Nominees Announced for First Annual Comedy Awards

Comedy Central just announced the nominations for their upcoming Comedy Awards. 30 Rock, South Park, Ricky Gervais, Will Ferrell and Louis CK are among those honored.

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http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2011/02/15/first-annual-comedy-awards-nominations-announced/

Louis CK: We’re Feeding Our Kids Insanity and Wondering Why They’re Insane (video)

‘Louis C.K.: Hilarious’Comedy Central finally brought ‘Louis C.K.: Hilarious’ to basic cable.

Released last year, it became the first stand-up comedy film to be accepted as a part of the Sundance Film Festival.

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http://www.tvsquad.com/2011/01/10/louis-c-k-says-were-feeding-our-kids-insanity-and-then-wonderi/

Stewart and Colbert Reflect on Rally to Restore Sanity: We Did It! Now What?

“Our currency is not this town’s currency,” said Stewart. “We’re not running for anything.

We don’t have a constituency. We do television shows for people who like them. And we just hope that people continue to like them so that Comedy Central can continue to sell beer to young people”

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http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/10/31/jon-stewart-and-stephen-colbert-reflect-on-rally-to-restore-sani/

Comedy Central Cancels ‘The Sarah Silverman Program’

It’s the end of the road for Comedy Central’s ‘The Sarah Silverman Program’, which has been canceled after three seasons despite a Twitter campaign to save it.

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http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/comedy-central-cancels-the-sarah-silverman-program/

Comedy Central developing Jesus Christ cartoon

Comedy Central might censor every image of the Prophet Muhammed on “South Park”; yet the network is developing a whole animated series around Jesus Christ.

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http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/05/comedy-central-developing-jesus-christ-cartoon-series.html

A Statement from Matt and Trey on last nights South Park

In the 14 years we’ve been doing South Park we have never done a show that we couldn’t stand behind. We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central and they made a determination to alter the episode. It wasn’t some meta-joke on our part. Comedy Central added the bleeps.

In fact, Kyle’s customary final speech was about

Source:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/news/3878

Trey and Matt’s statement about censored South Park episode

“In the 14 years we’ve been doing South Park we have never done a show that we couldn’t stand behind.

We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central and they made a determination to alter the episode. It wasn’t some meta-joke on our part. Comedy Central added the bleeps.”

Source:
http://www.deadline.com/2010/04/south-park-defies-muslim-extremists-but-prophet-muhammad-gets-censored/