Onion News Network
| Onion News Network | |
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| Written by |
Alexander Blechman Lang Fisher John Harris Peter Koechley Carol Kolb Dan Mirk Michael Pielocik Will Tracy Chris Sartinsky Jack Kukoda |
| Directed by |
J.J. Adler Will Graham Jon Watts |
| Starring |
Brian Huskey Suzanne Sena Kyla Grogan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | IFC |
| Original release | January 21 – December 9, 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Onion News Network is a parody television news show. The show premiered its ten-episode first season on January 21, 2011, at 10:00 p.m. EST on IFC.
In March 2007, The Onion launched The Onion News Network, a daily web video broadcast that had been in production since sometime in mid-2006. The Onion invested about $1 million in production and hired 15 staffers to focus on the venture.Carol Kolb, former Editor-in-Chief of The Onion is the ONN's head writer; and Will Graham and Julie Smith are the Executive Producers. It is implied on-air that the ONN show "FactZone with Brooke Alvarez" is "simulcasted" on IFC Friday nights at 10pm ET.
IFC announced that it had renewed Onion News Network for a second season on March 22, 2011, with Season 2 presented by Acura. Season two premiered on October 4, 2011.
It was announced on November 14, 2011 that "Onion News Network" was moved back to Friday Nights at 10pm ET as part of its "IFC Always On Fridays" block of shows. Season 1 aired on Friday nights at 10pm before moving to Tuesdays for the first 3 episodes of Season 2 and has moved back to Friday nights beginning with the November 18, 2011 episode
On March 21, 2012, it was announced that the show would not be returning for a third season.
Matt Oberg is currently the only actor to appear on two different television shows produced by The Onion. Oberg portrayed Mark Shepard in Onion SportsDome which aired on Comedy Central until its cancellation in June 2011 and currently portraying the "tenth" Tucker Hope on IFC's "Onion News Network"
Rachel Maddow and Mike Huckabee appeared as themselves in the fourth episode.Ben Stiller appeared as himself on episode 9, in a fake PSA for "Shaken Man-Child Syndrome"Glenn Beck appeared as himself on the November 1, 2011 episode involving a fictional PBS Frontline documentary about Brooke Alvarez's checkered past which in part may explain her on-air icy demeanor. Glenn stated that while auditioning for the part of anchor of "FactZone", He implied that Alvarez cut off his brakes and his car ended up in a ditch.Ted Allen appeared on the "Today Now!" special, showing how to cook a dish from his new book "Pretentious Foodie Bullshit."
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