NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today SiriusXM announced a special tribute to the legendary comedian Don Rickles. Starting Christmas Day, SiriusXM Comedy Greats channel 94 will broadcast a week-long event, Happy Holidays, Dummy, each day featuring rarely heard, exclusive audio from the late comedy star's decades-long career.

Known as the Merchant of Venom, Mr. Warmth, and The Master of Mean, Rickles' was an iconic comedian whose long legacy of stinging humor will be on full display throughout Christmas week on SiriusXM. Happy Holidays, Dummy will kick off December 25^th at 6:00 p.m. ET with Ron Bennington hosting a new documentary, A Life In Comedy, featuring interviews with some of the biggest names from comedy's past and present.

Some of the stars who will reflect on what Rickles meant to them personally and professionally include: Bob Newhart, Judd Apatow, John Stamos, Bob Saget, Paul Feig, Kevin Pollak, Jay Mohr, Jeff Garlin, Ron White, Lisa Lampanelli, Dana Gould, Tom Papa, and more.

Throughout the week, Comedy Greats will also air newly remastered albums, Hello Dummy and Rickles Speaks, which can be heard exclusively on SiriusXM. The special programming will also include an hour of Rickles' best crowd work (including interactions with John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson, and Ronald Reagan), a previously recorded interview series in which top comedians (Sarah Silverman, Amy Poehler, Zach Galifianakis, Jimmy Kimmel, Paul Rudd, Billy Crystal, and Snoop Dogg) sat down with Rickles, and a couple more special surprises.

Happy Holidays, Dummy will air each night at 6:00 p.m. ET on Comedy Greats channel 94. SiriusXM subscribers with streaming access can also listen to SiriusXM's 200+ channels at home on a wide variety of connected devices including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa devices, Apple TV, Sony PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers and more. Go to www.SiriusXM.com/AtHome to learn more.

About SiriusXM

Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest radio company measured by revenue and has approximately 32.2 million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and offers commercial-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive talk and entertainment, and a wide-range of Latin music, sports and talk programming. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from every major car company and on smartphones and other connected devices as well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM radios and accessories are available from retailers nationwide and online at SiriusXM. SiriusXM also provides premium traffic, weather, data and information services for subscribers through SiriusXM Traffic™, SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®, NavWeather™. SiriusXM delivers weather, data and information services to aircraft and boats through SiriusXM Aviation™ and SiriusXM Marine™. In addition, SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to a variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority interest in SiriusXM Canada which has approximately 2.8 million subscribers. SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services, giving customers access to a suite of safety, security, and convenience services including automatic crash notification, stolen vehicle recovery assistance, enhanced roadside assistance and turn-by-turn navigation.

To download SiriusXM logos and artwork, visit http://www.siriusxm.com/LogosAndPhotos.

This communication contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to future operations, products and services; and other statements identified by words such as "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimated," "believe," "intend," "plan," "projection," "outlook" or words of similar meaning. Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of our management and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond our control. Actual results and the timing of events may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements.

The following factors, among others, could cause actual results and the timing of events to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements: our substantial competition, which is likely to increase over time; our ability to attract and retain subscribers, which is uncertain; interference to our service from wireless operations; consumer protection laws and their enforcement; unfavorable outcomes of pending or future litigation; the market for music rights, which is changing and subject to uncertainties; our dependence upon the auto industry; general economic conditions; the security of the personal information about our customers; existing or future government laws and regulations could harm our business; failure of our satellites would significantly damage our business; the interruption or failure of our information technology and communications systems; our failure to realize benefits of acquisitions or other strategic initiatives; rapid technological and industry changes; failure of third parties to perform; our failure to comply with FCC requirements; modifications to our business plan; our indebtedness; our principal stockholder has significant influence over our affairs and over actions requiring stockholder approval and its interests may differ from interests of other holders of our common stock; impairment of our business by third-party intellectual property rights; and changes to our dividend policies which could occur at any time. Additional factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available at the SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov). The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this communication.

Source: SiriusXM

Media Contact:

Danielle Lynn/SiriusXM
212.584.5329 
danielle.lynn@siriusxm.com

 

View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/siriusxm-to-broadcast-week-long-special-honoring-legendary-comedian-don-rickles-300573901.html

SOURCE Sirius XM Holdings Inc.