ComicView

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ComicView
Genre	Stand-up comedy
Creator(s)	N/A
Starring	Sheryl Underwood
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BET
Original run	1992 – 2006
Links
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ComicView was a stand up comedy show (debuting in 1992) that airs on BET on Tuesdays and Fridays. The current host is Sheryl Underwood. The show has been the launching pad for such comedians as D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Sommore, Arnez J and Laura Hayes.

In the past five years, the show has moved to different cities such as Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami and New Orleans. The episodes that are currently showing (as of February 2006) were filmed in New Orleans less than a month before Hurricane Katrina. Before the show aired, a message dedicating the show to the citizens of New Orleans.

Now episodes currently showing (as of June 2006) are Classic ComicView where they fuse clips from different shows of ComicView already aired.

In 2006, BET has decided to cancel the series due to low ratings.^{[citation needed]}

1 Hosts
2 Trivia
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Hosts

D.L. Hughley (1992-1993)
Cedric the Entertainer (1993-1994)
Sommore (1994-1995)
Don "D.C." Curry (1995-1996)
Montana Taylor (1996-1997)
Gary Owens (1998-1999)
Ricky Smiley (1999-2000; 2004-2005)
Bruce Bruce (2000-2002)
J. Anthony Brown (2003-2004)
Sheryl Underwood (2005-Present)

[edit] Trivia

The program was mentioned by Cam'Ron in his song "Tomorrow" ("Clowns, they belong on ComicView ")^[1]
The program was also mentioned on the 11th episode of the first season of Chapelle's Show. An aged Asian man tells Dave Chappelle his camera will show him things some "would pay not to see." Dave responds, in kind, by asking "Oh snap, it gets ComicView?"
The program was mentioned by Nas in his song "2nd Childhood" off of his Stillmatic album. ("He break his mom's furniture, watching ComicView ")