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EXCLUSIVE: History never stops its news on the march, and it’s possible neither will Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner’s variety sketch series Drunk History.  On Wednesday night, it was revealed exclusively during Deadline’s Emmy virtual screening for the Comedy Central series that it wasn’t proceeding with a planned Seas…

While Comedy Central’s Drunk History typically groups its tales by thematic episodes, creators Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner’s approach to building a season simply comes from mining the best unknown stories. In regard to the direction they provide to their research department, Waters says they tell them “to find us…

Comedy Central has picked up a 16-episode seventh season of Emmy-winning series Drunk History. The renewal is part of a first-look, all-media deal the network has signed with series’ co-creator Derek Waters. In partnership with Comedy Central Productions, the network’s new studio-production arm, Waters will develop…

President Harry S. Truman once said, “Men make history, and not the other way around.” Well, on Derek Water's long-running Drunk History, it’s the inebriated who make history — or at least try to remember it. Through 74 episodes over the last 6 years, Waters has created one of the benchmark series for Comedy Central…

The team behind Comedy Central's Drunk History says they're ready to go big — as in to movie theaters. Co-creators Jeremy Konner and Derek Waters made a case for turning the boozy educational program into a feature film recently during Deadline’s annual The Contenders Emmys event. "All these stories are pitches for us…

After five seasons, and a sixth in the works, the creators of Comedy Central’s Drunk History say they’re ready to turn the boozy educational program into a feature film, especially since they view every episode as an audition for something bigger. “All these stories are pitches for us to make a movie,” co-creator…

Comedy Central’s veteran series Drunk History has halted production for the day as a result of the raging wildfires in Los Angeles and Ventura counties that have prompted mandatory evacuations of the entire Malibu and Hidden Hills communities. The show had been filming in King Gillette Ranch, a park in the Santa…

Going strong in its fifth season, Comedy Central’s Drunk History has always been remarkable for the pedigree of talent it attracts. Presenting re-enactments of historical events with the help of inebriated narrators, the series’ most recent season drew the likes of Tiffany Haddish, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexander…

Less than a month into its fifth season, Drunk History is making it a six-pack. Comedy Central said today that it has greenlighted a 16-episode Season 6 of the unique series created by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner. "They say history is written by the victors, but after five seasons, it's now clear that it is best…

It started out as a lark, but after the sight of a drunk actor telling the story of Alexander Hamilton quickly caught on at the Upright Citizens Brigade, an ingenious idea was hatched, and so was a comedy series that has been a staple at Comedy Central for four seasons. The creators of Drunk History came to Deadline’s…

"Some of the best ideas come out of having a couple of drinks," says Drunk History's Derek Waters. Devised by Waters and Jeremy Konner, the idea was born in a Los Angeles comedy club. "It was a show we did at the Upright Citizens Brigade back in 2007," Waters told the Comedy Central panel at Deadline's The Contenders…

EXCLUSIVE: The fourth season of Comedy Central’s Drunk History will return on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 10:30PM with the first episode entitled “Great Escapes.” Part of the plan next season is to have each episode focus on a theme rather than a city, which was the scenario during season one. Co-creator Derek Waters…