{"id":4874,"date":"2013-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2013\/04\/23\/comedy-central-twitter-align-for-programming-stunt\/"},"modified":"2013-04-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T00:00:00","slug":"comedy-central-twitter-align-for-programming-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/comedy-central-twitter-align-for-programming-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedy Central &amp; Twitter Align for Programming Stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">NEW YORK: The #ComedyFest is a five-day festival celebrating comedy and comedians that will be programmed on Twitter, with the participation of Comedy Central. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Running from April 29 to May 3, the event kicks off with the comedic icon Mel Brooks setting up a Twitter account. The event will be live-streamed in Brooks&#8217;s first tweet, and can also be viewed on CC.com. The #ComedyFest will feature 16 programmed events with more than 50 comedians, including Gabriel Iglesias, Keegan-Michel Key and Jordan Peele, Jeffrey Ross, the cast of <em>Reno 911<\/em> and many others. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;Twitter has become an essential medium for comedy and comedians,&rdquo; said Michele Ganeless, the president of Comedy Central. &ldquo;#ComedyFest will exist in the twittersphere&mdash;creating comedy that lives on social media. It&#8217;s a great extension for our brand; it&#8217;s where our audience lives.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Fred Graver, the head of TV at Twitter, said, &ldquo;Awesome to have @ComedyCentral on-air and on Twitter celebrating comedians and the rise of 140 character comedy. 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