It's the Ultimate Holiday Giveaway From Nintendo Wii and Scion xB! Get Ready for COMEDY CENTRAL's(R) 'Thanxgiveaway 2008 Retail Tailgate' Thursday, November 27 Through Sunday, November 30

It's the Ultimate Holiday Giveaway From Nintendo Wii and Scion xB! Get Ready for COMEDY CENTRAL's(R) 'Thanxgiveaway 2008 Retail Tailgate' Thursday, November 27 Through Sunday, November 30

COMEDY CENTRAL To Air Four Days Of Programming In Celebration Of The Thanksgiving Holiday

48 Hourly Codes To Appear On-Air, Prompting Viewers To Enter Sweepstakes On Thanxgiveaway.com

Grand Prize Winner To Receive A Tricked-Out Scion xB With A Nintendo Wii Console And More

48 Winners Will Be Awarded A Wii From Nintendo, A Copy Of "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" And A Canon(R) Powershot Camera

NEW YORK, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- COMEDY CENTRAL is sweeping viewers away for a real holiday break during Thanxgiveaway Wiikend. This year, COMEDY CENTRAL teams up with Wii and Scion xB to give one lucky Grand Prize winner the keys to a brand new, tricked-out Scion xB, $5,000 in cash and a brand new Canon(R) PowerShot camera. COMEDY CENTRAL will also give away 48 hourly prize packages including a Wii console and more. And one lucky winner will take home a 49th bonus prize pack!

From Thursday, November 27 through Sunday, November 30, COMEDY CENTRAL will air a mix of programming to celebrate the network's Thanxgiveaway Wiikend. Viewers need to stay tuned because a different code will appear approximately every hour, giving fans a chance to win 48 prize packages and a shot at the grand prize. By logging onto www.comedycentral.com/thanx, viewers can enter the codes to become eligible for all the prizes. Viewers can also text ENTER to 44686 for a chance to win a bonus 49th prize pack. The sweepstakes entry period will end December 7.

COMEDY CENTRAL will celebrate this year's Thanxgiveaway Wiikend with its first-ever "Thanxgiveaway 2008 Retail Tailgate." Viewers can spend the weekend curbside at NorthSouth Mall for team coverage of the most highly-anticipated retail event of the year. COMEDY CENTRAL's broadcast studio will be home base, as hosts throw to a field reporter in the mall parking lot. And the coverage will be epic, from the tailgate turkey cook-outs to the hard-hitting, head-to-head, winner-take-mall mayhem when the doors finally open.

With help from official sponsors Wii and Scion xB, COMEDY CENTRAL will blow out the weekend like a shopping Super Bowl, complete with commentary, stats and play-by-play of the mad scramble they call Black Friday.

In addition to the awesome prizes, viewers can chow down on a variety of laugh-out-loud programming all weekend long. Tune in for stand-up specials from Jeff Dunham, Dane Cook, Ron White and more.

"Thanxgiveaway Wiikend" is sponsored by Wii and Scion xB.

COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 95 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:and) (NYSE:VIA.B) MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is www.comedycentral.com. For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs visit Press Central, COMEDY CENTRAL's press Web site at www.comedycentral.com/press.

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Source: COMEDY CENTRAL Corporate Communications

CONTACT: Jamie Lee of COMEDY CENTRAL, +1-212-767-3949,
jamie.lee@comedycentral.com

Web Site: http://www.comedycentral.com/

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