Two New Original Series and Returning Favourites Keep Canadians Laughing This Fall with The Comedy Network

− Fall programming includes the premieres of The Comedy Network original series JUST FOR LAUGHS: ALL ACCESS (Oct. 12) and MATCH GAME (Oct. 15) −
− New series joining the schedule include COMMUNITY (Sept. 4), MEN AT WORK (Sept. 10), SULLIVAN & SON (Sept. 10), and ANGER MANAGEMENT (Sept. 14) -
− Hits TOSH.0 (Sept. 25), WORKAHOLICS (Sept. 25), KEY & PEELE (Sept. 26), and SOUTH PARK (Sept. 26) among returning favourites -
− Jeff Dunham, Jamie Kennedy, Amy Schumer, and Todd Barry star in new stand-up specials −

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TORONTO, Aug. 20, 2012 /CNW/ - Summer may be ending, but the fun(ny) will continue on The Comedy Network this fall, as new series and specials, returning fan favourites, and two new Comedy original series join the schedule. Poised to reduce stress levels of Canadians across the country, Comedy's fall schedule delivers side-splitting laughter with its all-new original series JUST FOR LAUGHS: ALL ACCESS, premiering Friday, Oct. 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Filmed at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal this July, the 13-episode series features The Muppets, Bill Hader, Joel McHale, and Jack McBrayer, among others. Keeping the laughs going is the first English-language remake of the classic comedy game show MATCH GAME. Premiering Monday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and airing Monday to Friday, MATCH GAME challenges competitors to try to match their responses to fill-in-the-blank questions, to the witty, nonsensical answers of favourite Canadian comedians and celebrities.

School has never been so fun, as Comedy hits the books in September with lawyer Jeff Winger (Joel McHale, THE SOUP) and his study group at Greendale Community College in The Comedy Network premiere of COMMUNITY, airing Monday to Thursday at 9:30 p.m. ET beginning Sept. 4. Airing exclusively in Canada on Comedy beginning Monday, Sept. 10 are new series MEN AT WORK (10 p.m. ET/PT), which follows four misfit men who work together at a magazine, and SULLIVAN & SON (10:30 p.m. ET/PT), about an attorney who realizes that he really belongs back home running the family business.

Also joining Comedy's schedule this fall is one of the most buzzed-about new series of the season, ANGER MANAGEMENT. Starring Charlie Sheen (TWO AND A HALF MEN) as a therapist specializing in anger management while dealing with anger issues of his own, the series is sure to be a #winning addition to the schedule when it premieres Friday, Sept. 14 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT.

Rounding out the fall lineup are the season premieres of returning fan favourites TOSH.0 (Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 10 p.m. ET), WORKAHOLICS (Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 10:30 p.m.), SOUTH PARK (Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 10 p.m. ET), and KEY & PEELE (Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 10:30 p.m.).

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Canada's first and favourite specialty comedy service, The Comedy Network airs comedy of all kinds, 24-hours-a-day, across multiple platforms, including a revolutionary broadband service at thecomedynetwork.ca. Launched in October 1997, The Comedy Network broadcasts, uncut and uncensored, an eclectic mix of scripted, stand-up, sketch, improv, and animated comedy - as well as topical comedy talk shows, game shows and classic situation comedies. The Comedy Network is a division of Bell Media, which is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest communications company, and is available in nearly six million households across the country.

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