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NBC's "Comic" still standing in summer

Thu Feb 1, 2007 11:30pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC has picked up a fifth installment of the reality series "Last Comic Standing" to air in the summer.

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The new season, to be hosted by Bill Bellamy, will go international, searching for the funniest comedian in the English-speaking world. Auditions will take place in London, Montreal and Sydney as well as in Los Angeles, New York, Minneapolis, San Antonio and Tempe, Arizona.

Talent scouts for the new installment will include "Comic" alumni Alonzo Bodden, Ant and Kathleen Madigan.

In its most recent fourth season, "Comic" averaged a 3.6 rating/10 share in adults 18-49 and 8.1 million viewers overall.

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