By James Hibberd, Reuters November 6, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Comedy Central is teaming with satirical newspaper the Onion for a half-hour scripted comedy.
The as-yet-untitled series will be based on the Onion Sports Network online video series and will take on teams, fans, sports products and sports coverage. The weekly series will be geared toward sports lovers and long-time followers of the Onion.
"The Onion is the biggest, most fearless, most influential news organization in the free world," said Steve Hannah, CEO of Onion, Inc. "And we see a collaboration with Comedy Central as the next logical step in the expansion of the Onion Sports Network's hard-hitting coverage."
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