Since then it has not even been a full day Drunk History was canceled, and Comedy Central is already cutting one of its long-running, beloved comedy shows.
Tosh.0, the viral video-mocking series hosted by comedians Daniel Tosh, will come to an end after the show’s next 12th season. The show was originally intended to return this past March, but it was put on hiatus after the coronavirus pandemic shut down all film and TV production. Things must be really tough at Comedy Central’s parent company ViacomCBS.
Deadline has the news on Tosh.0 be canceled at Comedy Central. The series will air another 12th season from the beginning this fall 15 September, but it will only run for 10 episodes with the final scheduled for November 24th. It will be enough for the show to hit 300 episodes, which is a pretty impressive milestone to hit after being aired since 2009. Comedy Central had previously updated Tosh.0 for four seasons (80 episodes in total) back in January, but that is now clearly practiced, just like Drunk Historyis the seventh season order.
As for the cancellation, Tosh joked, “I’m looking forward to an animated reboot of my show on MTV in 25 years.”
He’s probably in good spirits, because he and executive producers Charlie Siskel, Nick Malis en Christie Smith will trade the series to other networks and digital platforms. Given the show’s popularity after all these years, it’s likely to find a new home fairly easily, especially since it’s a fairly inexpensive show to produce. That only makes ViacomCBS ‘decision to cancel the show even more worrying.
The previous four-season update for Tosh.0 also included a general deal for the cabaret artist at Comedy Central. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tosh was already developing a new unwritten series that he was hosting and producing, as well as a deal for another script that he would be producing. It’s unclear if the general deal and those shows have ended either, so we’ll have to wait and see how that plays out.
Currently, Comedy Central is considering placing all of its eggs in the adult animation basket. They have the reboot of The Ren & Stimpy ShowenBeavis and Butt-Head along the way, as well as the Daria spin-off Jodie in the works. But it will take much more than that to keep Comedy Central upside down.
As we noted in the news from Drunk History be canceled, Awkwafina is Nora from Queens is now the only remaining comedy for live action, unless you count The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, but that’s something completely different. Comedy Central sent The Other Two en South side to HBO Max, and now they’ve lost two of their most successful shows in recent years. Will this new direction pay off?
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