Comedy Central

For the UK version of Comedy Central, see Comedy Central (UK).

Comedy Central is a cable television network created in 1991, with the merger of two cable channels devoted to comedy-based programming, Time Warner's The Comedy Channel, which launched in 1989 and Ha!, which Viacom launched in 1990.

1991–1994


Comedy Central started life on April 1, 1991.


 * MST3K Temple - Memorabilia The Comedy Central Years 1991-1998
 * Google Video: 1991 - Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day promo 2
 * Youtube: COMEDY CENTRAL line-up (1992)
 * Google Video: 1993 - Comedy Central commercial

1997–2000


In 1998, the logo was later rendered in 2D and also shown in different colors. Eventually, the logo was slightly redesigned during the period, to give it a more smoother look; most notably, the small hyphen (-) from the "COMEDY CENTRAL" marquee was removed.


 * Youtube: (1996) Comedy Central's First Website!! - 90's TV commercial

2000–2011
Comedy Central started using a new logo on October 30, 2000. This was the first major redesign for the network and removed the transmitter from the channel logo. The transmitter was said to "communicate the 1950s broadcast era" by network management. A new graphics package was developed by Imaginary Forces.


 * AIGA
 * Time Warner
 * Multichannel News

This altered logo was occasionally seen as part of a new graphics package, produced by Royale. The previous logo was however still used as the channel's official logo and was used in most situations.

2011–


On December 9, 2010, a completely new logo for Comedy Central was revealed in New York. The new logo officially made its debut on January 1, 2011. The new logo centers on two Cs, one which is inside the other which is reversed; that portion of the logo, nicknamed the "Comedymark", closely resembles a copyright symbol. The network name is displayed in mixed positions, with the word "Comedy" right side-up and the word "Central" flipped upside-down. New York design company The Lab was the design agency which worked with Comedy Central for the new look.

A new style for graphics and promos had slowly been introduced starting a few months earlier and features straight typography on clean backgrounds.

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 * Motionographer
 * Comedy Cental Video
 * Fonts In Use

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