NEW EPISODES OF "THE HALF HOUR" PREMIERE ON COMEDY CENTRAL(R) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT MIDNIGHT ET/PT AND 12:30 A.M. ET/PT

Sam Morril and Joe List Star in Back-To-Back Episodes

NEW YORK, October 8, 2015 - Two new episodes of Comedy Central's "The Half Hour" premiere on Saturday, October 24 at Midnight ET/PT and 12:30 a.m. ET/PT, featuring Sam Morril and Joe List. Highlight preview episode "Must CC: The Half Hour" is now available on the Comedy Central App, cc.com/thehalfhour, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Xbox Video, Apple Music, Vudu and Google Play. New episodes of "The Half Hour" will continue to roll out throughout the fall.

Filmed at The Royale in Boston, "The Half Hour" showcases some of the best up-and-coming stand-up comedians. The fourteen-episode season offers sets from comedians Tone Bell, Michelle Buteau, Sean Donnelly, Phil Hanley, Randy Liedtke, List, Morril, Barry Rothbart, Andrew Santino, Beth Stelling, Liza Treyger, Brooks Wheelan, Andy Woodhull and Hampton Yount.

Morril's excellent joke-writing combined with his dark sense of humor make for a great "Half Hour." Morril takes on everything from elevator etiquette to new Hallmark card ideas to leaving a lunch with his mom for a bizarre sexual escapade. List's ability to unpack the absurd details of everyday life and his tendency to find himself in uncomfortable situations have coalesced into an hysterical "Half Hour." For List, trying out yoga, flying to Aruba in the winter and being tasked to check on a sleeping baby are just a few of the situations that make life... awkward.

Leading up to the on-air premiere, Comedy Central Stand-Up and cc.com/thehalfhour will feature preview clips from the series. Fans can follow Morril and List on Twitter at @sammorril and @JoeListComedy, and tweet using the hashtag #TheHalfHour to join the social chatter around the series.

Episodes of "The Half Hour" will be available day after air on the Comedy Central App and cc.com/thehalfhour to fans that sign in via their cable or satellite provider. The Comedy Central App is available for iPad and iPhone on the App Store, Android on Google Play, Roku, Xbox One and Chromecast. The episodes will also be available for download the day after air on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Xbox Video, Apple Music, Vudu and Google Play.

Morril's digital album "Sam Morril: Class Act," will be available on October 23 on CC: Stand-Up Direct, iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Spotify, Apple Music and all streaming services.

In 2011, Morril was named a "Comic to Watch" by Comedy Central. He has been featured on "Gotham Comedy Live" on AXS TV, "The Artie Lange Show," "Adam Devine's House Party" and "Inside Amy Schumer" on Comedy Central, MSG's "The Bracket," and he made his late-night debut on "Conan" on TBS. You can see Morril regularly on "Red Eye" on Fox News and his comedy can be heard on Sirius XM Radio.

List began his comedy career in Boston in 2000 just weeks after graduating from high school. Since then, he has been featured on the "Late Show with David Letterman," Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham," FoxNews' "Red Eye," DirectTV's "The Artie Lange Show," AXS TV's "Gotham Comedy Live" and was also a finalist on the most recent season of NBC's "Last Comic Standing." List has also twice been featured at the prestigious 'Just for Laughs' festival in Montreal, as well as the Vancouver Comedy Festival and Oslo Comedy Festival. His album "So Far No Good" can be heard regularly on Sirius XM Radio. List is also the co-host of his own weekly podcast "Tuesdays with Stories" as well as a regular on Robert Kelly's "You Know What Dude" podcast.

"The Half Hour" is executive produced by John Bravakis and Stu Schreiberg. JoAnn Grigioni and Miro Terrell are the Executives in Charge for Comedy Central.

Comedy Central, the #1 brand in comedy, is the home for the biggest names in stand-up including recent one-hour specials from Daniel Tosh, Kevin Hart, Gabriel Iglesias, Amy Schumer, Anthony Jeselnik, Aziz Ansari, Chris Hardwick, Hannibal Buress, John Mulaney, Pete Holmes, Nick Kroll, Patton Oswalt, Jim Gaffigan, David Spade, Tracy Morgan, and more.

Comedy Central stand-up series include "Adam Devine's House Party," "The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail," "Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution," "The Half Hour," "Comedy Underground with Dave Attell" and "This is Not Happening."

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