COMEDY CENTRAL is Going to Get Some! The World Television Premiere Stand-Up Special 'Jon Reep: Metro Jethro' Debuts Saturday, October 17 at 11:00 P.M.

COMEDY CENTRAL is Going to Get Some! The World Television Premiere Stand-Up Special 'Jon Reep: Metro Jethro' Debuts Saturday, October 17 at 11:00 P.M.

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- COMEDY CENTRAL is about to learn a little "red-netiquette"! Tune in for the World Television Premiere of "Jon Reep: Metro Jethro," debuting Saturday, October 17 at 11:00 p.m.

An encore presentation of "Jon Reep: Metro Jethro" is scheduled to air Sunday, October 18 at 6 p.m.

Fans may know him best from winning Season 5 of NBC's "Last Comic Standing," but COMEDY CENTRAL has this loveable, redheaded redneck bringing his supersonic energy, non-stop characters and clever writing to the stage. In his all-new, one-hour stand-up special, country bumpkins and city folk alike can rejoice: Jon Reep is in town to dish out redneck knowledge. Want to know the meaning behind the term "Metro Jethro"? Tune in Saturday, October 17 to find out!

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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