MyNetworkTV to Unleash Comics in Prime

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Entertainment Studios’ half-hour show, Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, will premiere in primetime on MyNetworkTV starting next Wednesday, April 8. The network will air back-to-back episodes from 9 to 10 p.m.

Comics Unleashed, which is shot in high definition, also appears on TV One and in broadcast syndication, with clearances in more than 90% of the U.S. Comics Unleashed is not a part of MyNetworkTV’s new program service, which begins this fall.

The show is hosted by Allen, chairman and CEO of Entertainment Studios. Comedians who have appeared on the program include Dane Cook, Howie Mandel, Margaret Cho, Anthony Anderson and many more.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.