Washington D.C. Native Teddy Carpenter to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' on Aug. 20

Washington D.C. Native Teddy Carpenter to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' on Aug. 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 Washington D.C. native, Teddy Carpenter, will perform in the Starz original stand-up comedy series "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" on Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

Carpenter's television credits include "Showtime at the Apollo" and "Def Comedy Jam." Throughout his 18 year comedic career, Carpenter has been the winner of the Arsenio Hall comedy competition and the Local Funniest Man in D.C. competition. In addition, he has toured and performed with world renowned comedians including the late Bernie Mac, D.L. Hughley, Steve Harvey, Cheryl Underwood and more.

"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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