JONAS LARSEN PROMOTED TO
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, TALENT AND SPECIALS FOR COMEDY CENTRAL
NEW YORK, December 5, 2011 – Jonas Larsen has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Talent and Specials, it was announced by Kent Alterman, Head of Original Programming and Production, to whom he reports. Larsen was formerly Vice President, Specials and is based in the network's Los Angeles offices.
Larsen is responsible for talent development/relations, as well as overseeing original specials productions including the “COMEDY CENTRAL Roast” franchise, the "Night of Too Many Stars" benefit and all comedy stand-up specials.
"Jonas steered the wild tiger, also known as the Charlie Sheen Roast, with a sure hand by holding on to its tail. For that alone, he deserves this promotion" says Alterman.
Prior to joining COMEDY CENTRAL, Larsen executive produced “Celebrity Fit Club” for VH1, as well as “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover" for Bravo. Larsen formed his own production company, Y27 Entertainment, in 2005 along with Anthony Ross and together they developed "1 vs. 100" for NBC and executive produced the studio-based competition series “Master of Champions” for ABC. Previously, working with Stone Stanley Entertainment, Larsen produced “The Joe Schmo Show” for Spike TV, which became a breakout hit and was at the time Spike TV’s highest rated non-scripted original program.
Larsen is a native of Denmark, and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.
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