The Comedy Network
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| Type | Cable television specialty channel |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | CTV Television Inc. (Bell Globemedia) |
| Launch date | October 17, 1997 |
| Website | www.thecomedynetwork.ca |
The Comedy Network (colloquially often just Comedy) is a Canadian cable television specialty channel with comedy programming. It is owned by Bell Globemedia. Licensed in 1996, The Comedy Network launched on October 17, 1997. It is available in more than 4.8 million homes in Canada and 44 percent of the networks revenues are reinvested back into Canadian programming. Bell Globemedia also owns CTV, and the two networks occasionally run series simultaneously, such as Corner Gas and the new series Robson Arms.
The network's longtime slogan is Time Well Wasted, a variation of A&E's slogan at the time of Comedy's launch, Time Well Spent.
The channel operates two timeshifted feeds, East (Eastern Time) and West (Pacific Time).
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[edit] Programs
[edit] Current Programs
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[edit] Past Programs on The Comedy Network
- BattleBots
- Double Exposure
- Drawn Together
- Fawlty Towers
- George Street TV
- Gutter Ball Alley
- Halifax Comedy Festival
- Improv Heaven and Hell
- Life's A Bitch
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Mr. Show with Bob and David
- Newhart
- The Newsroom
- Kevin Spencer
- Open Mike with Mike Bullard
- Rockpoint P.D.
- Saturday Night Live (Classic Episodes)
- Soap
- Smack That Pony
- Stella
- Steve Harvey’s Big Time
- Supertown Challenge
- The Man Show
- Win Ben Stein's Money
- Whose Line is it Anyway?
- WKRP in Cincinnati
[edit] External link
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Corporate directors: Geoff Beattie (Chairman) | David Binet | Ronald Close | Ivan Fecan (President and CEO) | Gordon Lackenbauer | James Leech | Robert Prichard | Pamela Wallin |
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