STARS ALIGN FOR COMEDY’S BIGGEST NIGHT OUT!
ALEC BALDWIN, JON CRYER, WILL FERRELL, ADAM MCKAY, GARRY SHANDLING
AND THE GREGORY BROTHERS
ANNOUNCED AS ADDITIONAL PRESENTERS AND ATTENDEES
FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL “THE COMEDY AWARDS”
Awards To Be Presented During "The Comedy Awards”
Airing Sunday, April 10 On COMEDY CENTRAL And Across Multiple MTV Networks
Including Spike TV, VH1, CMT, TV Land And Logo
NEW YORK, March 24, 2011 – COMEDY CENTRAL’s “The Comedy Awards,” the first-ever multi-network, multi-platform, annual event dedicated to honoring and celebrating the world of comedy, has announced Alec Baldwin, Jon Cryer, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Garry Shandling, “The Daily Show” correspondents, Samantha Bee, Jason Jones, Olivia Munn and John Oliver, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” contributor, John Hodgman and The Gregory Brothers as additional presenters and attendees. They join previously announced presenters and attendees Ty Burrell, Louis C.K., Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, Tina Fey, Bill Hader, Chloë Moretz, Tracy Morgan, Trey Parker, Craig Robinson, Andy Samberg, Jon Stewart, Matt Stone and Kristen Wiig.A full list of previously announced nominees for “The Comedy Awards” and more information about the show and its prestigious Board of Directors can be found at
www.thecomedyawards.com.COMEDY CENTRAL,
the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 98 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.CONTACTSAileen Budow212.767.3952
aileen.budow@comedycentral.comPMK•BNCChris DiIorio310.854.4866
chris.diiorio@pmkbnc.com
