Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham has enthralled audiences everywhere with his comedic puppet pals, which include an anthropomorphic jalapeno and a deceased terrorist. He enthralled Comedy Central enough that in October, they gave him a regular primetime series, The Jeff Dunham Show. And while the premiere episode of the series did give Comedy Central a record-setting debut (with 5.3 million viewers), viewership slowly fell, with the first season's finale only being watched by 1.3 million viewers, making the critically panned series a disappointment for Comedy Central, who announced today that the series would not return for a second season.
The network, which recently cancelled Reno 911! earlier this year, announced that there were currently no plans to continue the show for a second season, according to their representative Steve Albani. This comes after the surprise success of Dunham's 2008 Christmas special, Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special, which garnered the network 6.6 million viewers, its highest ratings ever.
The network, which recently cancelled Reno 911! earlier this year, announced that there were currently no plans to continue the show for a second season, according to their representative Steve Albani. This comes after the surprise success of Dunham's 2008 Christmas special, Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special, which garnered the network 6.6 million viewers, its highest ratings ever.
- 12/29/2009
- by Sam McPherson
- TVovermind.com
Jeff Dunham and his infamous characters, Walter, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Peanut, Bubba J and José Jalapeño on a Stick scored a series on Comedy Central. "The Jeff Dunham Show" debuts on Thursday, October 22. The new half-hour comedy-reality show from Levity Entertainment starring ventriloquist-comedian Jeff Dunham will feature Dunham and his cast of characters performing in front of a live studio audience as well as interacting on location with real people in and around Los Angeles. Building upon the breakout success of Dunham's stand-up specials, the most recent of which, "Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special," was the most-watched telecast in the network's history with 6.6 million viewers, "The Jeff Dunham Show" takes his beloved characters off...
- 7/23/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Comedy Central has inked a multiyear multiplatform deal with Levity Entertainment for a series of stand-up specials.
The pact includes six stand-up specials from Christopher Titus, Gabriel Iglesias, Pablo Francisco, Jim Breuer, Mitch Fatel and Pete Correale that will air in 2009 and six additional stand-up specials that will shoot in 2009 to air in 2010, including one starring Jeff Dunham, who recently inked a rich deal with the network following the record ratings for his "Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special."
At least eight of the specials will be released on DVD by Comedy Central Home Entertainment.
The pact includes six stand-up specials from Christopher Titus, Gabriel Iglesias, Pablo Francisco, Jim Breuer, Mitch Fatel and Pete Correale that will air in 2009 and six additional stand-up specials that will shoot in 2009 to air in 2010, including one starring Jeff Dunham, who recently inked a rich deal with the network following the record ratings for his "Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special."
At least eight of the specials will be released on DVD by Comedy Central Home Entertainment.
- 4/7/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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