The Comedy Channel
The Comedy Channel Logo
Launched	1995
Audience share	0.9% timeshift 0.5% (September 2008, )
Website	thecomedychannel.com.au
Availability
Satellite
Foxtel Digital	Channel 113 (timeshift ch 153)
Austar Digital	Channel 113 (timeshift ch 153)
Cable
Foxtel Digital	Channel 113 (timeshift ch 153)
Optus feat. Foxtel Digital	Channel 113

The Comedy Channel (promoted on air as comedy) is an Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television.

[edit] History

Entirely owned by Foxtel^[1] and based in Melbourne (previously in Sydney), The Comedy Channel is the only channel in Australia specifically dedicated to comedy around the clock; primarily featuring stand-up, sitcoms, animated comedy, sketch comedy, comedy genre films and talk shows.

Comedy Channel personalities include Frank Woodley, who hosts Aussie Gold, Tim Ross and Merrick Watts who hosts The Merrick & Rosso Show, Cameron Knight who amongst other things for the Comedy Channel hosts Stand Up Australia, and H.G. Nelson who hosts Comedy Slapdown.

[edit] Programming

[edit] Original programming

Current

• 30 Seconds (2009 – present)
• Aussie Gold (2008 – present)
• Comedy Gold (2008 – present)
• Comedy Slapdown (2008 – present)
• The Merrick & Rosso Show (2008 – present)
• The Pam Ann Show (2009 – present)
• The Power of One (2006 – present)
• Stand Up Australia (2006 – present)
• Whatever Happened to That Guy? (2009 – present)

Future

• I Can't Believe It's Not Better (2009)
• Jason and the Residents (2009)

Former

• Chop-Socky's the Prison of Art
• Dilemma
• Eck's Rated Shorts
• Hit and Run
• Home & Hosed
• Bedders for Bedtime
• The Short and Curly Show
• Hahn Ice Headliners
• Introducing Gary Petty
• The Mansion (2008)
• Small Tales & True
• Limo Diaries (2007)
• Puppets Who Kill (Canada)
• The Red Green Show (Canada)

Sketch comedy

• Big Bite
• Comedy Inc.
• skitHOUSE
• The Wedge

[edit] Other programming

Talk shows

• Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• The Graham Norton Show
• The Kumars at No. 42
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
• Talkshow with Spike Feresten
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

Sitcoms

• Absolutely Fabulous
• Are You Being Served?
• Arrested Development
• The Bernie Mac Show
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Grounded for Life
• My Name Is Earl
• On the Buses
• Please Sir!
• Scrubs
• Son of the Beach
• Trailer Park Boys
• Yes Minister

Animated

• Beavis and Butt-head
• The Boondocks
• bro'Town
• Drawn Together
• South Park

Adult Swim

• Robot Chicken
• Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Moral Orel

Sketch comedy

• The Goodies
• MADtv
• Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Saturday Night Live

Other

• 3 Non-Blondes
• America's Funniest Home Videos
• Balls of Steel
• Brainiac: Science Abuse
• Chappelle's Show
• Comics Unleashed
• Crank Yankers
• Doctor in the House
• Ed vs. Spencer
• Full Frontal
• Kenny vs. Spenny
• Mind Your Language
• Premium Blend
• Reno 911!
• Stella
• The League of Gentlemen
• The Man Show
• The Wonderful World of Sex
• The World Stands Up
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? (both the U.S. and UK versions)

[edit] References