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by Kim Potts, posted May 12th 2010 9:30AM
The first season of 'The Sarah Silverman Program' was hilarious. Ditto, for the most part, its over-the-top second season. But the third? Comedy Central had shifted the show from 10:30PM to midnight. And now, the series has been cancelled.Deadline reports that the third season, which ended on April 15, will be the show's last, as the network has decided not to renew Silverman's comedy for a fourth season.
The decision shouldn't come as a major surprise to anyone, as season 3 almost didn't happen. Comedy Central had asked Silverman and company to cut the show's budget by more than 20 percent, and only after Comedy Central sister network Logo agreed to co-finance the series did 'Program' move forward.
And 'Sarah Silverman Program' co-star Brian Posehn told TV Squad last month that he thought the series would end after season 3. "... we felt that kind of going in. Just because it was so tough to get them to give us the money to do the third season, we had to jump through so many hoops," Posehn said. "I feel like we're lucky to have done what we've done, and I would be very happy to come back and do a season four. But I'd also be completely surprised if it happened."
Fans had also forged a minor Twitter campaign to save the show, which had featured guest stars like Ed Asner, Andy Samberg, Silverman's ex-boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Hamm, Andy Richter and Zach Galifianakis, even though it seemed doomed when the network moved it from primetime to midnight midway through season 3. Comedy Central had also stopped showing repeats of the series after its initial Thursday-night airing.
Silverman earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the show last year, while 'The Sarah Silverman Program' had also earned nominations for a GLAAD Media Award and a Writers Guild of America Best New Series award.
Moving forward, Silverman already has a full workload. She's still promoting her new book, the New York Times bestseller 'The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee,' and she stars in the upcoming big-screen comedy 'Peep Show' with Michael C. Hall, Judy Greer and Rainn Wilson, as well as the dramedy 'Take This Waltz,' written and directed by actress Sarah Polley and co-starring Silverman, Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams.
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