Comedy Central Gets “BoJack Horseman” For Exclusive Linear Rights

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There’s still a huge TV market to think about.

Look, there are still a lot of people out there that don’t have Netflix or aren’t tech savvy enough to understand how to subscribe and access content from the world’s top streaming service. That’s why we have TV networks like Comedy Central. Yes, Hulu has The Cleveland Show and King of the Hill, but Comedy Central has the basic cable audience for it to make sense to acquire those series for syndication. Same goes for BoJack Horseman, which has been picked up for exclusive linear rights by the Viacom-owned network for it to air starting September 22nd after an all-new season of South Park kicks off.

The Tornante company had been teasing the syndication of the series for network television for a while now, and now BoJack Horseman officially has a solid TV audience it can go after that should help it find a whole new audience.

A humanoid horse, BoJack Horseman — lost in a sea of self-loathing and booze — decides it’s time for a comeback. Once the star of a ’90s sitcom, in which he was the adoptive father of three orphaned kids (two girls and a boy). The show was the hottest thing around, then suddenly, was canceled. Now 18 years later, BoJack wants to regain his dignity. With the aid of a human sidekick and a feline ex-girlfriend who is his agent, he sets out to make it happen. But Hollywood is vastly different from those days, and getting used to stuff like Twitter may take some time. This first animated series from Netflix — with plenty of references to sex, drugs and alcohol — is not for the little ones.
BoJack Horseman is an American adult animated black comedy-drama series created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. The series stars Will Arnett as the title character, with a supporting cast including Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, and Aaron Paul. Season Five streams this September only on Netflix.
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