The British comedian who appears as a correspondent on "Daily Show" and plays a professor on NBC’s "Community" is getting his own show on Comedy Central, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show," will begin filming in January, with Oliver as host of six episodes. Each show will spotlight four comics, including some of Oliver’s favorites, like Janeane Garofalo, Brian Posehn and Marc Maron.

— Allison J. Waldman