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The New York Comedy Festival (NYCF), in association with COMEDY CENTRAL, today announced its 2012 line-up, that will feature some of the industry's biggest stars performing in the city's most prestigious venues, including The Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, The Beacon Theatre, Madison Square Garden, and Town Hall, among others, from Wednesday, November 7 - Sunday, November 11.

Jim Gaffigan is on top of the world with the release of his new CD, 'Mr. Universe,' released by COMEDY CENTRAL Records on August 28.

John Oliver is back, and he's brought some new friends for the third season of JOHN OLIVER'S NEW YORK STAND-UP SHOW, premiering on COMEDY CENTRAL tonight, July 20 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.

COMEDY CENTRAL, the #1 brand in comedy, has created COMEDY CENTRAL Enterprises, a new business division that will focus on building upon COMEDY CENTRAL's leadership position in the industry through consumer products, home video, CDs and digital downloads, publishing, and live touring.

John Oliver is back, and he's brought some new friends for the third season of JOHN OLIVER'S NEW YORK STAND-UP SHOW, premiering on COMEDY CENTRAL on Friday, July 20 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Experience 'The Roo' without having to sleep in a tent! The festival experience comes to COMEDY CENTRAL with the world premiere of 'CC:STAND-UP: THE BONNAROO EXPERIENCE' premiering tonight, June 23 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.

Following the successful premiere of COMEDY BANG! BANG! on IFC, Scott Aukerman will be embarking on a multi-city tour bringing his brand of comic absurdity to fans across the country.

TBS and Just For Laughs are thrilled to announce that Emmy(R) Award-winning comedian Sarah Silverman will host two shows at The Chicago Theatre tonight, June 16. Sarah Silverman and Guests will feature some of her favorite comedians, with line-up details to be revealed shortly.

TBS JUST FOR LAUGHS CHICAGO is proud to announce that Adam Sandler will make a special appearance to introduce an advance screening of his new movie THAT'S MY BOY at the Kerasotes Showplace ICON tonight, June 14.

Experience 'The Roo' without having to sleep in a tent! The festival experience comes to COMEDY CENTRAL with the world premiere of 'CC:STAND-UP: THE BONNAROO EXPERIENCE' premiering Saturday, June 23 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.

IFC announced at its first ever Upfront the slate of guest stars that will be sitting down to chat with host Scott Aukerman (co-creator/director/producer, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis; writer/performer, Mr. Show) on his new comedy series, Comedy Bang! Bang!, which riffs on the well-known format of the late night talk show.

TBS JUST FOR LAUGHS CHICAGO today announced that Adam Sandler will make a special appearance to introduce an advance screening of his new movie That's My Boy at the Kerasotes Showplace ICON on Thursday, June 14.

TBS JUST FOR LAUGHS CHICAGO is proud to announce that Adam Sandler will make a special appearance to introduce an advance screening of his new movie THAT'S MY BOY at the Kerasotes Showplace ICON on Thursday, June 14.

COMEDY CENTRAL Records releases Gary Gulman's 'No Can Defend' digital album today, June 5.

COMEDY CENTRAL Records releases Gary Gulman's 'No Can Defend' digital album on Tuesday, June 5.

Musician/author John Wesley Harding continues his Cabinet of Wonders residency at New York's City Winery tonight, May 19. Drawing together collaborators from the worlds of music, literature and comedy, the Cabinet of Wonders features Harding curating, hosting and performing with a number of hand-picked artists in a variety show format. After a run of shows that included appearances by Edie Brickell, Sondre Lerche, Eugene Mirman, Rick Moody, A.C. Newman, the Punch Brothers, Josh Ritter, Sarah Vowell, Colson Whitehead and many others, Harding goes on in May to feature performances by artists including Kurt Braunohler, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Janeane Garofalo, Kelly Hogan, Lenny Kaye, Sam Lipsyte, Tift Merritt & Simone Dinnerstein and Langhorne Slim.