‘Last Comic’ finale
will be on cable only

NBC dropped finale,
announced winner on Web site

Brian Kenison / AP

Season 1 finalists John Heffron, left, Alonzo Bodden of NBC's "Last Comic Standing" competed in the finale.

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updated 3:16 a.m. ET Oct. 22, 2004

NEW YORK - The finale of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing 3” will be aired — not on the peacock network — but on Comedy Central.

(Note: This story reveals the winner.)

The last episode will be seen at 8 p.m. ET Saturday on the cable network, which has run same-week repeats of the reality show since the beginning of the season.

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(MSNBC is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC.)

NBC dropped the finale in favor of a three-episode “Father of the Pride” marathon, which aired Tuesday night, and announced on its “Last Comic Standing 3” Web site that Alonzo Bodden was the winner of the $250,000 prize.

The third installment of the show, dubbed the “Battle of the Best,” had pitted comics from the show’s first two seasons in an “American Idol”-like competition, allowing the audience to vote for their favorite contestant.

Host and executive producer Jay Mohr had posted a message on his Web site last week saying the show had been canceled.

The four finalists were Bodden and John Heffron, from the second season, and the first season’s Dave Mordal and Rich Vos.