MUMBAI: PUS media conglomerate Viacom's comedy channel Comedy Central is kicking a documentary show Legends later this year in September.

The channel says that Legends is a new type of documentary series that takes an inside look at the legends of comedy as told through the voices of comedy insiders and those who worked with them and knew them intimately.

It is a modern tribute that focusses on each legend's on-stage persona and off-stage personality, while examining how and why they ascended to the ranks of comic royalty and their influence on the modern-day comedy scene.

It will have clips of memorable performances and interviews with peers and acolytes, each individual, hour-long episode of Legends will retain its own style and unique flavour, just like the legends themselves. The first comedian who will be profiled is the late comic icon Rodney Dangerfield.

The other comic personalities that will be profiled include talk show host Jay Leno, actor Ben Stiller and Jerry Seinfeld.