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Paramount Comedy 1 is a Television Channel shown in the UK and Ireland , available through digital satellite ( Sky Digital ) and cable ( Virgin Media , NTL Ireland ). As the name suggests, it is owned by Paramount Pictures (aka Viacom ) and concentrates on Comedy . Paramount was not the first all-comedy channel in the UK; that distinction goes to The Comedy Channel , which had closed some years earlier. PRE-LAUNCH The channel was originally intended to launch a UK version of Nick At Nite on the same channel as Nickelodeon , as in the US , but the name of the station was changed to ''The Paramount Channel'' prior to its launch on 1 November 1995 . HISTORY The original schedule was a mixture of comedy and Drama , including such eclectic offerings as '' Beauty And The Beast '', several anime productions acquired from Manga Entertainment , and authentic Paramount archive programming like '' The Magician ''. The drama shows were later dropped and the schedule became 100% comedy, hence the change of name to the ''Paramount Comedy Channel'' in early 1997 . The 'Channel' part of the name was dropped on 1 July 2002 . It originally aired every evening after Nickelodeon UK 's closing at 7pm until the early morning, until soon after the introduction of Sky Digital , where greater space for channels on the network allowed it to become a channel independent of Nickelodeon. Some analogue cable TV systems (which had no room to allocate a separate space for Paramount) still share the original channel-sharing scheme. OTHER CHANNELS After no longer having to timeshare with Nickelodeon, the station increased its broadcasting hours, and was joined by Paramount Comedy 2 . Paramount Comedy +1, (a time-shift channel - exactly the same as Paramount Comedy, but 1 hour behind) was launched on Sky Digital channel 128 and Virgin Media channel 133. The current channel listings are: Paramount Comedy 1 on Sky Digital channel 126, Virgin Media channel 132 and Tiscali TV channel 25. Paramount Comedy 1 +1 on Sky Digital channel 127 and Virgin Media channel 133. Paramount Comedy 2 on Sky Digital channel 128, Virgin Media channel 133 and Tiscali TV channel 27. SHOWS ON PARAMOUNT COMEDY See Also: List Of Programmes Broadcast By Paramount Comedy 1 Paramount Comedy is well known for bringing popular which has the second highest ratings of any television program in Ireland, and which are far exceeding those of its predeccessor. The channel also prides itself in showing British comedy, such as '' Minder '', '' Live At Jongleurs '', and '' Time Gentlemen Please '', and supports Stand-up Comedy in the country, as well as showing stand-up from comedians such as Jack Dee and Lee Evans . It has signed a Contract with Al Murray , "The Landlord". It also frequently includes a large back catalogue of '', and some BBC classics such as '' The Young Ones '' and '' Not The Nine O'Clock News ''. Paramount Comedy currently shows new episodes of '' Two And A Half Men , Scrubs , Stacked '' and '' Suburban Shootout ''.
In recent years, the channel has gone arguably more low-brow and unsophisticated, premiering sleazy programmes of questionable humour such as '' Sexy Cam '', '' Eurotrash '' and '' Badly Dubbed Porn ''. TELETEXT MAILBOX Although the channels still have a Teletext service, a popular mailbox feature has stopped being updated. This mailbox has moved on to the Internet at New Mailbox , which is now independent from Paramount Comedy. CENSORSHIP Paramount Comedy has a reputation for excessive cutting of many of its shows, mainly during daytime however it does sometimes cut post-watershed shows. This is especially true of Scrubs where episodes are often cut for the tamest sexual innuendo or swear word (even "Ass" is removed"). South Park is another victim of this policy, with certain words and images that remain uncensored on DVD being censored with muting of audio or blurring of video. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS References |
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