Bill Hader Guests on Comedy Central's DRUNK HISTORY; Check out 'Best Bets' for Week of 7/21

By: Jul. 18, 2013
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Comedy Central announces its Best Bets for the week of July 21st!

Monday, July 22 - Thursday, July 25
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" - Guest Hosted by John Oliver
11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. (All-New Episodes)
The guests for this week's all-new episodes of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" include comedian and actor Louis C.K., starring in "Blue Jasmine" (Monday, July 22); Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of "Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order" (Tuesday, July 23); Shailene Woodley, actress starring in "The Spectacular Now" (Wednesday, July 24); and Bob Bradley, American soccer coach and current manager of the Egypt national football team (Thursday, July 25).

"The Colbert Report"
11:30 p.m. - Midnight (All-New Episodes)
The guests for this week's all-new episodes of "The Colbert Report" include Kjerstin Gruys, author of "Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall: How I Learned to Love My Body by Not Looking at It for a Year" (Monday, July 22); Kenneth Goldsmith, author of "Seven American Deaths and Disasters" and Poet Laureate for the MOMA (Tuesday, July 23); Anant Agarwal, President of edX, an online collaboration between MIT and Harvard University, (Wednesday, July 24); and Olympia Snowe, author of "Fighting For Common Ground: How We Can Fix The Stalemate in Congress" (Thursday, July 25).

Tuesday, July 23
"Drunk History" - Guest starring Bill Hader, Simon Helberg, Kevin Nealon and more.
10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. (All-New Episode) "Atlanta"

Raise your glass and get ready for the most fun you'll ever have with history! Based on the award-winning and wildly popular web series, "Drunk History," a new half-hour series, pairs inebriated storytellers with A-list talent to reenact great moments in history. On this week's all-new episode, "Atlanta," John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola from wine and cocaine, the FBI tries to take down Martin Luther King Jr., and Stetson Kennedy infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan.

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Click here to download a high resolution image of Bill Hader as John Pemberton from "Atlanta"

"The Jeselnik Offensive"
10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. (All-New Episode)

Anthony Jeselnik crosses every line imaginable in the second season of "The Jeselnik Offensive." Tune in this week as Jeselnik is joined by Adam Pally and Casey Wilson to take on the latest bizarre news and pop culture happenings ripped straight from the headlines.

Wednesday, July 24

"Futurama"

10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. (All-New Episode) "Calculon 2.0"

This is it, "Futurama" fans. The final season has landed. This week Bender goes grave robbing to bring his favorite actor back to life in "Calculon 2.0." Join Fry, Leela, Bender and the gang for some of their wildest adventures yet as they take up drag racing, resurrect a dead robot, and somehow manage to save the world for the hundredth time. How will we ever survive without them?

Friday, July 26
"John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show" - Season Four Premiere
11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
"The Daily Show's" John Oliver is pulling double duty this summer when he once again brings together some of his favorite stand-up comedians for the fourth season of "John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show." With his trademark British charm and New York edge, Oliver opens each of the eight episodes with original material and introduces three comedians across the hour. New episodes air Fridays from 11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. with limited commercial interruption. This week's season premiere episode is hosted by John Oliver and features Nick Turner, Colin Jost, and Reggie Watts.

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