NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Comedy Central Wednesday renewed the satirical "The Colbert Report" through 2006. Stephen Colbert's sendup of cable news shows immediately follows Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" four nights a week.

NEW YORK, May 4 (UPI) -- Comedy Central is preparing to introduce new late-night shows in the United States that will build on the success of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Cable network Comedy Central is ramping up for its 2005 season and has made deals with comics Norm Macdonald and Jamie Kennedy, Zap2it.com reports.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. Cable's Comedy Central has ordered 14 episodes of "Distraction," a British game show mixing trivia, comedy as well as maggots and body piercing.

NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- Comedy Central has planned to celebrate its 13th birthday with what may be U.S. cable's first bar mitzvah.