Media Release: Thursday July 21, 2016
Every day is a different marathon on The Comedy Channel
Looking for a break from sport this Olympics? Then get ready for the Comedy Couch-a-thon! Sixteen days of epic viewing featuring a collection of The Comedy Channel’s finest programs starting from 9am every day for the duration of the Games.
Complete a new marathon each day without even leaving the couch on The Comedy Channel with The Big Bang Theory (Season 7), Inside Amy Schumer (Seasons 2, 3 & 4), Broad City (Seasons 1, 2 & 3), Silicon Valley (Seasons 1, 2 & 3), Tosh.0 (Seasons 7b & 8), Parks & Recreation (Season 5), Hoff The Record (Seasons 1 & 2), Community (Seasons 4 & 5), Whose Line Is It Anyway? (US version, Season 3), Workaholics (Seasons 5 & 6), Chapelle’s Show (Season 1), and Eastbound & Down (Seasons 1, 2, 3 & 4).
The Comedy Channel has the ultimate stand up marathon featuring specials from the world champions of stand up including Chris Rock, Dave Chapelle, Kevin Hart, Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais, Whitney Cummings, Russell Brand, and Amy Schumer.
Get patriotic on the Aussie comedy day with Open Slather (Seasons 1 & 2), Just for Laughs Australia 2015, Best of the Sydney Comedy Fest 2016, and Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Big Three-Oh! 2016.
The English team gets a look in too with their own British comedy marathon including The Inbetweeners (Seasons 1, 2 & 3), Jimmy Carr stand up special, and Lookalikes (Season 1).
Archer (Season 7), Robot Chicken (Season 7), and Rick & Morty (Season 1) all feature on the Animation marathon day.
Tune in to The Comedy Channel each day at 9am to see your favourites back-to-back on the Comedy Couch-a-thon from August 6 to 21 – only on Foxtel. thecomedychannel.com.au
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