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HBO Brings FunnyorDie.com To TV

  • Yahoo/AP, Friday, February 19, 2010 12:17 AM
At midnight Friday HBO will premiere "Funny or Die Presents," a new half-hour series that compiles clips from the comedy video Web site that Adam McKay and Will Ferrell co-created in 2007. It joins other new HBO comedies, including, the premiere of "The Ricky Gervais Show" and the season eight of "Real Time With Bill Maher."

"Funny or Die Presents" is the culmination of a 2008 deal between the site and HBO, which purchased a piece of FunnyOrDie.com reportedly in the neighborhood of about $10 million. There's further overlap in that HBO airs the McKay and Ferrell-produced hit "Eastbound & Down," which is prepping a second season. "Funny or Die Presents" is a now common fusion between Web-created content and television.

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