The Comedy Awards

This article is about the Comedy Central award. For other uses, see Comedy award.

The Comedy Awards was an annual award ceremony run by the American television network Comedy Central, honoring the best of comedy.[1] It was held twice, in 2011 and 2012. The 2011 ceremony took place on March 26 and aired on April 10 on CMT, Comedy Central, Logo TV, Nick at Nite, Spike, TV Land and VH1. It debuted on The Comedy Channel in Australia on May 22, 2011.

The Comedy Awards represented Comedy Central's second attempt at creating an annual awards show. Comedy Central’s first attempt, the Commie Awards, ran once in 2003. Comedy Central also hosted the American Comedy Awards in 2001, which was those awards' last successive year after having been founded in 1987.[2]

  1. ^ Levin, Gary (March 27, 2011). "Comedy Central hands out laughs with its awards". USA Today. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  2. ^ P, A (1987-05-21). "Bette Midler Wins 4 Comedy Awards". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2024-09-11.