The Onion, the satirical news organization that broke the fake story that the smoke monster from “Lost” would receive its own spin-off series and cheekily reported that television critics who praised “The Wire” had never seen the show, is itself headed to the small screen.
The Onion series, called “Onion News Network,” will bring the deadpan sensibility of the Web site’s popular video clips (which detail silly if untrue stories like “Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of ‘Friendster’ Civilization” and “Obama To Enter Diplomatic Talks With Raging Wildfire”) to a half-hour show in the vein of authentic news programs like CNN’s “Situation Room” or “Anderson Cooper 360.”
“It just seems to us, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC are already doing such great comedy out there, without a whole lot of competition,” said Will Graham, an executive producer of the Onion News Network videos. “We thought it was about time that someone really gave them a run for their money.”
IFC, which draws an audience that is 70 percent male with a blend of indie movies and comedies like “Arrested Development” and “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” said its new programming reflected an expanded focus on independent culture as well as independent film.
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