Oh, by the way, Whose Line is coming back. More details later.

— Colin Mochrie (@colinmochrie) March 1, 2013

Improv and comedy fans, rejoice: The cult classic television show — “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” — is returning after six years off the air.

ABC was home to this hilarious improvisational comedy television show from 1998 to 2006. Host Drew Carey and actors Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Wayne Brady played a series of acting exercises for half an hour, many based on ideas the live audience would yell out. They performed everything from “Questions Only” — where two actors act out a scene but can only speak in questions — to “Action Replay” — where two actors act out a physically exaggerated scene, and two more actors, who were watching the scene but could not hear what was going on, re-enact the scene with new dialogue. Episodes would feature guest stars to help play the games: Robin Williams, David Hasselhoff, Whoopi Goldberg and Stephen Colbert all made appearances, along with many others.

“Whose Line Is It Anyway?” was the American adaptation of a British show of the same name that began in 1988, helping jump-start the careers of such actors as Stephen Fry and Phil LaMarr.

The American version was cancelled in 2004 due to low ratings, though it ran through 2006 with episodes consisting of previously unused content and reruns.

The CW confirmed that the show would be airing new episodes this summer, with Stiles, Mochrie and Brady returning to fulfill their roles, and Aisha Tyler (“Archer”) to be taking Carey’s role as host.