The Onion coming to Comedy Central

Satirical newspaper The Onion is teaming up with Comedy Central for a half-hour scripted series.

Via the Hollywood Reporter, the series will be "based on the Onion Sports Network online video series and will take on teams, fans, sports products and sports coverage. The series will be geared toward sports lovers and long-time followers of the Onion."

Comedy Central programming president Lauren Corrao says, "The short-form content on the OSN Web series is outstanding, hilarious and exactly what you'd expect from the gang. We're really excited to take this great idea and turn it into a regular, weekly series."

Based on the already-hilarious online skewering of SportsCenter called "SportsDome," in which features like the Budweiser Hot Seat become The Steam Room, we expect this series to be excellent.

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