Paramount Comedy launched in Italy on 1 December 2004,[1] originally broadcasting from 8pm to 6am, timesharing with Nickelodeon.

While Paramount Comedy's communications activities focused on the launch of the channel itself, towards the end of 2006, with an annual investment of 2 million euros, they concentrated on its content.

[2] On 30 April 2007 the channel became Comedy Central, effectively taking the name of the US network of the same name.

[4] From 1 November 2010 Comedy Central and its timeshift have been broadcasting in 16:9 wide format.

On 5 December 2013 and 24 May 2019 the channel changed its logo and graphics, uniforming to US version.