Boob Jobs, Steroids, Red States, Blue States ... What Really is the Root of All Evil?...

Boob Jobs, Steroids, Red States, Blue States ... What Really is the Root of
All Evil? Lewis Black is Back to Determine Their Fate When 'Lewis Black's Root
of All Evil' Returns for a Second Season on Wednesday, July 30 at 10:30 p.m.
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Comedians Jerry Minor And Andrea Savage Join Returning Prosecutors Andrew
Daly, Greg Giraldo, Andy Kindler, Kathleen Madigan, Patton Oswalt And Paul F.
Tompkins For The Second Season Of The Series

NEW YORK, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- There is a plethora of evil wreaking
havoc in the world. It's up to Honorable Judge Lewis Black, the ultimate
evaluator of evil, to hear each case and give his official verdict. The
second season of "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil" kicks off on COMEDY CENTRAL
on Wednesday, July 30 at 10:30 p.m. with Patton Oswalt and Andrew Daly
prosecuting in the case of Ultimate Fighting vs. Bloggers. One will beat you
into a coma and the other will blog about it with excessive
self-righteousness.
"Lewis Black's Root of All Evil" pits pop culture topics against each
other in an open debate setting. A rotating group of comedians take the stage
and argue who or what is most evil with Black as the ultimate evaluator of
evil. The second episode, Steroids vs. Boob Jobs debuts Wednesday, August 6
at 10:30 p.m. and features comedians Greg Giraldo and Andrew Daly. Future
evil episodes include: Disney (Kathleen Madigan) vs. Scientology (Andy
Kindler); Strip Clubs (Giraldo) vs. Sororities (Madigan); Olympic Games (Daly)
vs. Drinking Games (Giraldo); Going Green (Giraldo) vs. Spring Break (Andrea
Savage); NRA (Kindler) vs. PETA (Paul F. Tompkins); Red States (Tompkins) vs.
Blue States (Patton Oswalt); Gen X (Tompkins) vs. Boomers (Daly); and "The
Hills" (Jerry Minor) vs. Rocket Scientists (Tompkins).
The series is created and executive produced by Scott Carter ("Politically
Incorrect," "Real Time with Bill Maher") and David Sacks ("The Simpsons,"
"Malcolm in the Middle") and features the following: a fiery monologue by
Black introducing the topics; "Opening Statements" -- the first opportunity
comedians have to state their case; "Debate" -- the comedians provide verbal
and video evidence to bolster their case and try to debunk each other's
theories; "Inquisition" -- Black grills the comedians; "Ripple of Evil" --
comedians predict the dire consequences that will ensue if their evil is left
unchecked; "Closing Statements" -- comedians hit their message home; "Final
Verdict" -- Black renders his decision.
Comedians serving as prosecutors on the show include Andrew Daly
("MADtv"), Greg Giraldo ("COMEDY CENTRAL Roasts") Andy Kindler ("Late Show
with David Letterman"), Kathleen Madigan (judge on "Last Comic Standing"),
Jerry Minor ("Lucky Louie"), Patton Oswalt ("Ratatouille," "King of Queens"),
Andrea Savage ("Step Brothers") and Paul F. Tompkins ("Mr. Show with Bob and
David").
Black, Carter and Sacks and are the executive producers with Jo Anne
Astrow and Mark Lonow as the co-executive producers. Zoe Friedman and Monika
Zielinska serve as the executives in charge of production for COMEDY CENTRAL.
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