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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoNo way CBS would have allowed him to do the show in that character… Maybe a segment every now and then, but not entire episodes. Not on CBS.
minus-squareboydster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHe quite literally was legally disallowed by Viacom (Comedy Central’ owners). Not CBS, where he told the audience he would love to bring the character back but was not legally allowed to do.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt wouldn’t have been the entire show.
No way CBS would have allowed him to do the show in that character… Maybe a segment every now and then, but not entire episodes. Not on CBS.
He quite literally was legally disallowed by Viacom (Comedy Central’ owners). Not CBS, where he told the audience he would love to bring the character back but was not legally allowed to do.
It wouldn’t have been the entire show.