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Why did Comedy Central stop broadcasting the UK version?

April 26, 2017broadcasting Comedy UK version

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Why did Comedy Central stop broadcasting the UK version?

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Comedy Central had a contract with Hat Trick to run all the 1989-1995 episodes. Around 1997, they let their contract run out. At the same time, ABC picked up the show to develop the US version. Once that happened, ABC obtained the US rights to the show, which means Com Central lost them for a while. They aired the episodes again for a while starting in 1999, but then stopped. They currently air episodes of “Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show” (see below).