Comcast Cablevision Moves COMEDY CENTRAL from Tier to Basic On June 5.

Entertainment Editors

NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 31, 2001

100,000 Subscribers Now Allowed to Combat the Sizzling Summer Heat

With the Cool Comedy of Jon Stewart, Martin Short, Ben Stein,

Kevin James, the Battlebots and the Boys From "South Park";

COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Available On Channel 66 In All Sarasota Counties

Just what Sarasota needs, more heat during the summer. But that's exactly what the area will get beginning June 5 when Comcast Cablevision moves COMEDY CENTRAL onto their basic channel line-up (channel 66) providing over 100,000 subscribers the opportunity to see first hand what the rest of the country has been talking about, the red-hot COMEDY CENTRAL cable channel. It's not a moment too soon as the network will launch four new series, a one-hour stand-up special and four new seasons of COMEDY CENTRAL's returning favorites during the next three months.

In addition to ongoing all-new episodes of the Peabody Award-winning news parody, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and the Emmy Award-winning game show, "Win Ben Stein's Money," COMEDY CENTRAL will launch four new series this summer including "Primetime Glick" starring Martin Short and COMEDY CENTRAL Sports' "Let's Bowl" (a cross between "The People's Court" and "Bowling for Dollars") as well as the network's new experimental Late Night Programming Block featuring "Good Night America starring Chris Wylde" and "Insomniac with Dave Attell." Also on tap is COMEDY CENTRAL's first ever one-hour stand-up special, "Kevin James: Sweat the Small Stuff," and all-new seasons of "South Park," "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents," "The Man Show" and "COMEDY CENTRAL Sports Presents BattleBots."

From Tom Servo and Crow, Cartman and Kenny, Jimmy and Adam, and Patsy and Edina to Jon Stewart's nightly quips, battling metallic robots, Ben Stein's monotone, foul-mouthed puppet animals and Dr. Katz' couch, COMEDY CENTRAL has always been on the cutting-edge of television, bringing viewers an eclectic mix of comedy programming including such classics as "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher," "Mystery Science Theater 3000," "Absolutely Fabulous," "Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist" and the legendary "Friars Club Roasts."

Ranging from the irreverent to the outrageous, the all-comedy network has established itself as the place for the most innovative original programming, combined with the best in stand-up, sketch comedy and classic movies and comedy series. COMEDY CENTRAL has also been a breeding ground for the hottest comedic talent, including Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, Bill Maher, Craig Kilborn, Denis Leary, Jim Breuer and Amy Sedaris and has become the network where comedians, writers and producers can find the freedom to explore new avenues of comedic concept, content and format.

Comcast Cablevision of West Florida, Inc., the largest cable company in Southwest Florida, serves more than 530,000 customers in seven predominant counties. In addition to offering customers basic TV channels, Comcast also offers movie channels, plus home theater services. The company offers Digital Cable Service, with up to 250 channels, and is the fastest growing provider of high-speed cable Internet access in the local area.

Comcast is headquartered in Philadelphia, and is a division of Comcast Corporation (www.comcast.com), a developer, manager and operator of broadband cable networks and provider of programming content. Comcast Cable is the third largest cable company in the United States, which provides basic cable, digital cable and high speed Internet services. Comcast Cable is the company to look to first for the communications products and services that connect people to what's important in their lives. Incorporating pending cable transactions, the company's more than 18,000 cable division employees will serve more than 8.4 million customers in six geographic regions.

From groundbreaking classics to cutting-edge originals, including "South Park," "That's My Bush!," "BattleBots," "The Man Show," "Win Ben Stein's Money" and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, is currently available in over 72 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL, a registered trademark of Comedy Partners, is a 50-50 joint venture of Time Warner Entertainment Company and Viacom. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is http://www.comedycentral.com.

For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit COMEDY CENTRAL's press-only website at http://press.comedycentral.com