IFC Laughs It Up With The Onion

IFC is developing Onion News Network, a new faux-news series based on the satirical weekly broadsheet and Web site, The Onion.

Set to bow in the first quarter of 2011, ONN will be structured like a nightly news program, featuring fabricated stories and over-the-top lifestyle, consumer advocacy and human interest segments. A lacerating send-up of the goofy “Coverage You Can Count On” brand of local nightly newscasts, ONN’s two-minute clips encompass everything from outrageous consumer reports (“Stouffer’s to Include Suicide Prevention Tips on Single-Serve Microwavable Meals”) to breathless action news bulletins (“Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere”).

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