The nation's hottest up-and-coming urban comedians take the spotlight when the exclusive HBO series P. Diddy Presents The Bad Boys of Comedy kicks off its second season.

Taped at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, the six-edition season features rising comedy stars performing before a live audience. Each show includes an appearance by P. Diddy, with rapper Doug E. Fresh introducing the acts and DJ Mister Cee providing music. Adding a "you-are-there" flavor to the festivities, each show includes a behind-the-scenes look at P. Diddy and the comics entering and exiting the stage, with reactions from P. Diddy and others in the "green room."

P. Diddy Presents The Bad Boys of Comedy is the brainchild of the superstar rap impresario, who is responsible for launching musical acts such as The Notorious B.I.G., Father MC, Faith Evans, Ma$e and Carl Thomas, as well as Bad Boy Entertainment and the Sean Jean clothing line. Executive producing the series with Diddy are James DuBose and Peter Safran.

P. Diddy describes this season's talent as the "edgiest, youngest, freshest comics in America."

The executive producers of P. Diddy Presents The Bad Boys of Comedy are Sean "Diddy" Combs, Joel Stillerman, James DuBose and Peter Safran; producer, Frank Garritano; directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller.