Mumbai: Comedy Central celebrates its Fifth Birthday with an extra dose of happiness. The channel is all set to kick-start 2017 with the funniest line-up, including premieres of the most loved shows and re-runs of some old favorites.
In January the viewers’ favorite show Suits picks up from where it left off with its mid-season finale. Joe, Q, Sal, and Murr come back on screen with new pranks, in the premiere of Impractical Jokers Season 9. In addition to the shows that make up the eternally happy watch-list, the channel also has a special, birthday treat for its happiness-crusaders as it turns five.
Commenting on the new line-up, Hashim D’Souza, Programming Head, English Entertainment, Viacom 18,shared, “The last five years have been phenomenal for Comedy Central. Our viewers have become our companions in this journey to make the channel a #HappyPlace! Bringing top-notch international comedy shows to Indian television has been our endeavor and our viewers’ overwhelming response has only vindicated our motto every step of the way. Commencing this year with new shows, premieres and more, we aim to further strengthen our position as our viewers’ go-to destination for all things witty and hilarious.
This month’s line-up includes a side-splitting assortment of shows such as ninth season of Impractical Jokers on Monday, 2nd January at 10 PM. All-new episode of Suits as Mike and Harvey pick up from where they left off in the mid-season finale that will be aired on Saturday, 28th January at 7 PM. Followeb by The Republic day Specialback-to-back episodes of Outsourced on Thursday, 26th January at10 AM
Celebrating its 5th birthday, Comedy Central has handpicked the best episodes from 5 of the channel’s most beloved shows, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Mom, Citizen Khan, Penn & Teller: Fool Us! In Vegas and Whose Line Is It Anyway? And the celebrations are going to last over five weeks!
Comedy Central India launched in 2012, lines up powerful programming including hit TV series such as Anger Management, Episodes, Saturday Night Live, Whitney, The Office, Seinfeld, Frasier, That 70s Show, South Park and Suits. The country’s first 24-hour channel dedicated to English language comedy, Comedy Central is available in over 27 million households across the country and across analog, digital cable & DTH.
Since late 2006, Comedy Central has expanded globally with localized channels in Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Sweden, Ireland, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Israel Spain & Singapore.