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Is Contest Searchlight coming back?

Contest Searchlight (2002–2002) — comedy on Comedy Central

The answer: Concluded September 4, 2002.
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Genre
Comedy
Network / streamer
Comedy Central
Premiered
August 14, 2002
Ended
September 4, 2002
Runtime
~30 min per episode
1season
4episodes

About Contest Searchlight

Contest Searchlight is a four-episode fictional comedy television series, it is a documentary-style parody or mockumentary of the HBO network's non-fictional series Project Greenlight.

Contest Searchlight starred Denis Leary and Lenny Clarke, playing slightly fictionalized versions of themselves, as TV producers holding a nationwide contest to select a new television series to produce for the Comedy Central network. When none of the proposed submissions prove acceptable, Leary and Clarke end up combining several of the finalist's proposals to produce a new, semi-improvised ensemble sitcom entitled "Jesus and the Gang." The new show ostensibly stars New York City theatre and television actor Peter Gallagher (again playing a fictionalized version of himself), but when Gallagher is hit by a car during the filming of a network promotion, the lead role is shifted to comedian Patrice O'Neal. During rehearsals for the premiere episode, the actors, crew and producers all start fighting each other (and themselves), and "Jesus and the Gang" is permanently shelved.

Contest Searchlight episode schedule

4 aired

Aired · 4

DateEp.Title
September 4, 2002 S1·E4 Episode 4
August 28, 2002 S1·E3 Episode 3
August 21, 2002 S1·E2 Episode 2
August 14, 2002 S1·E1 Episode 1