NEW EPISODES OF "THE HALF HOUR" PREMIERE ON COMEDY CENTRAL(R) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 AT MIDNIGHT ET/PT AND 12:30 A.M. ET/PT

Sean Donnelly and Phil Hanley Star in Back-To-Back Episodes

"Sean Donnelly: Manual Labor Face" Album Available November 13 on CC: Stand-Up Direct, iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Spotify, and Apple Music

NEW YORK, October 15, 2015 - Two new episodes of Comedy Central's "The Half Hour" premiere on Saturday, November 14 at Midnight ET/PT and 12:30 a.m. ET/PT, featuring Sean Donnelly and Phil Hanley.

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, Donnelly, Hanley, Randy Liedtke, Joe List, Sam Morril, Barry Rothbart, Andrew Santino, Beth Stelling, Liza Treyger, Brooks Wheelan, Andy Woodhull and Hampton Yount.

Donnelly brings his bold, New York attitude to "The Half Hour" with a hilarious set spanning lonely days with his dog, married life and the subjectivity of being fat. In his set, Hanley displays his incredible joke-writing ability as well as his confident insecurity, taking on topics from growing up in Canada, to living with an elderly roommate to reimagining a breakup with an audience member.

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 Donnelly and Hanley on Twitter at @seanytime and @PhilMhanley, 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 Video, Xbox Video, Vudu, Google Play and Verizon Flexview.

Donnelly's digital album "Sean Donnelly: Manual Labor Face," will be available on November 13 on CC: Stand-Up Direct, iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Spotify, Apple Music and all streaming services.

When he's not catching a nap with his bulldog, Rickles, Donnelly can be found headlining clubs all over the country. He has appeared on MTV's "World of Jenks," "Late Show with David Letterman," and NBC's "Last Comic Standing." Donnelly was a Montreal Just For Laughs "New Face" in 2013 and co-hosts the podcast "My Dumb Friends" with fellow comedian Dan St. Germain. He was featured on the TruTV series "World's Dumbest" and on the first season of "Adam Devine's House Party" on Comedy Central, and can also be seen on Amazon's "Alpha House," Comedy Central's "Broad City" and "Inside Amy Schumer," TruTV's "Friends of the People," and GSN's "Lie Detectors."

Hanley began stand-up comedy by performing at open mics around Vancouver, BC. He was named one of the five "Comics Creating a Buzz" at the Just For Laughs festival by The Hollywood Reporter and was rewarded with a featured segment on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Hanley has since relocated to the States where he has appeared on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show," "The Pete Holmes Show," "@midnight with Chris Hardwick" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers." He has performed at most of the major festivals in North America and has appeared in a Microsoft commercial alongside Samantha Bee and Jason Jones, both formerly of "The Daily Show." When at home in New York, Hanley can be seen on stage at the Comedy Cellar.

"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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