The network’s fall offerings begin in August this year with the Tuesday, August 26th premiere of Tosh.0, which will lead into the season premiere of Adam Devine’s House Party beginning September 9th. The latter will get only one airing behind the hit topical series before moving to its regular time slot Thursday, September 11th at 12:30 a.m. Devine’s departure of the time slot will allow Daniel Tosh’s other Comedy Central project, animated comedy Brickleberry, to debut its third season Tuesday, September 16th at 10:30; meanwhile, Comedy Central Wednesdays take shape September 24th with the season premieres of South Park at 10:00 and Key & Peele at 10:30.

Comedy Central will get another late night series to join Adam Devine’s House Party in Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution, which premieres its third season Friday, October 3rd at midnight. The season is set to feature performances by the likes of Kabir Singh, Lance Patrick, Mark Viera, Barry Brewer, and Shaun Latham.

The network recently renewed Drunk History and Nathan For You after picking up new seasons of Broad City, Inside Amy Schumer, Kroll Show, Review, and Trip Tank earlier this year.

What will you be watching on Comedy Central this fall? Which pop culture and political targets would you like to see South Park tackle next season? Would you like to see Adam Devine’s House Party or Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution in primetime?

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Based on the Funny or Die web series of the same name by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner, Drunk History uses an inebriated narrator to recount an event in American history, with actors enacting the anecdote by lip syncing any dialog. Season two have featured the likes of Lisa Bonet, Laura Dern, and Adrianne Palicki, with retellings ranging from Edgar Allen Poe’s feud with Rufus Griswold to the birth of rock and roll and Allen Pinkerton’s Lincoln assignment.

Docu-reality series Nathan For You finds comedian Nathan Fielder playing an off-kilter version of himself that uses his business background to help struggling companies. Season two of the critically acclaimed series has taken Fielder to a Hollywood souvenir shop, a struggling auto mechanic, and a liquor store.

Comedy Central has had a strong 2014 thus far, as Broad City, Key & Peele, Inside Amy Schumer, Kroll Show, Review, and Trip Tank have all been renewed. At San Diego Comic-Con, the network revealed the trailer for Moonbeam City, an upcoming animated comedy starring Rob Lowe as an undercover detective who commits more crimes than the criminals he’s chasing.

Drunk History airs Tuesdays at 10:00 on Comedy Central, with Nathan For You following at 10:30.

What have you thought about the second seasons of Drunk History and Nathan For You? Which historical event would you most like to see Drunk History tackle? Which of Nathan For You‘s fixes has been your favorite of the season?

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The program, which will launch in 2014, on Sunday nights, and will take a satirical look at the week’s politics, news, and current events.

Sounds like something Oliver is quite familiar with.

“We weren’t otherwise searching for another weekly talk show, but when we saw John Oliver handling host duties on The Daily Show, we knew that his singular perspective and distinct voice belonged on HBO,” said HBO president Michael Lombardo.

Said Oliver: “I’m incredibly excited to be joining HBO, especially as I presume this means I get free HBO now. I want to thank Comedy Central, and everyone at The Daily Show for the best seven and a half years of my life. But most of all, I’d like to thank Jon Stewart. He taught me everything I know. In fact, if I fail in the future, it’s entirely his fault.”

What do you think?  Excited for Oliver to get his own spotlight?  How do you think he’ll do?

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This week on TVHackr, we talked about a LeBron James sitcom, the final episodes of Siberia, and the first episodes of Back in the Game and Trophy Wife, while the internet touched on the most anticipated fall TV, what just hit Netflix, and TVs that were designed for outdoor usage.

NBC: Watch the Primetime Preview Special Here
NBC has released its annual Primetime Preview, a look at its upcoming fall schedule with assorted clips, which Sean Hayes and the cast of Sean Saves the World host this year.

Comedy Central to Livestream “Roast of James Franco”
Comedy Central provided fans with additional ways to watch its roast of James Franco, aired on Labor Day.

Fox Sports 1 Up, Then Down In Opening Week
Just how did the new FOX Sports Network do during its first full week on the air? We have the verdict here.

CBS and Time Warner Cable Reach Agreement
CBS and Time Warner ended the month-long blackout and restored service to its customers this week. Did you stick with TWC during the entirety of the CBS blackout?

Mistresses Season Finale Preview: Savi Finds Out the Paternity Results
While Savi finds out who the father of her unborn child is, April makes a decision about Richard and Karen faces off with Elizabeth one more time.

Siberia Finale Spoilers: Who Will Make It Out Alive?
Coming up on Siberia, the two groups of contestants are reunited after quite some time apart, but what is the latest danger threatening their lives?

Siberia 1.10 Preview: Where are Sabina, Neeko, and Miljan?
On the next episode of Siberia, the three contestants at the settlement are taken to their next residence, while those at the facility find evidence of experimentation.

True Blood to End After Season 7 in 2014
True Blood‘s seventh season, which will air during the summer of 2014, will be its last, HBO confirmed this week.

LeBron James Developing Starz Sitcom
NBA champion LeBron James has broken into the world of television, as he’s developing a comedy for Starz with Tom Werner and Maverick Carter.

American Idol finalizes judging panel for 13th Season!
The American Idol judging panel has been confirmed as consisting of Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, and Harry Connick Jr. for the show’s next season.

American Horror Story: Coven Poster: The Snakes of Wrath
American Horror Story had its third season key art released by FX and it pointed at just how sinister the coven the season will be following is.

Trophy Wife: Watch the First Episode of the Upcoming ABC Comedy Early
ABC released the first episode of Trophy Wife, which stars Malin Akerman as a former party girl who marries a man with two ex-wives and three children.

Back in the Game: Watch the ABC Comedy Pilot Early Here
ABC released the first episode of Back in the Game, an upcoming comedy that follows a former softball star moving back home with her father.

The Goldbergs: Watch the First Episode of the Upcoming Comedy Here
ABC released the first episode of family comedy The Goldbergs, set in 1985 and starring Jeff Garlin and Wendi McLendon-Covey.

Dancing With The Stars Season 17 Cast Revealed
The cast for the venerable ABC reality competition has been revealed. Who do you think is the favorite to take home the trophy?

Baby Daddy Season 2 Finale Recap: Happy Birthday, Miley
While Riley’s surprise birthday party doesn’t go quite as planned, Ben is in for a surprise of his own when he finds out that Emma’s mother is back in town.

Johnny Galecki a.k.a. Leonard ventures into Production
Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki has gotten into the production side of the television industry with a series in development at FOX.

True Detective to Premiere This January on HBO
The upcoming HBO crime drama, which stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, will premiere this January, along with the third season of Girls.

CBS Puts Entire Seasons of Selected Shows Online and On-Demand
CBS has made full seasons of The Good Wife, The Mentalist, Elementary, and Hawaii Five-o available before their fall 2013 premieres.

News Roundup: Women Making Strides on Television
According to a study by San Diego State University, women have been making incremental gains both in front of and behind the camera, though female characters are still outnumbered and tend to be younger than their male counterparts.

Defiance: William Atherton and Anna Hopkins Join Season 2
The Syfy drama has added two new characters for its second season: an E-Rep higher-up and a documentarian who gets involved in a passionate love triangle.

Tyrant: Jennifer Finnigan Joins the Cast
Jennifer Finnigan has joined the FX drama pilot as the matriarch of the family that the series will be following.

Patrick Dempsey – Racing Le Mans: “Actor/Racer” Review
The Grey’s Anatomy actor took on the 24-hour French race in a four-part series for Velocity.

What’s New on Netflix Streaming This Month: September 2013 (Vulture)
Vulture has compiled a list of everything that hit Netflix this month, which includes the second season of Scandal.

A Television Designed for the Outdoors (The New York Times)
Ranging in price from $1,500 to $7,000, SubBrite TVs are made from moisture-resistant parts and enclosed in a weather-resistant plastic case, per The New York Times.

Africa set to deploy digital television – As 47 Sub-Saharan African countries agree on frequency coordination for digital switch-over in 2015 (Newstime Africa)
Digital television will come to 47 Sub-Saharan African countries in 2015, according to Newstime Africa.

TV.com’s 10 Most Anticipated New Shows for Fall 2013 (TV.com)
TV.com counts down the 10 new fall shows that they’re most excited about. Did your most anticipated series make the list?

Will the fall TV season be less gay? (CNN)
After a slew of gay-friendly series were canceled this past season, the fall of 2013 will be decidedly less diverse, ironically at a time when support for same-sex marriage is rising, per CNN.

The true stories behind 9 iconic TV production logos (The Week)
Want to know how Bad Robot, Mutant Enemy, and Ubu decided on their production logos? The Week has you covered.

How to End It All (Interview)
Interview brought together Vince Gilligan, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, and Alan Ball to talk wrestling with expectations, making television in the so-called Golden Age, and figuring out how to say goodbye.

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The network will be streaming the show across CC.com, mobile devices, tablets, and the CC:Stand-Up app available on Xbox 360 – no subscription required. The Xbox app will even be unlocked for the event, for all users.

The livestream will air along with the east coast broadcast of the roast,  meaning that west coast audiences will be able to enjoy the show three hours prior to the scheduled premiere in their time zone.

Such a simulcast could potentially cannibalize on-air ratings, but at the same time poses an opportunity for some serious social media domination, as cable-less fans can still access the special and join the conversation.  The encore presentation of the “Roast of James Franco” will also feature social media, with real-time tweets and posts from Facebook on screen.

No doubt, if Comedy Central’s livestream is successful – and I have a feeling it will be – we could see future similar events by more networks.

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco airs September 2nd, at 10 PM ET/PT.  There will also be a pre-show on the red-carpet hosted by Franco’s own grandmother, Mitzie Verne, and comedian Jonah Ray.

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