The Sarah Silverman Project Feels The Economic Pinch
March 2nd, 2009 by Wendie
Comedy Central’s The Sarah Silverman Project needs a bailout. The executive producers of the show, one of which is Silverman, were informed that the budget for season three would be cut by more than twenty percent. Hey, welcome to my world.
Anyway, they have threatened to quit, which would effectively end the show. Apparently a typical budget for a one-camera is $1.5-2M per episode and they have been producing TSSP for $1.1 per show. So yeah, being cut to $850,000 is tough-I guess. Honestly, I know nothing about television production operational costs. It just flummoxes me that it costs over a million dollars to produce twenty-two quality minutes of Silverman amusing the masses. Of course, I also don’t understand people who pay $200 to go to a concert, so I may not be the best judge.
The EPs and Comedy Central are at a stand-off but talks are set to resume this week.
Totally unrelated, I have to pay Sarah Silverman a compliment. There is something about her that looks infinitely inappropriate in a dress-like Amy Winehouse at an AA meeting, it just never looks right. But you know what? She never stops trying. I appreciate her persistence.
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her show sucks. and i wanted to like it, but it really really sucks.
She looks great, except the shoes. They are someone you’d see on the first couple of seasons of Friends.
Oops, meant to write “something” you’d see.
It’s called “The Sarah Silverman PROGRAM”
God, that show sucks so bad
She’s not that funny. Is she trying to take a dump while standing up?
I agree, I never thought she was funny, just annoying.
Sorry, but I think she has a monumental fashion-problem…. always!
It’s called “The Sarah Silverman Program” . . .
Boo! I really really hope they work something out. Unlike the rest of you, her show is one of my favorites. Save Our Sarah Silverman!
But I could do without the musical numbers. That might be a good way to cut back, no? My personal stimulus package: http://squareeyes.blinkx.com/?p=395
Looooooooooove Sarah. Love the show. HATE ALL HER OUTFITS.
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The world is shitty enough. If I want to see shit I’ll visit my local processing plant or just jump up real quick as I flush. Otherwise, Silverman and company and all similar crap on TV and the Internet and the movies and the stage and the art houses, etc. ad infinitum … can all crawl in the sewer and stay there. Junk jiving losers — GET A REAL LIFE!
What’s her posture?
What would she like to do?