LEWIS BLACK TAKES NEW YORK BY STORM IN THE NETWORK TELEVISION PREMIERE OF HIS LAUGH-OUT-LOUD SPECIAL "LEWIS BLACK: BLACK ON BROADWAY" DEBUTING SATURDAY, APRIL 7 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL�

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NEW YORK, March 19, 2007 -- Lewis Black doesn't get even, he gets mad! Get ready for an all-new dose of in-your-face comedy in the Network Television Premiere of "Lewis Black: Black on Broadway" debuting on COMEDY CENTRAL Saturday, April 7 at 10:00 p.m.

In "Lewis Black: Black on Broadway," Black takes comedic aim at color-coded terror warnings, the small pox vaccine and the no-good tricksters at the Weather Channel. It's an all-new hour of hilarious jokes and witty insight straight from the Brook Atkinson Theater in New York City.

Yale School of Drama graduate and comedy veteran Lewis Black is best known for his "Back in Black" segment on COMEDY CENTRAL's Emmy Award-Winning "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." In addition to his TV comedy career, Black has starred in films such as "Unaccompanied Minors" (2006), "Accepted" (2006), "Man of the Year" (2006) and "The Aristocrats" (2005).

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