No money? Poop.
Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program may not be for everyone (I find it hilarious), but soon, it may not be for anyone at all. The network has asked the show's producers to trim the budget by almost a fifth for the yet-to-be-greenlit third season, and the producers have fired back by threatening to quit.
Lead Sarah Silverman, Dan Sterling, and Rob Schrab serve as executive producers on the comedy, and are putting the clamps on Comedy Central bosses with the move, saying that the show's quality won't meet their expectations with the loss of the cash. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Comedy Central execs asked producers to trim the show's budget from season two's $1.1 million per episode to $850,000 per episode.
The two sides are apparently in the middle of a standoff, with a resolution expected to happen soon.
Wow, our economy must be in bad shape if there's a chance that Steve Agee and Brian Posehn may not be able to make fart jokes on television anymore.
Comments (16)
Yeah, no great loss here.
Watched about six episodes, could never get past not caring about the star of the show, and stopped watching. Far as I'm concerned, cut the entire budget and have so more quality stand-ups present.
GREAT!! A network finally cancels a crap show instead of threatening to cancel a good one.
good! Sarah Silverman is disgusting and not funny.
YAWN! boring show, just axe it, and realocate the money some where else
YAWN! boring show, just axe it, and realocate the money some where else
I don't know this show but it doesn't seem to be very popular.
YES! I hope they walk. This show is trash.
I haven't seen it in awhile anyway, but it'd be a shame to lose it. Great show.
dont get rid of sarah, u lost chapple or whatever, she is best thing on the channel
How anyone can think Sarah Silverman is funny is really beyond me.
I second that ... good riddance
Good riddance
I have never watched
It really doesn't seem like it would need that much money. I believe they filmed Arrested Development for about a million an episode, so this should be able to be made for a fraction of that.
This sucks. TSSP is a very entertaining and creative show.