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by Allison Waldman, posted Oct 25th 2009 5:04PM
In the original version of this post, I wrote about the big success of Jeff Dunham on Comedy Central -- last Thursday night, his new show The Jeff Dunham Show drew 5.3 million viewers, the highest ever premiere for a show on that network. However, I mistakenly thought the show aired Friday and compared the ratings to shows on other networks that night. I sincerely apologize if that confused readers. Here's the story as it should have been written in the first place.Jeff Dunham's success was surprising and quite a feat. As my mother might say, "Go figure." The Jeff Dunham Show.
And the number of viewers got even better later that night when a repeat of the show aired -- 7.9 million viewers.
I have to admit that I didn't see the show. Apparently, Dunham had a Christmas special for Comedy Central in 2008 that was a ratings bonanza, the most watched program ever for Comedy Central with 6.6 million total viewers. Clearly, the man has a lot of popular appeal.
Here's a clip from that special so you can get an idea of what all the excitement's about:
Comedy Central has locked up Jeff Dunham earlier this year with a big contract that includes this series, as well as specials, DVDs and a live tour. You gotta wonder, though, if NBC, CBS, Fox or ABC wouldn't try to get him off cable and see if he had even greater appeal on a bigger platform.
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