Put Down That Turkey Leg and Turn Off the Football Game To Prepare for the Ultimate Holiday Giveaway From COMEDY CENTRAL!

Thu Nov 5, 2009 1:44pm EST
 
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Put Down That Turkey Leg and Turn Off the Football Game To Prepare for the
Ultimate Holiday Giveaway From COMEDY CENTRAL!
COMEDY CENTRAL'S(R) "THANXGIVEAWAY WiiKEND" AIRS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26 THROUGH
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29






NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- COMEDY CENTRAL is giving viewers something to
be thankful for this "Thanxgiveaway Wiikend."  This year, COMEDY CENTRAL teams
up with Nintendo to give away 48 hourly prize packages including a Wii(TM)
console with the New Super Mario Bros.(TM) Wii game, cash prizes everyday in
the amounts of $500, $1,000 and $5,000 or COMEDY CENTRAL CD and DVD packs.  

From Thursday, November 26 through Sunday, November 29, COMEDY CENTRAL will
air a mix of programming to celebrate the network's "Thanxgiveaway Wiikend,"
including episodes of "The Jeff Dunham Show," stand-up specials from Bill
Engvall and Kevin James and movies sure to jolt viewers out of their turkey
comas, such as "Van Wilder: Freshman Year," "Still Waiting" and "Jackass
Number Two."  Throughout the weekend, viewers will also get inside looks at
how Jim Breuer and his family celebrate turkey day at his house with
"Thanxgiveaway Wiikend at the Breuers'" custom co-branded content pieces. 
Viewers need to stay tuned to the laughs because a different code will appear
on the screen every hour, giving fans a chance to win one of 48 prize
packages.  By logging onto www.comedycentral.com/thanx, viewers can enter the
codes to become eligible for each hour's prize.  Viewers can also enter by
texting the code to 44686 via their mobile phones (standard text message rates
will apply to messages sent to and from COMEDY CENTRAL).  For the official
contest rules, please go to www.comedycentral.com/thanx.

Nintendo is COMEDY CENTRAL's "Thanxgiveaway Wiikend" promotional partner.

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 division 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 400 digital media properties worldwide, and includes MTV, VH1,
CMT, Logo, Harmonix, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., TeenNick,
AddictingGames, Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL, SPIKE, TV Land, Atom, GameTrailers
and Xfire.  

SOURCE  COMEDY CENTRAL Corporate Communications

Kelly Campbell, +1-310-407-4728, kelly.campbell@comedycentral.com

 

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