Still, he said, a successful comedy channel has the potential to become a business worth $500 million.

The comedy channel, for example, would be popular given the tradition of talent in Canada, he said.

Gold is the comedy channel operated by the network and usually has an audience share higher than that of Sky1.

But the incentive to succeed with a comedy channel goes far beyond economics.

"We have always believed a comedy channel was a slam-dunk idea," he said.

I can only say that his show is better suited for the Comedy Channel.

But, that is his job to create publicity for his comedy channel.

The team later recorded the show exclusively for the Comedy Channel.

Everyone seems to love the premise and we've already had a positive response from Crackle, who want to stream it on their comedy channel.

The Comedy Channel has shown the series as late as 2005.