Comedy Central is taking its relationship with Snapchat one step further, expanding its slate of exclusive, original programming for the platform, said Kent Alterman, president, original programming, Comedy Central on Wednesday.

“It’s been great fun experimenting with established and emerging talent on our Snapchat Discover channel,” said Alterman. “It allows us to play with form and format, and the reception from our fans and the creative community has been tremendously gratifying.”

Comedy Central’s expanded Snapchat slate includes renewals of existing series, Quickie with Nikki (featured in video above), the channel’s most popular Snapchat series; as well as Swag-A-Saurus with James Davis; Like It With Liza, starring Liza Treyger, a self-described “consumption addict;” and Hot Takes with Brandon Wardell. Quickie with Nikki, starring Nikki Glaser who hosts Not Safe with Nikki Glaser on the main channel, returns April 19.

The Viacom-owned cable network also announced global greenlights for nine new series to air on Snapchat Discover across a range of formats, including animated, sketch, stand-up, reality and late-night.

Those series include:

7 Mins in Purgatory – created by Ian Abramson, each episode centers on five comedians who must perform their acts in an empty space with the live audience watching and reacting from another location where the comedians can’t hear them.

Animal-Lolz – From heartbroken penguins to alcoholic monkeys, comedian Joe Zimmerman (The Half Hour) shares a new, totally true animal fact with us each week. Short animations by Charlie Hankin bring to life Joe’s musings about each animal.

Bert’s Dreams – Bert Kreischer has some pretty crazy dreams and he loves to share them with people. In this series, animated by Johnny McHone, Kreischer’s dreams are recreated as animations.

Deadliest Chef – Comedian Caleb Synan finds himself failing upward in world of reality TV cooking shows.

Guber Pool – From sketch team Dollar Pizza comes a sketch series about the newest frontier in awkward interactions, ride-sharing apps.

Messages From the Future – Comedian Julio Torres lives in the future and is sending us urgent messages to help save us from our dark, apocalyptic fate, but also he’s hoping that you can find the umbrella that he lost and bring it to him.

The Lounge – Written and created by the five Hudson Brothers (Dylan, Trent, Justin, Brandon and Devin), this animated series follows four best friends who work together at a middle school in Missouri. None of them are teachers, all of them are assholes.

You’re Wrong – Mike Lawrence (Inside Amy Schumer) is an angry nerd with strong opinions. He’s here to tell you why your take on everything from Batman to Ryan Reynolds is wrong.

Untitled Late Night Series – Created by Emily Candini and co-written by Emily Candini and Dave Horwitz, this series exposes exactly what goes on during the commercial breaks in between late-night interview segments.

Comedy Central was an inaugural partner of Snapchat Discover in January 2015, and is now the platform’s second most popular channel behind BuzzFeed. Comedy Central launched its international Snapchat Discover channel in February.

On Tuesday, Comedy Central also announced renewals and extensions for eight of its current series, including Tosh.0 for season nine; Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, extended for an additional 10 episodes in its first season; Drunk History, renewed for a fourth season after coming to Comedy Central off of Funny or Die; Review, which will return for a third and final season; This is Not Happening, starring comedian Ari Shaffir; Alternatino, which follows Broad City’s Arturo Castro as he attempts to examine life as a modern Latino; Nothin’s Easy, starring David Angelo; and Questionable Science, in which Rich Fulcher stars as Professor Rich and tries to find answers to some of science’s most troubling questions.

Prior to that, Comedy Central also had renewed several of its franchise shows, including Broad City for seasons four and five; Inside Amy Schumer for season five, with season four premiering on April 21; the eternally running South Park for seasons 20 through 23 and Workaholics for seasons six and seven.

This spring and summer, the channel will be airing a special three-night event Time Traveling Bong, premiering, of course, on April 20. The summer seasons of Tosh.0 and Not Safe with Nikki Glaser debut on June 7, and season two of Another Period premieres on June 15.

[Image of Nikki Glaser courtesy of Comedy Central/Danny Feld]

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