Watch TV Shows on Comedy Central

The current Comedy Central cable channel grew out of the merger of two separate comedy-focused channels that launched around the beginning of the 1990s. HBO's The Comedy Channel debuted in 1989, and Viacom's Ha! premiered in 1990. The Comedy Channel's schedule included feature films that were introduced by on-air hosts, while Ha! featured more original series. Future staples of Comedy Central-including host Jon Stewart and cult favorite series "Mystery Science Theater 3000"-were introduced in the pre-merger days.

In 1991, Ha! and The Comedy Channel merged into a joint venture between HBO and Viacom, and the new channel was called Comedy Central. "Mystery Science Theater" continued on the new channel, and new series such as "Politically Incorrect" with Bill Maher and "The Daily Show" with Craig Kilborn made relatively big splashes with the channel's relatively small audience.

In the early 2000s, however, some of Comedy Central's original series began to draw much more attention. "South Park" used its irreverent, controversial style to attract respectable ratings, and Dave Chappelle's "Chappelle's Show" and "Reno 911!" also generated significant buzz. It was in the second decade of the century, though, that Comedy Central series really hit their stride, as "The Daily Show," now hosted by Jon Stewart, and "The Colbert Report" successfully merged comedy, satire and political reporting and became a much-talked-about part of American pop culture.

    Squirrel Boy
    Not Safe with Nikki Glaser
    The Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin
    La Culpa es de Llorente
    Roast of Flavor Flav
    Fonejacker
    Live at Gotham
    Freak Show
    The Hollow Men
    The Showbiz Show with David Spade
    That's My Bush!
    Trigger Happy TV
    Wanda Does It
    Last Laugh
    10 Best Collection of Chappelle's Show
    Big Lake
    Indecision 2008
    Portable Lounge
    The Life
    South Park: Matt and Trey's Top 10
    Onion SportsDome
    The Comedy Awards
    Nick Show Kroll
    The Cult of Cartman
    Best of Comedy Central Stand-Up Showdown
    CC:Stand-Up: The Bonnaroo Experience
    The Making of South Park: 6 Days to Air
    CC:Studios
    Mash Up
    Review with Forrest MacNeil
    Comedy Central Specials
    CC: Sampler
    Key & Peele: Viral Hits
    Workaholics: Six-Pack
    Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!
    Bill Cosby...Far From Finished
    Kevin Hart: Serve & Protect
    The Alternative Comedy Experience
    Big Time in Hollywood, FL
    Idiotsitter
    Problematic with Moshe Kasher
    The Jim Jefferies Show
    Kevin Hart Presents: The Next Level
    Give Out Girls
    The Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
    The New Negroes with Baron Vaughn & Open Mike Eagle
    Bill Burr Presents Jessica Kirson: Talking to Myself
    Bill Burr Presents: The Ringers
    The Burn with Jeff Ross
    Hall of Flame: Top 100 Comedy Central Roast Moments
    Doing the Most with Phoebe Robinson
    La Culpa es de Colón
    Tha God's Honest Truth With Lenard "Charlamagne" McKelvey
    Tha God's Honest Truth with Lenard
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    The Opposition with Jordan Klepper
    Atom TV
    Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
    The Benson Interruption
    Sports Show with Norm Macdonald
    Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
    Russell Simmons Presents The Ruckus
    The Burn
    Big Bad World
    Nine Films About Technology
    Jokes.com Live: Stand-Up from the New York Comedy Festival
    Denis Leary and Friends Present: Douchebags & Donuts
    Playlist w/ Jak Knight