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Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 4

Creators: Jim Serpico

Networks: Comedy Central

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Aug 1, 2002

Recent Air Date: Sep 4, 2002

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: English

Age Rating: NR

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Synopsis

Contest Searchlight was a four-episode fictional comedy television series that aired in 2002 on the Comedy Central network. It was 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 theatre and television actor Peter Gallagher, 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 "Jesus and the Gang" is permanently shelved. As noted above, Contest Searchlight was shown in a pseudo-documentary style, and there was no laugh track or other obvious sign that this was, in fact, a fictional series. Following Peter Gallagher's exit from the show, both he and Comedy Central received a number of panicked calls from viewers who believed that Gallagher really had been hit by a car.


Main Cast

Denis Leary

Denis Leary

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Lenny Clarke

Lenny Clarke

Age : 71 | Popularity : 39%

Adam Ferrara

Adam Ferrara

Age : 58 | Popularity : 38%

Mary Birdsong

Mary Birdsong

Age : 56 | Popularity : 31%

Danielle Schneider

Danielle Schneider

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Michael Lombardi

Michael Lombardi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 20%


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