By Carrie Andersen | January 24, 2011 at 11:29 am | No comments
As an occasional and less-than-hardcore fan of sports, I’m always thrilled to find sports shows that don’t analyze ad nauseum the mundane nuances of gameplay. Fortunately, Comedy Central's new show The Onion Sports Network's SportsDome lampoons that obsessive world of...
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By Chase Roper | December 16, 2010 at 12:27 pm | No comments
Finally, a sports show I can get behind. If you are an Onion fan like me and you enjoy a sport once in a while, you will want to watch Onion SportsDome. Set to premiere Jan 11 on Comedy Central at 10:30 pm est, SportsDome promises to deliver "the most intense televised sports...
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By Max Timko | September 30, 2010 at 12:07 pm | No comments
The A.V. Club (sister site of The Onion) has recently teamed up with Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher creators of The Found Footage Festival, a film fest that's exactly what it sounds like. The pair have made a name for themselves by creating movies from unintentionally hilarious...
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By Becca Scheuer | July 7, 2010 at 1:02 pm | No comments
This week The Onion released the broadcast they’ve been hyping up all summer: the Onion News Network Future channel, a 12 minute news broadcast from the year 2137.
This is the Onion’s first time using paid content, as the special is available via iTunes for $1.99.
The...
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By Brendan McLaughlin | April 15, 2010 at 10:23 am | No comments
Comedy Central announced that it has officially picked up The Onion Sports Network for a 10 episode season. The announcement to pick up the pilot adapted from The Onion’s popular, sports world-lampooning webseries, was made by Kent Alterman, Comedy Central’s head of original...
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By Brendan McLaughlin | November 6, 2009 at 5:00 pm | One comment
It’s about time. Comedy Central has just announced that they’ve ordered a pilot from The Onion for a half hour series based on their Onion Sports Network web videos.
According to the lovely press release, “The as-yet untitled series will take on the whole universe of...
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