'Onion,' CBS Sign Comedy Deal

  • June 16, 2011
After launching two Onion-branded cable series this year, The Onion is eying broadcast, notes Deadline.com. The Onion, known for its fake-news newspaper and Web site, signed a one-year first-look development deal with CBS Television Studios. The caveat: It will develop ideas for non-Onion-branded comedy, as well as a Web series for CBS Interactive's digital properties.

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