SEAN HAYES TAPPED AS ROAST MASTER FOR "COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF ALEC BALDWIN"

#BaldwinRoast to Tape on September 7 in Los Angeles and Premiere on Sunday, September 15 at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT

Baldwin and Comedy Central to Donate $1 Million to Exploring The Arts

NEW YORK, July 22, 2019 - Comedy Central, the #1 brand in comedy announced today that Emmy(R) Award-winning actor and host Sean Hayes has been named Roast Master for the Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin. The #BaldwinRoast will tape in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 7 and will premiere on Sunday, September 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET/ PT

"It's always been my dream to roast a Hollywood legend, so when they asked me to roast Alec Baldwin I said 'close enough'," said Hayes.

Baldwin and Comedy Central will also contribute a combined $1 million, in matching $500,000 donations, to Exploring The Arts, a 501c3 nonprofit organization serving public high schools throughout New York City and Los Angeles. Founded in 1999 by legendary American singer and painter Tony Bennett and his wife Susan Benedetto, a former public school teacher, the mission of Exploring the Arts (ETA) is to transform the lives of young people through arts education. At the heart of ETA's work is a vision to provide greater equality of resources and opportunity in the arts to traditionally underserved teens.

The Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin will be executive produced by Joel Gallen from Tenth Planet Productions, who also served as Executive Producer and Director of the Comedy Central Roasts of Bruce Willis, Rob Lowe, Justin Bieber, James Franco, Charlie Sheen, and Donald Trump, as well as the Emmy(R)-nominated Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner. Christian McLaughlin is the Executive in Charge of Production and Jordan Ellner is the Talent Producer for Comedy Central.