Constant Comedy

Art Bell is a writer and former media executive known for creating, building, and managing successful cable television channels. His memoir, Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor was published in September 2020. While working at HBO he pitched the idea of a 24-hour comedy network which he helped develop and launch. Art went on to hold senior executive positions in both programming and marketing at Comedy Central. During that time he also co-authored a humor book entitled Web Sightings: A Collection of Websites We’d Like to See. After leaving Comedy Central, Art became President of Court TV, where he was a guiding force behind one of the most successful brand evolutions in cable television. Art joins the show to detail how he started Comedy Central (originally called The Comedy Channel) in 1990, and how he helped make the fledgling channel a success. Art also discusses how he started in Cable Television, his tenure at HBO, how he turned Court TV into a major success, and much more. Learn more and connect with Art: https://www.artbellwriter.com/