Put Down That Turkey Leg and Turn Off the Football Game To Prepare for the Ultimate Holiday Giveaway From COMEDY CENTRAL! --COMEDY CENTRAL'S(R) "THANXGIVEAWAY WiiKEND" AIRS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26 THROUGH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29--COMEDY CENTRAL To Air Four Days Of Programming In Celebration Of The Thanksgiving Holiday--48 Hourly Codes To Appear On-Air, Prompting Viewers To Enter Sweepstakes On comedycentral.com/thanx Or On Their Mobile Phones--48 Hourly Winners Will Be Awarded Either A Wii Console And New Super Mario Brothers Wii Game, Cash Prizes Or COMEDY CENTRAL CD And DVD Packs

NEW YORK, Nov 05, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- COMEDY CENTRAL is giving viewers something to be thankful for this "Thanxgiveaway Wiikend." This year, COMEDY CENTRAL teams up with Nintendo to give away 48 hourly prize packages including a Wii(TM) console with the New Super Mario Bros.(TM) Wii game, cash prizes everyday in the amounts of $500, $1,000 and $5,000 or COMEDY CENTRAL CD and DVD packs.

From Thursday, November 26 through Sunday, November 29, COMEDY CENTRAL will air a mix of programming to celebrate the network's "Thanxgiveaway Wiikend," including episodes of "The Jeff Dunham Show," stand-up specials from Bill Engvall and Kevin James and movies sure to jolt viewers out of their turkey comas, such as "Van Wilder: Freshman Year," "Still Waiting" and "Jackass Number Two." Throughout the weekend, viewers will also get inside looks at how Jim Breuer and his family celebrate turkey day at his house with "Thanxgiveaway Wiikend at the Breuers'" custom co-branded content pieces. Viewers need to stay tuned to the laughs because a different code will appear on the screen every hour, giving fans a chance to win one of 48 prize packages. By logging onto www.comedycentral.com/thanx, viewers can enter the codes to become eligible for each hour's prize. Viewers can also enter by texting the code to 44686 via their mobile phones (standard text message rates will apply to messages sent to and from COMEDY CENTRAL). For the official contest rules, please go to www.comedycentral.com/thanx.

Nintendo is COMEDY CENTRAL's "Thanxgiveaway Wiikend" promotional partner.

COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 95 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.

MTV Networks, a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's leading creators of entertainment content, with brands that engage and connect diverse audiences across television, online, mobile, games, virtual worlds and consumer products. The company's portfolio spans more than 150 television channels and 400 digital media properties worldwide, and includes MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, Harmonix, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., TeenNick, AddictingGames, Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL, SPIKE, TV Land, Atom, GameTrailers and Xfire.

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