'COMEDY CENTRAL Live Starring Jim Gaffigan: The Sexy Tour' Hits the Road Beginning August 15 in Miami with Tickets Going on Sale Friday, March 28

NEW YORK (Map) - NEW YORK, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Jim Gaffigan is one of the most versatile, venerable and veteran comedians working today. With a rabid fan base and growing popularity with audiences everywhere, Gaffigan is embarking on a national stand-up tour featuring all-new material. "COMEDY CENTRAL Live Starring Jim Gaffigan: The Sexy Tour" kicks off August 15 at The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami and travels to more than 20 markets nationwide with additional shows to be announced (see list at the end of this release). COMEDY CENTRAL is pleased to work with the industry's leading tour promoters of comedy, Live Nation, AEG Live, Jam Productions and Outback Concerts. The tour is sponsored by Wendy's.

For tour info and links to purchase tickets, viewers can log onto www.comedycentral.com and www.jimgaffigan.com. Tickets for "COMEDY CENTRAL Live Starring Jim Gaffigan: The Sexy Tour" will go on sale Friday, March 28.

While on tour, Gaffigan will tape a one-hour stand-up special for COMEDY CENTRAL at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX in December. The special is scheduled to premiere in 2009 (date TBD).

Jim Gaffigan has proven himself a major talent beloved to a wide range of audiences after achieving milestones in stand-up, acting and writing. As approachable as he is edgy, Gaffigan is responsible for some of the funniest and most memorable moments in recent television and film. As a stand-up comedian, Gaffigan's clever, quiet style has earned him an unprecedented number of appearances on both CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" and NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." His recent one-hour COMEDY CENTRAL stand-up special, CD and DVD all entitled "Beyond the Pale" have catapulted Gaffigan to one of the top five most popular touring comedians in the country today. His three-month "COMEDY CENTRAL Live" tour in 2007 sold-out 32 of 38 shows in 29 cities with second shows added in nine markets. "The "Beyond the Pale" DVD was certified Platinum selling more than 150,000 copies with the CD also selling over 150,000 copies.

After Gaffigan's first appearance on "Letterman," the host personally chose him to develop the sitcom "Welcome To New York." Gaffigan has appeared in many TV shows including "The Ellen Show," "That 70's Show," "Ed," "Sex and the City," "Third Watch," "Law & Order," among others. Currently, Gaffigan can be seen in TBS' first original scripted comedy series "My Boys" and with Conan O'Brien as the animated super hero crime-fighting duo in "Pale Force" on NBC.com which was nominated for a Broadband Emmy Award.

Gaffigan will be seen in the forthcoming films "The Love Guru" and "17" and has been featured in numerous films including "Stephanie Daley" "13 Going on 30" and "Three Kings." He has endeared himself to audiences by taking on vivid supporting characters in a number of genres. In the cult hit "Super Troopers," Gaffigan got huge laughs and famously helped add "meow" to the lexicon of Vermont state troopers. Gaffigan's quiet dramatic turn in "The Great New Wonderful" took audiences and critics by surprise as he embodied an office worker broken by tragedy who ultimately explodes in rage.

"COMEDY CENTRAL Live" is the network's successful live comedy venture working with today's leading stand-up comedians. Celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2007, "COMEDY CENTRAL Live" has sold over one million tickets and grossed 40 million dollars in box office receipts. The tours feature the hottest stand-up comedians on the scene including Dave Attell, Lewis Black, Drew Carey, Dave Chappelle, Jim Gaffigan, Demetri Martin, Carlos Mencia, Brian Regan and Wanda Sykes.

COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 91 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is www.comedycentral.com. For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs visit Press Central, COMEDY CENTRAL's press Web site at www.comedycentral.com/press.

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    DATE           CITY                VENUE
    August 15      Miami, FL           The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie
                                        Gleason Theater
    August 16      Clearwater, FL      Ruth Eckerd Hall
    August 22      Waukegan, IL        Genesee Theatre
    August 23      Merrillville, IL    Star Plaza Theatre
    September 12   Boise, ID           Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
    September 13   Phoenix, AZ         Dodge Theatre
    September 19   Birmingham, AL      Alabama Theatre for the Performing Arts
    September 20   Atlanta, GA         Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
    September 26   Kansas City, MO     Midland Theatre
    September 27   St. Louis, MO       Fox Theatre
    October 10     Denver, CO          Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
    October 11     Omaha, NE           Omaha Civic Auditorium Music Hall
    November 7     San Francisco, CA   The Warfield
    November 8     Los Angeles, CA     The Wiltern
    November 21    Boston, MA          The Berklee Performance Center
    November 22    Boston, MA          The Berklee Performance Center
    November 28    New York, NY        Town Hall
    November 29    New York, NY        Town Hall
    December 6     Austin, TX          Paramount Theatre
    December 12    Louisville, KY      The Louisville Palace
    December 13    Cleveland, OH       Palace Theatre
    December 30    Milwaukee, WI       The Pabst Theatre
    December 31    Milwaukee, WI       The Pabst Theatre