During late 1996 and early 1997, Comedy Central found South Park's pilot episode (the first aired episode with eight minutes of additional or altered footage) tested poorly in focus groups, especially among women, and seriously considered cancelling the show before it began. Trey Parker and Matt Stone worked on the porn spoof film "Orgazmo" in the meantime, which gave Comedy Central a fear of losing their potential talent. They later submitted a script for what would later become the episode "Weight Gain 4000" and the show was picked up to air, but the first episode didn't air until August 13th, 1997.
Assuming Comedy Central retains the rights to such a degree Stone and Parker can't bring the show to another network (others such as FOX had already turned them down) what happens without the show?
Assuming Comedy Central retains the rights to such a degree Stone and Parker can't bring the show to another network (others such as FOX had already turned them down) what happens without the show?
