Not Satire: The Onion Gets a TV Deal With Comedy Central

Courtesy Mashable!  Fri, 11/06/2009 - 15:16

America’s most trusted satire newspaper and website, The Onion, has been steadily moving into online video in the past few years (with many hilarious pokes at the Web , the iPhone , and social media along the way).

Now, the outfit has landed a very real deal with Comedy Central to develop a pilot for a show based on its Onion Sports Network (OSN) videos.

According to a statement put out...

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