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It's #SnarkWeek on CENTRAL! Check Out 's Snarkiest Programs All Week Long Culminating in the Premiere of Michael Ian Black's Bitingly Funny New Stand-Up Special "Michael Ian Black: Very Famous" on Saturday, August 6 at 11:00 P.M. ET/P

NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --

It's #SnarkWeek on COMEDY CENTRAL and CC.com/standup. This week the network will air its snarkiest programs, culminating with the "Jaws"-dropping premiere of "Michael Ian Black: Very Famous," on Saturday, August 6, at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. During all-new episodes of "Jon Benjamin Has a Van," "," "Ugly Americans," " with ," and "" and this week's Friday Night Stand-Up, viewers can catch interstitials of Michael Ian Black hyping #SnarkWeek and the premiere of his brand-new Stand-Up Special.

CC.com/standup will be the digital home of #SnarkWeek, extending Michael Ian Black's #SnarkWeek participation by providing a week of digital #SnarkWeek programming.By using #SnarkWeek on users have a chance to appear on CC.comby entering into the daily #SnarkWeek challenge. The week long challenge began yesterday where viewers Tweeted their best shark jokes with the #SnarkWeek or posted them on Facebook, and CC.com choose the snarkiest and funniest ones to be featured on CC.com/standup.

Other digital features of #SnarkWeek include an exclusive web series featuring Michael Ian Black and the world's first interview with a great white shark titled "Confessions of Great White Shark," a chance to ask the comedian about #SnarkWeek and his upcoming special during a Live Chat with Michael Ian Black on Wednesday, August 3 at 4:00 p.m. ET/PTat www.jokes.com/live- chat and various previews of the World Premiere Stand-Up Special "Michael Ian Black: Very Famous."

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SOURCE COMEDY CENTRAL Corporate Communications