''Comedy Central Presents'' is an American

stand-up comedy Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage (theatre), stage and delivers humour, humorous and satire, satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical comedy, physical acts. These ...

television series created for

Comedy Central Comedy Central is an American Cable television in the United States, cable television channel, channel owned by Paramount Global through its Paramount Media Networks, network division's Paramount Media Networks#MTV Entertainment Group, MTV Ente ...

. It is the network's main half-hour program which highlights either one or a series of stand-up comedians each episode. In 2011, the series ended and

replaced it with the revamped ''The Half Hour'', now called '' Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents'', a series of 30-minute stand-up specials.

Episodes

DVDs

Starting in 2008, Comedy Central started releasing "Best of" compilation DVDs, with uncensored audio. Previously, some of these episodes have appeared on DVDs of comedians' stand-up specials, only they remained censored.

''The Best of Comedy Central Presents: Uncensored''

This DVD was released on February 5, 2008. On this DVD, only the audio was uncensored. There is one moment in Dane Cook's special when he gives

the finger "The finger", or the middle finger (as in giving someone the (middle) finger, flipping the bird or flipping someone off) is an obscene hand gesture. The gesture communicates moderate to extreme contempt, and is roughly equivalent in meaning t ...

, which was blurred on television, that remains blurred. The shows featured on this DVD are: *

Lewis Black Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion and cultural trends. He hosted the Comedy Central series ''Lewis Black's ...

(2002) (3rd special) * Dane Cook (2000) * Jeff Dunham (2003) * Jim Gaffigan (2000) * Mitch Hedberg (1999) * Demetri Martin (2004) * Carlos Mencia (2002) * Brian Regan (2000)

''The Best of Comedy Central Presents: Uncensored II''

This DVD was released on August 26, 2008. Unlike the first DVD, this DVD removes all of the commercial bumper titles and isolates the credits of each show. The shows featured on this DVD are: * Dave Attell (1999) * Mike Birbiglia (2004) (1st special) * Frank Caliendo (2004) * Zach Galifianakis (2001) * Stephen Lynch (2008) (2nd special) * Patton Oswalt (1999) * Nick Swardson (2006) (2nd special, although the picture of him on the back cover was from his 1st special) *

Daniel Tosh Daniel Dwight Tosh (born May 29, 1975) is an American comedian, writer, and producer. After graduating from the University of Central Florida with a degree in marketing, Tosh moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in comedy. His career accelera ...

(2002)

References

External links

* * {{Comedy Central programming Comedy Central original programming 1998 American television series debuts 1990s American stand-up comedy television series 2000s American stand-up comedy television series 2010s American stand-up comedy television series 2011 American television series endings American English-language television shows