Each round of the competition was judged by a three-person panel of audience members who were chosen during the tapings, which took place in Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago. The final round, which is scheduled to air in December 2007, will be judged by the home viewing audience, and the winner will win his own comedy special on TV One.
To set the stage for season two, TV One will premiere on Aug. 25 at 10 PM ET the one-hour special featuring Who's Got Jokes? season one champion George Willborn, entitled "I Don't Wanna Be No Star." This special offers viewers Willborn's uproarious take on stardom, fame, and family.
Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes? will repeat Saturday nights at 1 AM, Sundays at 11 PM, Wednesdays at 10 PM, and Fridays at 11 AM and 1 AM (all times ET).
Over the last decade Bellamy has been a staple in the world of comedy, performing hundreds of shows to sold-out audiences across the country, in between his successful film and TV career, which includes such feature films as Oliver Stone's acclaimed Any Given Sunday, How to Be a Player and Neverwas. His TV career includes a starring role in Fastlane, which airs on TV One, and he currently also serves as host of NBC's Last Comic Standing.
"We've discovered a number of amazing comic talents as we've traveled the country looking for our Jokes contestants," Bellamy said. "We've also had a lot of fun along the way, and we think TV One's audience will enjoy this competition even more this season."
The 13-episode, one-hour series is produced for TV One by FarCor Studios. Executive producers are Ralph Farquhar, Dwayne Corbett and Bill Bellamy. The show was created by Ralph Farquhar.
Launched in January 2004, TV One (www.tvoneonline.com) serves more than 40.6 million households (Nielsen Sept. 2007 estimate), offering a broad range of lifestyle and entertainment-oriented original programming, classic series, movies, fashion and music designed to entertain, inform and inspire a diverse audience of adult African American viewers. TV One's investors include Radio One [NASDAQ: ROIA and ROIAK; www.radio-one.com], the largest radio company that primarily targets African American and urban listeners; Comcast Corporation [NASDAQ: CMCSA and CMCSK; www.comcast.com], the leading cable television company in the country; The DirecTV Group; Constellation Ventures; Syndicated Communications; and Opportunity Capital Partners.
FarCor Studios is a privately held, full service production company dedicated to producing a full spectrum of high-quality entertainment from feature films, radio, and television, including animation, comedy, drama, reality series and specials. Founded in January 2006 by veteran writer/producer Ralph Farquhar (Moesha, Married With Children) and business partner, music producer, investor and entrepreneur Dwayne Corbitt (Headstart Music Group, Inc.), FarCor Studios is based in Los Angeles. FarCor Studios has a variety of projects currently in production, including Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes?, Baisden After Dark on TV One, the upcoming children's special Da Jammies in a hot new animated music format, and the feature film The Maintenance Man, distributed by Screen Gems and based on the best-selling book of the same name. The FarCor Web site is located at www.FarCorStudios.com
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