SEASON FINALE EPISODES OF "THE HALF HOUR" PREMIERE ON COMEDY CENTRAL(R) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28 AT MIDNIGHT ET/PT AND 12:30 A.M. ET/PT
Tone Bell and Andrew Santino Star in Back-To-Back Episodes
"Andrew Santino: Say No More" Album Available November 27 on iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Spotify, and Apple Music
NEW YORK, November 23, 2015 - The season finale episodes of Comedy Central's "The Half Hour" premiere on Saturday, November 28 at Midnight ET/PT and 12:30 a.m. ET/PT, featuring Tone Bell and Andrew Santino.
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 Bell, Michelle Buteau, Donnelly, Hanley, Randy Liedtke, Joe List, Sam Morril, Barry Rothbart, Santino, Beth Stelling, Liza Treyger, Brooks Wheelan, Andy Woodhull and Hampton Yount.
Bell delivers his signature charm and hilarious takes on alcohol and drug use, fitness and his local bank teller. Santino welcomes viewers into his world of everyday outrage with rants on bathroom infrastructure, speed limits and a particularly enraging trip to an English grocery store which make for an incredible season finale to another great season of "The Half Hour."
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 Bell and Santino on Twitter at @toneBell and @CheetoSantino, 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.
Santino's digital album "Andrew Santino: Say No More," will be available on November 27 on iTunes, Amazon MP3, Google Play, Spotify, Apple Music and all streaming services. The album is now available for pre-order on iTunes: http://on.cc.com/1lrIrbc.
Bell's first job in Hollywood was NBC's "Whitney," where he played the role of "RJ." The following year he starred in Fox's "To My Future Assistant" while continuing to tour and play gigs around the country as a stand-up comedian. Bell starred as "Tedward" on NBC's "Bad Judge," and sold a show to FX that he co-created, is writing, will star in and executive produce. Currently, Bell stars as "Russell" in Will Packer & DJ Nash's new NBC show "Truth Be Told."
Santino just completed filming on the Showtime pilot "I'm Dying Up Here," executive produced by Jim Carey and directed by Jonathan Levine. Previously, Santino was the star of ABC's comedy "Mixology." He can be seen anytime on Yahoo's first digital series "Sin City Saints," which he stars in alongside Tom Arnold and Malin Ackerman. Santino hosted the red carpet for Comedy Central's "Roast of Justin Bieber" and was one of Comedy Central's "Comics to Watch." He recently headlined at Montreal's Just For Laughs comedy festival as well as at SXSW. Santino got his start acting and writing on the final season of Punk'd for MTV and his stand-up television debut was on "Adam Devine's House Party." Since then, he has been on "Conan," and has guest starred on Adult Swim's "Children's Hospital," on Netflix's "Arrested Development," HBO's "Family Tree," NBC's "The Office," FX's "The League" and Hulu's "Deadbeat."
"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 is the home for the biggest names in stand-up including one-hour specials from top comedians Amy Schumer, Daniel Tosh, Kevin Hart, Tracy Morgan, Jim Gaffigan, Hannibal Buress, Natasha Leggero, Chris Hardwick, David Spade, Gabriel Iglesias, Patton Oswalt, Aziz Ansari, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, and more. Comedy Central stand-up series include "Adam Devine's House Party," "The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail," "This Is Not Happening," and "The Half Hour."
For clips, full specials, highlights and behind-the-scenes content visit cc.com/stand-up or the CC:Stand-Up Facebook page, follow @ccstandup on Twitter and listen to Comedy Central Radio, exclusively on SiriusXM.
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