After three seasons, Comedy Central yesterday canceled, "The Sarah Silverman Program."Even a plucky Twitter campaign -- initiated by Silverman's sister Laura, who also appears on the show -- wasn't enough to save it.
The series has been on a rocky road all season.
Since its debut, the ratings have fallen by more than two-thirds -- from 1.8 million viewers in 2007 to less than 600,000 last spring. Even before filming began, Comedy Central cut the show's budget by 20 percent, prompting Silverman to threaten to walk out.
Logo, a cable network owned by Viacom, which also owns Comedy Central, stepped in at the last minute to help finance this season's 10 episodes.
Then, midway through the season, Comedy Central moved the series from its prime 10:30 p.m. slot -- right before the hit "Daily Show with Jon Stewart" -- to midnight, touching off speculation that the show was doomed.
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Bummer.
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