Looked for a while that The Sarah Silverman Program might be done, due to a dispute over cutting the show's budget. Gay TV to the rescue:
The Sarah Silverman Program" will be back for a third season on Comedy Central, following the resolution of four-day day standoff over planned budget cuts.The cable channel has ordered a 10-episode season of its signature live-action series, which will now be co-financed with gay-oriented sister cable network Logo...Details on how the financial responsibility and the window sharing will be divided between the two partners are still being worked out, but sources said with the combined financing, "Sarah Silverman" will have a budget a tad higher than last season's $1.1 million per episode.
Hoo-ra. Silverman, perhaps not wanting to sound like a money grubber in the current financial climate, was gracious upon hearing the news:
"We're happy," Silverman said. "All we ever wanted was just to make our show. Nothing fancy -- just our show."
But can't you just hear her revving up to make fun of this partnership? Not only will both stations air the show, but in they'll cross-promote - perhaps using Brian and Steve, Sarah's gay-couple neighbors on the show. Logo's trying to take advantage of Silverman's popularity in the gay community, in part due to quotes like this in Out, from 2007:
The people -- both the Republicans and the pussy Democrats -- that won't stand up for gay rights have made the idea of marriage ugly to me.
and this:
This good news makes us all want to go to the gay rodeo. Of course that's a euphemism. Never mind.
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