Boob Jobs, Steroids, Red States, Blue States ... What Really is the Root of All Evil? Lewis Black is Back to Determine Their Fate When 'Lewis Black's Root of All Evil' Returns for a Second Season on Wednesday, July 30 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT
Comedians Jerry Minor And Andrea Savage Join Returning Prosecutors Andrew
Daly, Greg Giraldo, Andy Kindler, Kathleen Madigan, Patton Oswalt And Paul
F. Tompkins For The Second Season Of The Series
NEW YORK, July 23 -- There is a plethora of evil wreaking
havoc in the world. It's up to Honorable Judge Lewis Black, the ultimate
evaluator of evil, to hear each case and give his official verdict. The
second season of "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil" kicks off on COMEDY
CENTRAL on Wednesday, July 30 at 10:30 p.m. with Patton Oswalt and Andrew
Daly prosecuting in the case of Ultimate Fighting vs. Bloggers. One will
beat you into a coma and the other will blog about it with excessive
self-righteousness.
"Lewis Black's Root of All Evil" pits pop culture topics against each
other in an open debate setting. A rotating group of comedians take the
stage and argue who or what is most evil with Black as the ultimate
evaluator of evil. The second episode, Steroids vs. Boob Jobs debuts
Wednesday, August 6 at 10:30 p.m. and features comedians Greg Giraldo and
Andrew Daly. Future evil episodes include: Disney (Kathleen Madigan) vs.
Scientology (Andy Kindler); Strip Clubs (Giraldo) vs. Sororities (Madigan);
Olympic Games (Daly) vs. Drinking Games (Giraldo); Going Green (Giraldo)
vs. Spring Break (Andrea Savage); NRA (Kindler) vs. PETA (Paul F.
Tompkins); Red States (Tompkins) vs. Blue States (Patton Oswalt); Gen X
(Tompkins) vs. Boomers (Daly); and "The Hills" (Jerry Minor) vs. Rocket
Scientists (Tompkins).
The series is created and executive produced by Scott Carter
("Politically Incorrect," "Real Time with Bill Maher") and David Sacks
("The Simpsons," "Malcolm in the Middle") and features the following: a
fiery monologue by Black introducing the topics; "Opening Statements" --
the first opportunity comedians have to state their case; "Debate" -- the
comedians provide verbal and video evidence to bolster their case and try
to debunk each other's theories; "Inquisition" -- Black grills the
comedians; "Ripple of Evil" -- comedians predict the dire consequences that
will ensue if their evil is left unchecked; "Closing Statements" --
comedians hit their message home; "Final Verdict" -- Black renders his
decision.
Comedians serving as prosecutors on the show include Andrew Daly
("MADtv"), Greg Giraldo ("COMEDY CENTRAL Roasts") Andy Kindler ("Late Show
with David Letterman"), Kathleen Madigan (judge on "Last Comic Standing"),
Jerry Minor ("Lucky Louie"), Patton Oswalt ("Ratatouille," "King of
Queens"), Andrea Savage ("Step Brothers") and Paul F. Tompkins ("Mr. Show
with Bob and David").
Black, Carter and Sacks and are the executive producers with Jo Anne
Astrow and Mark Lonow as the co-executive producers. Zoe Friedman and
Monika Zielinska serve as the executives in charge of production for COMEDY
CENTRAL.
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