New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Comedy Central network has re-launched its Jokes.com website, which now features some 5,000 video clips and 12,000 text-based jokes arranged by topic, in addition to information on various stand-up comedy tours. The clips include Comedy Central performances by comedians including Sarah Silverman, Zach Galifianakis, Dane Cook and Jim Gaffigan.

New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Atom.com and Comedy Central network on Friday announced the launch of "Face to Bush," a new series of multiplatform video shorts spoofing exit interviews with President Bush that was co-created by comedian Bob Odenkirk, and stars Bush impersonator and comedian James Adomian. Eleven episodes will be offered both online, and as interstitials during the network's "Friday Night Stand-Up" program.

New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Comedy Central on Thursday unveiled a redesigned website for fans of its "The Colbert Report" show, ColbertNation.com, which features clips from every episode dating back the Peabody Award-winning program's launch in 2005. The site added a searchable database, community features, and information on upcoming guests and special events. "I'm thrilled with our new Web site. I only wish John McCain knew how to get there," said Colbert.

New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTVN Entertainment Group announced this week the launch of Atom.com, a re-imagined version of its AtomFilms unit as a digital comedy network that will partner with the company's Comedy Central network to distribute original programming across digital platforms. Atom.com will also produce a half-hour series, "Atom TV," that had its premiere on Comedy Central this week.

Hulu.com., the joint venture between Fox and NBC that provides streaming video content online, announced a deal this week that The Colbert Report and The Daily Show are now available through the site. Hulu.com came out of beta on March 15 and has seen a steady share of US Internet traffic since, as illustrated in the following chart.

Philadelphia - Comcast (NASD: CMCSA) announced on Monday that it has added full-length streaming episodes of Viacom-owned programs including "South Park," "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" to the offering at its Fancast.com service. As part of the deal, Comcast's video-on-demand service will also expand carriage of standard and HD content from MTV and BET.

New York - South Park Digital Studios, a joint venture between "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Comedy Central, on Wednesday launched a new website where users can watch every episode of the 12-season series for free.

Beginning next Wednesday, January 2nd, writers for CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman and Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson will return to work after 8 weeks on strike, the AP writes. The Writers Guild of America came to an interim agreement with Worldwide Pants, the production company for both shows owned by Letterman. "I am grateful to the WGA for granting us this agreement," the AP quoted Letterman as saying.

Following the leads of Conan O’Brien, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman, and Craig Ferguson, Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, will resume their shows on January 7th, according to NoFactZone. The shows had been on hold since the WGA strike began on November 5th, and will return without their writers, who are expected to still be striking at that time. Comedy Central released the following statement:

New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV Networks has announced plans to make every episode of its Comedy Central network's "South Park" animated series available online for free streaming, Reuters reports.

New York - Viacom's Comedy Central cable network launched a dedicated website for its "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" program on Thursday, which features almost every episode the program has aired in its nine-year history.