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COMEDY CENTRAL Records(R) Release Lewis Black's 'Anticipation' Nominated for Grammy(R) Award

Posted on: Thursday, 4 December 2008, 12:13 CST

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- COMEDY CENTRAL Records release Lewis Black's "Anticipation" has been nominated for a Grammy(R) Award in the category of "Best Comedy Album."

As "America's Foremost Commentator on Everything," Lewis Black is a political commentator on COMEDY CENTRAL's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and has starred in four top-rated comedy specials for the network. In the past few years, he has also released two hugely popular books, toured all over the world and starred in many movies. Black's first three CDs are consistent sellers and have sold 130,000+, 100,000, and 150,000+ units respectively in a very short period of time and his show "Root Of All Evil" has been a hit for two seasons on COMEDY CENTRAL.

Black's "Anticipation" CD laments the fact that the only appropriate candidate for the highest office in this land is the universally loved Santa Claus. Black spends the bulk of his time in kinder, gentler territory on "Anticipation," while still keeping up his trademark frenetic pace and subtle, masterful call-backs. Virginity, golf, Las Vegas and the ever-popular Chanukah are some of the topics that come in for the truth-revealing rants that only Black can do.

Black is one of the nation's top standup comics and has done numerous films. Television appearances include "Caroline's Comedy Hour," "Evening at the Improv," "The A-List," "Live from Tompkins Square Park," "Comic Cabana," "Make Me Laugh," "Comedy Showcase," "The Murphy Brown Show," "Hoop Life" (Showtime) and is seen regularly on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." He received the award for "Best Male Stand-Up" at The American Comedy Awards in 2001 and has released a stand-up special for HBO. He is preparing the material on this CD for a Broadway run.

Prior acclamations for COMEDY CENTRAL Records include Steven Wrights' "I Still Have a Pony," George Lopez' "America's Mexican," Lewis Black's "Lewis Black: Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blue" CD, nominated for a Grammy(R) Award in 2006 and Black's 2007 release "Lewis Black: The Carnegie Hall Performance," recipient of the label's first Grammy(R) Award for Best Comedy Album.

Some other previously released recordings by COMEDY CENTRAL Records include: Dane Cook's platinum-selling "Retaliation," "Jim Gaffigan: Beyond The Pale," "Mike Birbiglia: Two Drink Mike," D.L. Hughley's "Notes From The GED Section," Todd Barry's "Falling Off The Bone," Mitch Hedberg's "Mitch All Together" and "Strategic Grill Locations," Dave Attell's "Skanks For The Memories" and Jim Breuer's "Smoke 'n' Breu."

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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