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The Comedy Network Goes Nutcrackers with an Entire Month of Holiday Hilarity, Beginning Dec. 5 – The Comedy Network presents A RUSSELL PETERS CHRISTMAS, Dec. 10 – – Programs available on demand at THECOMEDYNETWORK.ca – To tweet this release: http://bit.ly/ucPgrz Toronto, ON (November 14, 2011) — This December, The Comedy Network kicks Kris Kringle in the kisser with a merry mix of naughty and nice holiday programming. In keeping with the network’s fine tradition of festive fair, Springfield and South Park freeze over, viewer favourite THE BIG BANG THEORY has a big-ass blowout, and it’s all served with a side of leftover Celebrity Roasts. Adding some new sparkle to Comedy’s holiday lineup is the allnew, one-hour special, A RUSSELL PETERS CHRISTMAS, on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Comedy kindly gifts viewers a plethora of hilarious programs this season, including THE GRINCH WHO STOLE SPRINGFIELD, a three-week-long marathon of THE SIMSPONS episodes featuring the town’s own Scrooge, Mr. Burns; Comet and Cupid crapping all over South Park with the CHRISTMAS IN SOUTH PARK marathon; the aptly named IT’S A WONDERFUL RED GREEN CHRISTMAS; JEFF DUNHAM’S VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, THE COMPLETE CORNER GAS-A-THON; plus so much more! **Media Note** Photography is available online at www.bellmediapr.ca/comedy. Screeners available upon request.
Complete chronological holiday programming is as follows:
Monday, Dec. 5 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon Starting on Dec. 5, Mr. Burns-centric episodes of THE SIMPSONS all month long! Get ready to yell “Boo-urns!” 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Two Cars in Every Garage” Tuesday, Dec. 6 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Blood Feud” Wednesday, Dec. 7 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Burns Verklaufen der Kraftwerk” Thursday, Dec. 8 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Rosebud” Friday, Dec. 9 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Burns’ Heir” Saturday, Dec. 10 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part 1)” 8:30 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part 2)” 10 p.m. ET/PT – A RUSSELL PETERS CHRISTMAS *The Comedy Network Premiere* Monday, Dec. 12 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “2 Dozen and 1 Greyhounds” Tuesday, Dec. 13 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Homer the Smithers” Wednesday, Dec. 14 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Burns Baby Burns” Thursday, Dec. 15 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Mountain of Madness” Friday, Dec. 16 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “The Old Man and the Lisa”
Christmas in SOUTH PARK 5 a.m. ET/PT – SOUTH PARK: “Woodland Critter Christmas” 5:30 a.m. ET/PT – SOUTH PARK: “It’s Christmas in Canada” Saturday, Dec. 17 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “The Trouble with Trillions” 8:30 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Monty Can’t Buy Me Love” 10 p.m. ET/PT – JEFF DUNHAM’S VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Monday, Dec. 19 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Homer vs. Dignity” Tuesday, Dec. 20 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love” Wednesday, Dec. 21 The Grinch Who Stole Springfield Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Fraudcast News” Thursday, Dec. 22 A Simpsons Christmas Marathon A holiday tradition would not be complete without some seasonal satire from the beloved animated family! The Comedy Network delivers the gift of laughs with a premium bounty of festive episodes. 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Skinner’s Sense of Snow” Friday, Dec. 23 A Simpsons Christmas Marathon 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS: “Simpson’s Roasting On An Open Fire” Christmas in South Park Marathon 3 a.m. ET/PT – SOUTH PARK: “Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo” 3:30 a.m. ET/PT – SOUTH PARK: “Merry Christmas Charlie Manson” 4 a.m. ET/PT – SOUTH PARK: “Mr. Hanky’s Christmas Classics” 4:30 a.m. ET/PT – SOUTH PARK: “Are You There God? It’s Me, Jesus” 5 a.m. ET/PT – SOUTH PARK: “A Very Crappy Christmas” 5:30 a.m. ET/PT – SOUTH PARK: “Red Sleigh Down” Saturday, Dec. 24 Holiday Favourites on Christmas Eve Starting at 6 a.m. ET/PT, enjoy an entire day of festive frolicking when the very best holidaythemed comedy specials come together in Yuletide jeer. Gather the family and sit down with some sit-com favourites including NEWSRADIO and SEINFELD and stick around for a
heaping helping of Christmas themed episodes of THE SIMPSONS and SOUTH PARK and a rebroadcast of A RUSSELL PETERS CHRISTMAS. 5 p.m. ET/PT – NEWSRADIO – “Xmas Story” 5:30 p.m. ET/PT – NEWSRADIO – “Christmas” 6 p.m. ET/PT – NEWSRADIO – “Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show” 6:30 p.m. ET/PT – SEINFELD – “The Race” 7 p.m. ET/PT – THE BIG BANG THEORY – “The Bath Item Hypothesis” 7:30 p.m. ET/PT – THE BIG BANG THEORY – “The Maternal Congruence” 8 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS – “Marge Be Not Proud” 8:30 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS – “Miracle of Evergreen Terrace” 9 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS – “Grift of the Magi” 9:30 p.m. ET/PT – THE SIMPSONS – “Tis the 15th Season” 10 p.m. ET/PT – A RUSSELL PETERS CHRISTMAS 11 p.m. ET/PT – JEFF DUNHAM’S VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Sunday, Dec. 25 A Big Bang Blowout Marathon Spend Christmas day with Sheldon, Leonard, Penny, Howard and Raj with a choice cultivated crop of favourite episodes starting at 10 a.m. ET/PT all the way through to and ending at 10 a.m. on Dec. 27. Tuesday, Dec. 27 Leftover Roasts Marathon Avoid the Boxing Day bedlam blitz and instead get filled up on a heaping serving of famed train wreck celebrities being skewered on an all day marathon of roasts! 10 a.m. ET/PT – ROAST OF WILLIAM SHATNER 11:30 a.m. ET/PT – ROAST OF FLAVOUR FLAV 1 p.m. ET/PT – ROAST OF BOB SAGET 2:30 p.m. ET/PT – ROAST OF LARRY THE CABLE GUY 4 p.m. ET/PT – ROAST OF JOAN RIVERS 5:30 p.m. ET/PT – ROAST OF DAVID HASSELHOFF 7 p.m. ET/PT – ROAST OF DONALD TRUMP 8:30 p.m. ET/PT – ROAST OF CHARLIE SHEEN Saturday, Dec. 31 The Jeff Dunham & Friends Marathon Holidays are meant to bring family and friends together, so why not join Jeff Dunham along with his friends on an all-day marathon celebrating the side-splitting antics. 3 p.m. ET/PT – THE JEFF DUNHAM SHOW (Season 1) 6:30 p.m. ET/PT – COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS: JEFF DUNHAM 7 p.m. ET/PT – JEFF DUNHAM: SPARK OF INSANITY 8 p.m. ET/PT – JEFF DUNHAM:– CONTROLLED CHAOS A VERY SPECIAL EPISODES SOUTH PARK MARATHON Tune in on New Years Eve for the Canadian premiere of SOUTH PARK’s “Imaginationland” trilogy, which kicks off an explosive marathon of very special episodes of SOUTH PARK.
9 p.m. ET/PT – “Imaginationland” Trilogy 10:30 p.m. ET/PT – “Jewbilee” Trilogy 12 a.m. ET/PT – “Growing Up” Double Episode 1 a.m. ET/PT – “Go God Go” Double Episode Sunday, Jan. 1 – Tuesday, Jan 3 The Complete CORNER GAS-A-Thon Starting at 12 p.m. ET/PT, prepare to ring in the New Year with 53 continuous hours of your pals from Dog River. Canada’s most popular comedy series returns in its entirety with all 107 episodes, back-to-back on The Comedy Network’s CORNER GAS-A-Thon, About The Comedy Network Canada's first and favourite specialty comedy service, The Comedy Network airs comedy of all kinds, 24-hours-a-day, across multiple platforms, including a revolutionary broadband service at thecomedynetwork.ca. Launched in October 1997, The Comedy Network broadcasts, uncut and uncensored, an eclectic mix of scripted, stand-up, sketch, improv, and animated comedy – as well as topical comedy talk shows, game shows and classic situation comedies. The Comedy Network is a division of Bell Media, which is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company, and is available in nearly six million households across the country. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: The Comedy Network on Facebook The Comedy Network on Twitter – Comedy – For more information, please contact: Jason Chow, The Comedy Network, 416.384.2372, jason.chow@bellmedia.ca Nicola Krishna, The Comedy Network, 416.384.5276, nicola.krishna@bellmedia.ca