dog bites man

And you thought there wasn't anything to watch on television this summer. Well, I thought that anyway. But, Comedy Central kindly reminds us that it is still around and is premiering all sorts of promising (and proven) comedy this summer. Dog Bites Man premieres on June 7th and looks promising. It stars Matt Walsh, formerly a correspondent for The Daily Show, and comedian Zach Galifianakis, and parodies local news. A whole bunch of returning programs premiere on July 9th, starting with Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes, where writers from the show will introduce sketches that never aired. It's also coming to DVD on July 25. Reno 911! and Mind of Mencia premiere on July 9th. What's missing? Stella. *sigh*

Comedy Central also announced the premiere date for season 10 of South Park: October 4th. The network also will launch Scrubs into syndication in September.

Comedy Central's partially-improvised spoof of local news, Dog Bites Man, debuts on June 7 at 10:30 p.m. Right now you can click over to Comedy Central's Web site for the show and watch a preview clip, plus "interviews" with different members of the tenacious but somewhat inept KHBX newsteam. It's hard to gauge by the brief clip alone, but the show looks pretty funny, and I love the talent they've assembled for it. It definitely has a Reno 911 vibe to it, so I'm sure I'll be checking out at least the first episode, which will see the newsteam cover a bodybuilding competition and take part in sexual harassment training.

As soon as I started seeing the commercials for this new Comedy Central series, I was thrilled. First of all, the series will spoof local news, which is ripe for spoofing, I must say. Most spoofable is the local news, that's what I'm getting at. Also, the new series will feature Matt Walsh (the reporter) of Upright Citizens Brigade, and one of my favorite funny people of the moment, Zach Galifianakis (who will play the director). Andrea Savage and A. D. Miles will round out the cast. The series is produced and written by Dan Mazer of Da Ali G Show. I can't believe this show won't be hilarious with this crew behind it. The series debuts June 7 at 10:30 p.m.