Question: How many shows are made by the channel whose predecessor was the Comedy Channel?
SPARQL query: SELECT DISTINCT COUNT(?uri) WHERE { ?x <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/predecessor> <http://dbpedia.org/resource/The_Comedy_Channel_(United_States)> . ?uri <http://dbpedia.org/property/network> ?x  . ?uri <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/TelevisionShow>}
Answer: There are [73] television shows whose network's predecessor is The Comedy Channel.