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Atom.com Locks Up Andy Dick with More 'House Arrest'; Season Two of Original Web Talk Show 'House Arrest With Andy Dick' Premieres Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Posted on: Tuesday, 16 June 2009, 12:46 CDT

Celebrity Guests Include Bob Odenkirk, Tom Green, Adam Carolla And Others

Premiere Episode Debuts Today At AndyDick.Atom.com

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Atom.com, the digital comedy network and COMEDY CENTRAL's anchor brand for original digital content, announced it has signed a new deal with comedian Andy Dick and will premiere today the second season of his Internet talk show, "House Arrest With Andy Dick." The snarky Webisodes feature comedian Dick interviewing his celebrity pals in his home, where he is detained for drug-related charges.

To pass time during his house arrest, Dick set up a no-frills talk show that includes a house band, researcher and interviews with his celebrity friends. Guests during this season's five-episode run include writer, actor and producer Bob Odenkirk ("Mr. Show with Bob and David," "Saturday Night Live"), writer, actor, producer and radio personality Adam Carolla ("The Hammer," "Crank Yankers"), actress Sarah Rue ("Less than Perfect," "The Big Bang Theory"), actor and writer Keegan Michael Key ("The Wild Bunch," "Mad TV") and comedian, producer, actor and director Tom Green ("The Tom Green Show," "The Celebrity Apprentice").

The second season of "House Arrest" premieres today, June 16, with an episode featuring Bob Odenkirk. Subsequent episodes will premiere the next four Tuesdays: June 23 (Adam Carolla), June 30 (Sarah Rue), July 7 (Keegan Michael Key) and July 14 (Tom Green). In coming weeks, "House Arrest With Andy Dick" will be distributed widely to consumers across Atom's multiplatform distribution network, including the "Atom TV" series on COMEDY CENTRAL, mobile phone partners including Verizon and AT&T and other leading Internet destinations including iTunes, AOL, Dailymotion, xBox Live and many more.

About Atom.com

Atom.com, a division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks, is a digital comedy network for young men that reaches millions of consumers each month on the Atom.com Web site and millions more through multiplatform distribution on television, mobile phones, and the Internet. Atom.com's programming lineup features daily new releases of original comedy including animation, live-action narrative, topical videos, sketch comedies and spoofs. The site also offers a library of thousands of comedy productions previously developed by, licensed by and uploaded to AtomFilms and COMEDY CENTRAL. Drawing on a strategic partnership with COMEDY CENTRAL and its own 10-year history of online video innovation and leadership (formerly as AtomFilms), Atom.com delivers Web comedy like nobody else.

SOURCE COMEDY CENTRAL Corporate Communications

Source: PR Newswire

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