KING'S RANSON Among Comedy Central's 'Best Bets' for Week of 1/26

By: Jan. 23, 2014
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Comedy Central announces the 'Best Bets for the week of January 26th!

Monday, January 27
"King's Ransom"
1:55 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. (Comedy Central Premiere)
Starring Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, Charlie Murphy and Regina Hall. Malcolm King (Anthony Anderson) wants to divorce his gold-digging wife and keep her hands off his fortune. So he has his mistress stage a kidnapping and demand a huge ransom to protect his money, only to find out a lot of other people are after his money too.

Monday, January 27 - Thursday, January 30
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
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" are Jeff Garlin, actor in the TV show "The Goldbergs" (Monday, January 27); Louis C.K., actor/director promoting the movie "Tomorrow Night" (Tuesday, January 28); Johnny Knoxville, star of the movie "Bad Grandpa" (Wednesday, January 29); and Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leader (Thursday, January 30).

"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 Nate Silver, Editor-in-Chief of FiveThirtyEight and author of "The Signal and the Noise" (Monday, January 27); Chris Carter, NFL Hall of Famer (Wednesday, January 29); and Drew Brees, NFL quarterback for the New Orleans Saints (Thursday, January 30). The guest for Tuesday, January 28, is TBA.

"@midnight"
Midnight - 12:30 a.m. (All-New Episodes)
The guests for this week's all-new episodes of "@midnight" include Michael Ian Black, Kerri Kenney-Silver, and Michael Showalter (Monday, January 27); Myq Kaplan, Jamie Lee, and Tommy Johnagin (Tuesday, January 28); Randy Sklar, Jason Sklar, and Nick Swardson (Wednesday, January 29); and Riki Lindhome and Natasha Leggero (Thursday, January 30).

Tuesday, January 28
"Kroll Show"
10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. (All-New Episode) "Oh Armond"
Nick Kroll and his many characters return for a second season of "Kroll Show," a sketch-uational comedy highlighting Kroll's smart and absurd take on of-the-moment pop culture topics like internet life, professional sports, nightclub culture and the television landscape. This season's guest stars include Bill Burr, Will Forte, Andy Daly, Jon Heder, Pete Holmes, Jason Mantzoukis, Adam Pally, Jordan Peele, Katy Perry and Craig Robinson. In this week's all-new episode, "Oh Armond," Armond is under house arrest for his wife's murder, the Rich Dicks must deliver the eulogy at Grandpa Goobie's funeral or risk losing their inheritance, and renegade geologist R. Schrift explains rocks.

"This Is Not Happening" - All-New Season 2 Episodes Now Airing on CC:Studios

CC:Studios (All-New Episode)

A long-form storytelling show hosted by Ari Shaffir, "This Is Not Happening" spotlights comedians telling hilarious and true battle stories from the most outrageous nights they can remember. Comedians featured in Season 2 include Joe Rogan, David Koechner, Steve Rannazzisi, Bobby Lee, Natasha Leggero and Kumail Nanjiani. This week's all-new episode features Jeff Dye and his infamous Mike Vanderjagt jersey story.

Wednesday, January 29
"Workaholics"
10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. (All-New Episode) "Fry Guys"
The "Workaholics" boys are back for a fourth season of some seriously tight butthole episodes. Last season Adam, Blake and Ders roasted their co-worker, tried to date a webcam girl, and headed to the future. Tune in every Wednesday at 10:00 p.m. to see how weird they get this time around. In this week's all-new episode, "Fry Guys," the guys try to get Alice laid so they can have an office fish fry.

"Broad City"
10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. (All-New Episode) "P*$$Y Weed"
Tune in for this odd couple comedy from Executive Producer Amy Poehler about two best friends navigating their 20s in New York City, based on the web series "Broad City." Abbi and Ilana's adventures never go as planned and always lead down an unexpected and hilarious path. In this week's all-new episode of "Broad City," "P*$$Y Weed," the girls need to grow up! Abbi wants to buy her OWN weed, like a grown woman, while Ilana is finally tackling taxes by herself. Also, the girls are super, super-duper stoned.

Thursday, January 30
"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" - Season Nine
10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. (Comedy Central Premiere)
Spend an hour every Thursday with season nine of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" on Comedy Central. This season, Dee tries stand-up comedy, the gang debates gun control, Mac gets his very own day, and Charlie gets smart. So tune in for an hour of sick and Twisted fun with the weirdest gang around!

Saturday, February 1
"The Comebacks"
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Comedy Central Premiere)
Starring David Koechner, Carl Weathers, Melora Hardin, and Matthew Lawrence. In this spoof on those cheesy, inspirational sports movies, burnt out coach Lambeau Fields (David Koechner) takes on a team of college Misfits and tries to turn them into football champions.

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