Comedy Central is an American pay television channel owned by ViacomCBS through its ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks division's Entertainment & Youth Group unit, based in Manhattan. The channel is geared for mature audiences and carries comedy programming in the form of both original, licensed, and syndicated series, stand-up comedy specials, and feature films.

 

Since the early 2000s, Comedy Central has expanded globally with localized channels in Europe, India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, New Zealand,Middle East, and Africa.The international channels are operated by Viacom International Media Networks.

 

Comedy Central is available to approximately 86,723,000 households in the United States as of September 2018.