Comedy Central

Comedy Central

Logo since 2018
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	345 Hudson Street New York, New York, U.S. 10014
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080p HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Time Warner (1991–2003) Paramount Media Networks (Paramount Global)
Parent	MTV Entertainment Group
Key people	Chris McCarthy (President/CEO, MTV Entertainment Group)
Sister channels	List Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Channel Nicktoons TeenNick CBS CBS Sports Network CBS Sports HQ CBS Sports Golazo Network CBS News 24/7 The CW MTV MTV2 MTV Tres MTV Live MTV Classic BET BET Her VH1 TV Land Logo CMT CMT Music Pop TV Showtime The Movie Channel Flix Paramount Network Smithsonian Channel
History
Launched	April 1, 1991; 33 years ago (1991-04-01)
Replaced	The Comedy Channel Ha! (Comedy Central is a merger of the two formerly separate channels)
Former names	CTV: The Comedy Network (April 1–June 1, 1991)
Links
Webcast	cc.com/live-tv (U.S. pay-TV subscribers only)
Website	cc.com
Availability
Streaming media
Affiliated Streaming Service	Paramount+
Internet Protocol television	FuboTV, Philo, Sling TV, DirecTV Stream, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, Vidgo TV

Comedy Central is an American cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan. The channel carries comedy programming in the form of both original, licensed, and syndicated television series stand-up comedy specials, and feature films.

As of November 2023^[update], Comedy Central is available to approximately 68,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 99,000,000 households.^[1]