Radio / Television News

24 hours of standup from Comedy Central’s YouTube channel starts Thursday night

NEW YORK – Viacom's Comedy Central will open its vault of half-hour stand-up specials for a 24-hour live stream event beginning at 11 p.m. Thursday October 17th on its YouTube channel.Unlike Comedy Central's content on television and online (which is mostly only available in Canada through other outlets like CTV Comedy and Much), this is available globally.The marathon of standup will cover specials curated from the past two decades, including performances from Kevin Hart (2004), Jim Gaffigan (2000), Amy Schumer (2010), John Mulaney (2009), Zach Galifianakis (2001), Patton Oswalt (1999), Michael Che (2014), Gabriel Iglesias (2003), Anthony Jeselnik (2009), Daniel...