Comedy Central’s “Night of Too Many Stars” Oct. 21 previews

By April MacIntyre Oct 19, 2010, 4:42 GMT

Comedy Central’s event "Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education" is a biennial/bicoastal benefit for Autism education programs.

Autism fundraiser "Night of Too Many Stars" launched in 2006.

Comedy Central’s event "Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education" is a biennial/bicoastal benefit for Autism education programs.

The event is hosted by Stewart and filled with live performances, sketches and short films from a roster of comedy all-stars featuring Lewis Black, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Will Forte, Jim Gaffigan, Ricky Gervais, Joel McHale, Tracy Morgan, John Oliver, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog and more.

“Night of Too Many Stars” will premiere on Comedy Central this Thursday, October 21 at 9:00 PM ET/PT with additional live wrap-arounds from Los Angeles, featuring a celebrity phone bank, allowing viewers to call in during the airing to donate while speaking with additional comedic heavyweights; including Rob Corddry, Bryan Cranston, Larry David, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jeff Garlin, Jimmy Kimmel, Jim Parsons and Sofia Vergara, among others. Viewers can also text “Stars” to 90999 to donate.

"Night Of Too Many Stars," which, together with Comedy Central, has raised close to seven million dollars since its inception, benefits a variety of autism education and family service programs across the country, in support of the overabundance of autistic individuals that so desperately need quality services.

One exciting new initiative is The Institute for Brain Development – an all-inclusive diagnosis and treatment center positioned to undertake groundbreaking collaborative research into the causes and treatment of autism spectrum disorders. The Institute is the product of New York Center for Autism's partnership with New York-Presbyterian and its affiliated medical school of Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College.

Don’t forget to tune in this Thursday at 9pm only on Comedy Central.

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