In a reversal of the trend of distributing branded TV programming to the Internet, Comedy Central is bringing original Web programming to late-night television viewers, the cable network said Monday.

Dubbed “Web Shows,” the half-hour weekly series, which will air at 2 a.m. ET/PT and premiere Monday, will include a mix of animation, live-action narrative and comedy programming from Comedy Central’s Web site, Motherload. The network has ordered six episodes.

The programming block will also feature the AtomFilms webisode “The Punk Group: Fat Girls on Bicycles,” marking the first collaboration between the network and the short-film Web destination that its MTV Networks parent acquired in August.

Source: Reuters