The Comedy Channel (promoted on air as comedy) is an Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television.

A joint venture between Artist Services (20%), Australis Media (40%) and Foxtel (40%), the channel began broadcasting on the Galaxy platform on 30 June 1996, and became available on Foxtel on 1 August 1996. After the collapse of Australis in 1998, Foxtels share of the channel increased to 80%. The channel became fully owned by Foxtel after it purchased Artist Services (now Granada Australia) 20% stake in August 2002. In 2006-2007 the channel moved headquarters from Sydney to Melbourne, into the studios vacated by Fox Footy Channel. The Comedy Channel is the only channel in Australia specifically dedicated to comedy around the clock; primarily featuring stand-up, sitcoms, animated comedy, sketch comedy, comedy genre films and talk shows.

Comedy Channel personalities include Frank Woodley, who hosts Aussie Gold, Tim Ross and Merrick Watts who hosts The Merrick & Rosso Show, Cameron Knight who amongst other things for the Comedy Channel hosts Stand Up Australia, and H.G. Nelson who hosts Comedy Slapdown.

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Johnny Vegas (born Michael Joseph Pennington on 11 September 1971) is an English actor and comedian. He is known for his angry rants, portly figure, high husky voice and support of St Helens rugby league club. More recently he has moved into dramatic acting.

He was born in St Helens, Lancashire, the youngest of four children of Laurence and Patricia Pennington. Vegas has two older brothers (Robert and Mark) and an older sister (Catharine). He was raised as a Roman Catholic, but is now non practising. At the age of eleven, he attended St Joseph's College in Upholland, a Roman Catholic boarding-school seminary, to train for the priesthood, but came back homesick after four terms. He also attended West Park School, Alder Hey Rd, St Helens.

He studied art and ceramic design at Middlesex University for three years and attempted to forge a career in pottery, but became disillusioned when he received a third class degree. Despite this, his passion for pottery continues to this day. He returned to St Helens and became a live-in barman.