COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Signs Multi-Year, Multi-Platform Output Deal for Stand-Up Specials...

COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Signs Multi-Year, Multi-Platform Output Deal for Stand-Up
Specials and DVDs With Levity Entertainment Group

Deal Includes Twelve Stand-Up Specials From Comedians Jeff Dunham, Christopher
Titus, Gabriel Iglesias, Pablo Francisco, Jim Breuer, Mitch Fatel And Pete
Correale, Among Others

At Least Eight Specials Will Be Released On DVD

NEW YORK, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- COMEDY CENTRAL and Levity Entertainment
today announced that they have signed a multi-year, multi-platform output deal
for a series of stand-up specials that will premiere on the all-comedy channel
in 2009 and 2010, followed by the release of several of the specials on DVD to
be distributed by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment, it was announced today by
David Bernath, senior vice president, programming, COMEDY CENTRAL and Stu
Schreiberg, Levity Entertainment.

The deal includes six stand-up specials from Christopher Titus, Gabriel
Iglesias, Pablo Francisco, Jim Breuer, Mitch Fatel, Pete Correale that will
air on COMEDY CENTRAL in 2009 and six additional stand-up specials that will
shoot in 2009 to air in 2010, including one from Jeff Dunham, whose recent
stand-up special, "Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special," drew 6.6
million viewers, making it the most-watched telecast in COMEDY CENTRAL's
history. At least eight of the upcoming stand-up specials will be released on
DVD by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment.

"COMEDY CENTRAL has been in business with Levity for several years and we are
thrilled to be taking our relationship to the next level with this output deal
and the opportunity to release many of the specials on DVD," said Bernath.
"Stand-up specials have been an incredible success on our channel, exemplified
by the record-breaking performance by Jeff Dunham's Christmas special and we
look forward to giving our audience the first chance to see Levity's great
product and amazing roster of comedians."

"COMEDY CENTRAL is the premiere stand-up comedy network and we've shared a lot
of success together," said Schreiberg, a senior partner at Levity. "We are
very excited about extending our partnership that will allow us to accelerate
development of comedians across all platforms."

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

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