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Comedy Central UK has greenlit the quiz format  Fact Off (w/t) plus two other new shows to air on the network sometime this year. Fact Off (w/t) is produced by Monkey, part of NBCUniversal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group. The quiz show (6 x 60 minutes) finds four comedians who try to outsmart one another with their knowledge of facts and trivia during a series of rounds in a bid to get their expertise onto the show’s “Wall of Facts.” Comedy Central UK also ...

Following the success of Sara Pascoes Guessable Comedy Central has commissioned a new female-led panel show in the latest attempt to rebalance the typically male-dominated genre. The broadcaster says that in Yesterday, Today & The Day Before, ‘a female-led panel of famous comedy faces will offer a fresh and unique take on all that’s happened in the world, poring over topical news, pop culture and funny anecdotes.’ Six hour-long episodes have been.commissioned from  Rumpus Media, whose ot...