View," "Def Comedy" and "Bad Boys of Comedy," and starred in the film The Rev. DoWrong Ain't Right. Memphis Redd has performed at multiple comedy clubs such as The Comedy Store, Laugh Factory and The Improv. Additionally, he has been fortunate to work with other celebrated comedians such as Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer and the late Bernie Mac.

"Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" is executive produced by one of America's most popular actor/comedians, Martin Lawrence. Now in its third season, the weekly series features 35 talented, explosive, and certainly not politically correct, comedians who take the spotlight to tell it like it is in their own hard-hitting style. Filmed before a live audience in Washington, D.C. at the historic Lincoln Theatre, the show is hosted by comedian Doug Williams who adds his own style of comedy. Spinning the music is celebrated entertainer and DJ Biz Markie. Featured comedians are Rickey Smiley ("Comic View"), Angelo Lozada ("Showtime at the Apollo"), Steve Brown ("Def Comedy Jam") and others.

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 17 million and 31.3 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Encore HD, Starz On Demand, Encore On Demand, MoviePlex On Demand, Starz HD On Demand, Encore HD On Demand, MoviePlex HD On Demand, and Starz Play. Starz Entertainment (http://www.starz.com/) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and is attributed to Liberty Entertainment Group, a tracking stock group of Liberty Media Corporation.

Contact(s):
Rhiannon Hendrickson Chelsye J. Burrows
Starz Entertainment Starz Entertainment
720.852.5802 720.852.5838
rhiannon.hendrickson@starz.comchelsye.burrows@starz.com

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Source: Starz Entertainment, LLC

CONTACT: Rhiannon Hendrickson, +1-720-852-5802,
rhiannon.hendrickson@starz.com, or Chelsye J. Burrows, +1-720-852-5838,
chelsye.burrows@starz.com, both of Starz Entertainment, LLC

Web site: http://www.starz.com/

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