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Comedy Central(R) Expands and Relaunches Jokes.com the Premier Online Destination and Home for Stand-Up Comedy

Posted on: Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 13:38 CST

Jokes.com To Feature The Largest Stand-Up Video Library On The Web 5,000+ Video Clips From COMEDY CENTRAL Original Stand-Up Programming

More Than 12,000 Text Jokes, A Massive Comedian A-Z Database, The Site Is A Central Hub For COMEDY CENTRAL Live Stand-Up Tours And Much More

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Web just got a whole lot funnier. COMEDY CENTRAL, a division of MTV Networks Entertainment Group, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), announced today the expansion and relaunch of Jokes.com, the premier online destination and home for stand-up comedy (www.jokes.com). The new site launches with the largest stand-up video library on the Web of 5,000+ high-quality video clips, including a full archive of COMEDY CENTRAL's extensive vault of original stand-up programming. Jokes.com will also give users access to more than 12,000 text-based jokes and the ability to search its massive Comedians A-Z database of over a thousand comedians -- plus they can find out when their favorite stand-up is on TV, buy tickets for COMEDY CENTRAL Live Stand-Up Tours and get up-to-the-minute comedy news from the Insider Blog.

"Stand-up comedy has always been the backbone of COMEDY CENTRAL, be it on air, on tour, on record or on DVD," said Erik Flannigan, executive vice president, digital media, MTVN Entertainment Group. "Jokes.com expands our commitment to stand up, providing a true digital hub for comedians and a deep video archive of their performance clips, plus thousands of text jokes -- all of it organized so you can't watch or read just one."

Jokes.com is designed to be the most robust site on the Web for stand-up comedy. With the site's full archive of clips from over 10 years of COMEDY CENTRAL programming, it's a one-stop shop for users with thousands of high quality stand-up videos from shows like "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents," "Live At Gotham," "Premium Blend," as well as specials from comedians including Dane Cook, Jeff Dunham and Jim Gaffigan. Spanning years of COMEDY CENTRAL stand-up, this search-optimized video archive is easy to navigate. With the click of a button, users can sort by the most popular clips as well as by a comedian's name, TV show, the most recently added clips or by related tags.

That's not all -- Jokes.com also has a deep and extensive database of over 12,000 text jokes, culled from the best of COMEDY CENTRAL's "Joke of the Day" archive, as well as lines from some of the biggest names in stand-up. Every joke has been tagged and categorized, so users can dive deep into the library and easily click from joke to joke from up to 72 different categories - from "booty calls" to "international affairs," there's a joke for all tastes and sensibilities.

Jokes.com is the home for the comedy uber-fan and in a single click, users can connect to everything related to their favorite comedians. The massive Comedians A-Z database launches with over 1,000 comedians, and enables users to access a wealth of information on both big-name and up-and-coming stand-ups. In a single page, fans can get the latest information on their favorite comedian, as well as links to every available video, text joke and blog posting related to that performer. Jokes.com is also the central hub for all COMEDY CENTRAL stand-up events, tours, shows and live comedy entertainment, and daily posts from comedycentral.com's Insider Blog give fans an inside look and up-to-second gossip and news on all things comedy.

In the coming year, Jokes.com will be expanded as users will be able to upload their own stand-up videos and jokes. More community features will be rolled out in the next few months, making Jokes.com a virtual comedy club where comedians can network with each other and their fans, further enhancing Jokes.com as the premiere destination on the Web for stand-up comedy.

COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 95 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is www.comedycentral.com. For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs visit Press Central, COMEDY CENTRAL's press Web site at www.comedycentral.com/press.

MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's leading creators of entertainment content, with brands that engage and connect diverse audiences across television, online, mobile, games, virtual worlds and consumer products. The company's portfolio spans more than 150 television channels and 350 digital media properties worldwide, and includes MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, Harmonix, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Noggin, The N, AddictingGames, Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV, TV Land, Atom, Gametrailers and Xfire.

SOURCE COMEDY CENTRAL Corporate Communications

Source: PR Newswire

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