Comedy Central (Swedish TV channel)

Comedy Central (Swedish: Comedy Central Sverige) was a Swedish television channel owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA. Viacom International Media Networks have said that the channel will feature both original Swedish productions made for the channel and imported content.^[1]

Comedy Central

Country	Sweden
Network	Comedy Central
Ownership
Owner	ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA
History
Launched	January 1, 2009 (2009-01-01)
Closed	January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15)
Replaced by	Paramount Network
Links
Website	http://www.comedycentral.se/

The channel applied for license to broadcast in the terrestrial network in Sweden in February 2008 and on March 27, 2008 they were granted a license to broadcast nationally between 7 p.m. and 3 a.m. (initially timesharing with Nickelodeon) from January 1, 2009.^[2][3]

Logo used at launch.

The channel launched on January 1, 2009, opening with an episode of South Park and the Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson. During its first month, the channel launched on Boxer, Canal Digital, Com Hem, Tele2, Telia Digital-tv, SPA, Borderlight and IP Sweden.^[4] The channel was added to the Viasat platform on September 1, 2009.^[5]

On October 5, 2010, The Daily Show premiered on Comedy Central in Sweden, having previously been broadcast on Canal+ and Kanal 9.^[6] The show is broadcast at 7 p.m. Swedish time, only 14 hours after its original U.S. broadcast, and then repeated at 11.05 p.m. This is unusually fast as American talk shows are normally shown with a one-week delay in Sweden.

After almost 5 years of timesharing with Nickelodeon, Comedy Central got a separate channel in November 1, 2013.^[7]

The channel ceased broadcating on January 15, 2019, being replaced by Paramount Network.^[8][9]

Programming

Final programming

Source:^[10]

• The Daily Show
• Futurama
• Lip Sync Battle
• Punk'd
• South Park
• That '70s Show
• Tosh.0
• Vänner och fiender
• Will & Grace
• Workaholics

Former programming

• 3rd Rock from the Sun^[11]
• 8 Simple Rules^[12]
• According to Jim^[12]
• Adam Devine's House Party^[13]
• American Dad!^[14]
• Archer^[11]
• Baby Daddy^[13]
• Becker^[12]
• Big Time in Hollywood, FL^[14]
• Broad City^[13]
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine^[14]
• Brotherhood^[14]
• Californication^[12]
• Carpoolers^[12]
• Comedy Central Roast^[12]
• Community^[14]
• Dead Like Me^[12]
• Dharma & Greg^[14]
• Dirty Sexy Funny^[12]
• Everybody Hates Chris^[11]
• Everybody Loves Raymond^[12]
• Fat for Fun^[13]
• Frasier^[12]
• Friends^[11]
• I Live with Models^[14]
• Important Things with Demetri Martin^[12]
• Inside Amy Schumer^[13]
• Insomniac with Dave Attell^[12]
• Jon Benjamin Has a Van^[11]
• Just for Laughs Festival^[11]
• Kenny vs. Spenny^[12]
• Key & Peele^[13]
• Malcolm in the Middle^[11]
• Mash Up^[13]
• Melissa & Joey^[13]
• Mind of Mencia^[12]
• Monk^[12]
• Moonbeam City^[14]
• Mulaney^[13]
• New Kids^[11]
• Out of Practice^[12]
• Popoz^[13]
• Real Husbands of Hollywood^[13]
• Review^[13]
• Rules Of Engagement^[12]
• Sex and the City^[12]
• Stand-Up Saturday^[12]
• The Ben Show
• The Burn With Jeff Ross^[13]
• The Cleveland Show^[14]
• The Colbert Report (Global Edition)^[12]
• The Jeff Dunham Show^[11]
• The King of Queens^[12]
• The Office (US)^[12]
• The Sarah Silverman Program^[11]
• 'Til Death^[14]
• Tosh.0^[11]
• TripTank^[13]
• Ugly Americans^[11]
• Unhappily Ever After^[12]
• Workaholics^[11]

References

1. "Här är Comedy Centrals och MTVs nya programdirektör". Dagens Media. February 8, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
2. Tillstånd att sända TV-program, page 63, Swedish Radio and TV Authority, 27 March 2008
3. "FAQ". www.comedycentral.tv. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
4. "Om Comedy Central". comedcentral.tv. Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
5. "Viasat lanserar Comedy Central" (Press release). Viasat Sverige. June 4, 2009. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
6. ""Daily show" tillbaka i svensk tv". Barometern. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
7. "Mer Nickelodeon och Comedy Central hos Viasat". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
8. "Viacom lanserar underhållningskanalen Paramount Network i Sverige". News Powered by Cision (in Swedish). 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
9. Dagensanalys.se (2019-01-15). "Nya annonsmöjligheter när TV-kanalen Paramount Network lanseras". Dagensanalys.se. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
10. "Komplett TV-guide - Här hittar du TV-tablån för hela veckan". Tv-Tabla.se. Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
11. "Program överblick". Comedy Central. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
12. "TV-shower". www.comedycentral.tv. Archived from the original on 2010-02-14. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
13. "TV-shower". www.comedycentral.tv. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
14. "Program överblick". www.comedycentral.tv. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2023-10-12.

External links

• Official site