Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Comedy Central is a cable television network in the United States. As its name implies, the network carries a lot of comedy programming, both syndicated and self-produced. The network was co-owned by AOL Time Warner and Viacom for a time, but Viacom bought AOL's half in early 2003. Comedy Central started in the late 1980s as HBO's Comedy Channel; in 1990, Comedy Channel merged with Viacom's HA! channel, thus the dual ownership (Comedy Central's corporate name for many years was Comedy Partners L.P.) Notable Original Programming Beat the Geeks Chappelle's Show Comedy Central Presents The Daily Show Insomniac with Dave Attell Mystery Science Theater 3000 (seasons 1-7) Reno 911 South Park Strangers With Candy Win Ben Stein's Money Notable Syndicated Programming Saturday Night Live The British version of Whose Line Is It Anyway Late Night with Conan O'Brien Absolutely Fabulous Dilbert This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.