Comedy Central ordered a 10-episode third season of The Sarah Silverman Program today after sister network, Logo, agreed to help finance the series, Reuters reports. The announcement followed a four-day standoff between the show’s producers, including Silverman herself, and Comedy Central, which wanted to cut the show’s budget by more than 20 percent. This marks the first time a show has been cofinanced by Comedy Central and Logo, which focuses on gay, lesbian, and transgendered programming. The third season of The Sarah Silverman Program is expected to premiere in early 2010.
Mar 3
2009
11:02 PM ET
'The Sarah Silverman Program' gets a third-season pickup
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Brilliant news! Woo hoo!
thank god this tv show is coming back. im sooo freakin’ happy!!! and as happy as i can get with knowing Life on Mars has been cancelled.
Last season was terrible. Comedy Central should just let it die already.
Goodbye “Life on Mars”, but hello more Jewish PMS?
Surprised there is enough support for such a truly funny and unique show to warrant another season. We live in a world of Dane Cook and Jay Leno…un-funniness at its peak. Monty Python and the Not Ready for Prime-Time Players could not gain mainstream support in today’s American society. The tools that enjoy spoon-fed, predictable, predigested or safe comedy can’t attempt to understand why this show is smart. Maybe its best shows are behind, but the SSP is still good…last season’s Loeb episode was one of the best, though a couple from that season were not up to par, yet it’s still better than 95% of what else is on tv.