The Comedy Network Issues a Warrant as New Animated Series BOUNTY HUNTERS Premieres July 17

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TORONTO (June 20, 2013) – The hunt for laughs is on as those beloved blue collar boys are back in the all-new animated series BOUNTY HUNTERS, premiering Wednesday, July 17 at 10 p.m. ET on The Comedy Network. The 13-episode half-hour series produced in Montreal and Ottawa, is executive produced and voiced by stars Jeff Foxworthy (BLUE COLLAR TV, THE JEFF FOXWORTHY SHOW), Larry The Cable Guy (ONLY IN AMERICA WITH LARRY THE CABLE GUY, Cars), and Bill Engvall (THE BILL ENGVALL SHOW, HAWTHORNE), and also features Lisa Lampanelli (INSIDE AMY SCHUMER, Lisa Lampanelli: Tough Love). BOUNTY HUNTERS follows funny guys Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, and Engvall as they track down fugitives for their two-bit bounty hunting business in the small southern town of Skeeter Creek.

Before the criminal catching begins, there is even more action south of the border with the Season 2 premiere of ONLY IN AMERICA WITH LARRY THE CABLE GUY on Monday, July 1 at 10 p.m. ET. In the season premiere, “Alaska Road Trip,” Larry the Cable Guy travels to Alaska where he attempts to bust moose poachers, uncovers Alaskan greatness, and drops in unannounced on Sarah Palin, the city of Wasilla’s most famous citizen.

L to R: Larry The Cable Guy, Jeff Foxworthy, and Bill Engvall star in BOUNTY HUNTERS

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While the bounty hunters do their best to chase down fugitives, they also try to please the tough-as-nails bondswoman who throws them cases (Lampanelli). The guys also have to deal with Jeff’s ex-wife Stacy and her smarmy new husband Nathan, voiced by Samantha Bee and Jason Jones (THE DAILY SHOW). Also in the mix are local rednecks including Jesco (voiced by Dave Thomas, SCTV), who happens to also be Jeff’s dad. The bounties tend to be peculiar, and are voiced by guest stars including MATCH GAME’s Seán Cullen, Kellie Pickler (DANCING WITH THE STARS), and Blake Shelton (THE VOICE).

In the premiere episode of BOUNTY HUNTERS, “Three Rednecks and a Baby,” airing Wednesday, July 17 at 10 p.m. ET on Comedy, Jeff, Larry the Cable Guy, and Bill have to care for a newborn baby while chasing a fugitive through the wilderness of Skeeter Swamp.

The digital team from producers Muse Entertainment (Alfred Hedgehog, Gawayn) have teamed up with Big Jump Interactive (Urban Jumper, Beats in Bites’ Beat Box Mixer, Zeely’s Adventure) to create a mobile (IOS and Android) game based on BOUNTY HUNTERS.  Skeeter Creek Armchair Racer is an octane-fuelled racing app that fuses the plush comfort of grandpa’s lazy-boy with the rip-roaring fun of lawn mower racing, all while attempting to apprehend a bunch of low-life-bail-jumpers who are inspired from the series, and who are using the race to escape. The game is set to launch on Tuesday, July 16, so check TheComedyNetwork.ca and The Comedy Network Facebook and Twitter pages for Skeeter Creek Armchair Racer release dates and updates.

BOUNTY HUNTERS is produced by Muse Entertainment in association with Parallel Entertainment, with animation services provided by Big Jump Productions. Directed by Cory Morrison (UGLY AMERICANS), Glenn Clements (THE DAILY SHOW), Ben Levin (STEVEN UNIVERSE), and Matt Burnett (LEVEL UP) are co-creators. Eric Horsted (FUTURAMA) is showrunner. Executive producers are Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, Engvall, Horsted, and Clements, as well as Joel S. Rice (Cyberbully), Michael Prupas (BOMB GIRLS), and Jesse Prupas (Life of Pi) for Muse Entertainment. JP Williams (ONLY IN AMERICA WITH LARRY THE CABLE GUY), and Jennifer Novak (ONLY IN AMERICA WITH LARRY THE CABLE GUY) are executive producers for Parallel Entertainment.

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About Muse Entertainment

Muse Entertainment is a leading film and television production company known for its well-crafted and high-quality productions. Since its founding in 1998, Muse has produced, co-produced or provided production services on more than 170 TV movies and mini-series, television series and feature films and has won over 100 awards and garnered over 300 award nominations! Muse Entertainment’s most recent television series are Bomb Girls (Seasons I, II) and Being Human (Seasons 1, II, III). In 2011, its topical, 8-hr. historical drama, The Kennedys, earned 10 Emmy Award nominations. Its Pillars of the Earth also won an Emmy and many other awards. Muse’s other award-winning programs are Durham County (Seasons I, II, III), Ben Hur, The Last Templar, Impact, Human Trafficking, Answered by Fire, This is Wonderland and Tales from the Neverending Story. The company’s head office and its Quebec production centre are in Montreal. Muse also maintains development and production operations in Toronto and Los Angeles. For more information please visit www.muse.ca

About Parallel Entertainment

Founded in 1991 by CEO J.P. Williams, Parallel Entertainment is a Los Angeles-based talent management and production company. Parallel develops, finances and produces a wide range of entertainment projects, including feature films; DVD premiere features; comedy and music albums; and television series and specials for network and cable. The filmed entertainment productions include comedy and holiday specials for Comedy Central, CMT, VH1 and HBO; motion pictures, including the upcoming Them Idiots Whirled Tour for CMT as well as the theatrical releases, Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie; Larry the Cable Guy: Heath Inspector, Delta Farce, and Witless Protection. Parallel has produced countless television shows including Blue Collar TV, The Bill Engvall Show for TBS, Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy for History, the game shows Lingo and The American Bible Challenge for the Game Show Network and most recently, Buck Wild for MTV. Their upcoming animated series for CMT entitled Bounty Hunters premieres this summer. Parallel also has a drama in development for TNT starring Bill Engvall. For more information on Parallel Entertainment, please visit: parallelentertainment.com.

About The Comedy Network

Canada’s first specialty comedy service, The Comedy Network airs comedy of all kinds, 24-hours-a-day, across multiple platforms, including a revolutionary broadband service at TheComedyNetwork.ca. Launched in October 1997, The Comedy Network broadcasts, uncut and uncensored, an eclectic mix of scripted, stand-up, sketch, improv, and animated comedy – as well as topical comedy talk shows, game shows and classic situation comedies. Offering an unrivalled slate of original Canadian programming, The Comedy Network reinvests nearly 50 per cent of its revenues into home-grown productions. The Comedy Network is a division of Bell Media, which is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company, and is available in nearly six million households across the country.

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