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Original Stand-Up Comedy Series Returns Returns To HBO Canada

hbo canada [1]Funny, fearless comedy is returning to HBO Canada, a multiplex channel of Astral’s The Movie Network [2] (Eastern Canada) and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central [3] (Western Canada) this February, with Season 2 of Funny as Hell [4], a no-holds-barred original stand-up comedy series from The Movie Network and Movie Central, and produced by Just For Laughs Television.

The eight-part, half-hour, Gemini-award winning series was taped in front of a live audience at the 2011 Montreal Just For Laughs Festival and features bold, uncensored comedy from some of today’s fastest rising stars. Funny as Hell Season 2 premieres Friday, February 24 at 9 p.m. ET/MT on HBO Canada.

Hosted by homegrown comic Jon Dore, Funny as Hell brings audiences more of the edgy, politically-incorrect comedy, music and digital shorts that made them howl in Season 1. In its sophomore season, Funny as Hell features an impressive line-up of performances by: