Sarah Silverman

Fear not: The Sarah Silverman Program is returning — with some help from Logo.

Following a four-day dispute over budget cuts, Comedy Central has renewed Sarah Silverman's live-action series for a third season, to be co-financed by gay-oriented sister channel Logo, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"We're happy," Silverman said. "All we ever wanted was ...
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Sarah Silverman and her two executive producers are threatening to quit The Sarah Silverman Program after Comedy Central said it plans to slash the show's budget by 20 percent, The Hollywood Reporter said.

Although the series has yet to receive a third-season renewal, Silverman, along with Dan Sterling and Rob Schrab, informed network brass that they cannot continue the show at the reduced price because ...
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In their oral history of Saturday Night Live, Live from New York, Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller revealed an unfortunate legacy of sexism. Many of the show's female writers and cast members, chief among them Nora Dunn, told of difficulty in getting skits on the air and of generally being taken seriously by their male counterparts. That was then… and now six prominent alumnae will back on the tube this fall in five successful returning shows and one promising newcomer. (Also, a series of six special all-politics Thursday episodes of SNL begin October 9 at 9:30 pm/ET on NBC.) In the meantime, let's check in with these smart, talented women.

Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman just can't make up their effing minds.

The golden couple of comedy may be back together, sources tell People. The duo called it quits after five years in July, but they have been seen out on the town together in L.A. and most recently in New York, where they attended Howard Stern's wedding together.

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