COMEDY CENTRAL is Putting the Pedal to the Metal in the Network Television Premiere of 'Hot Rod' Debuting Saturday, February 27 at 9:00 p.m.*

Feb 09, 2010
By ViacomCBS Staff

COMEDY CENTRAL brakes for funny! Viewers should park themselves on the couch and tune in to the Network Television Premiere of "Hot Rod," debuting Saturday, February 27 at 9:00 p.m.

Written by Pam Brady ("South Park") and directed by Akiva Schaffer ("Saturday Night Live"), "Hot Rod" aims to "smack destiny in the face." Andy Samberg ("Saturday Night Live") stars as Rod Kimble, the son of a successful stuntman, who tries to follow in his father's footsteps with terrible results. Despite ridicule and past shortfalls, he assembles a crew to help him perform a death-defying stunt on a motorbike in order to gain his ailing stepfather's respect. The movie also stars Isla Fisher ("Wedding Crashers").

An encore presentation of "Hot Rod" airs Sunday, February 28 at 9:00 p.m. on COMEDY CENTRAL.

COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 98 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 and 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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