The Sausage Factory

*The Sausage Factory*
The Sausage Factory
Also known as	MTV's Now What
Genre	Comedy
Created by
Starring	Adam Brody ; ; ; Johnny K. Lewis ; Kristen Renton ;
Opening theme	Brown – Satellite
Ending theme	Brown – Satellite
Composer	Ari Wise & Brian Carson
Country of origin	Canada ; United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Danny Kallis ; Michael Hirsh ; Patrick Loubert ; Stephen Hodgins ; Timothy Gamble ; John Miller ; Jessica Swirnoff ; Doug Murphy
Producers	Stephen Foster ; Jeny Quine ; Dan Signer
Editor	Stuart Bass
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	PeaceArch Entertainment ; Nelvana ; MTV Original Productions
Release
Original network	The Comedy Network (Can); MTV (USA)
Original release	November 19, 2001 (Can); April 12, 2002 (USA) –; February 25, 2002 (Can); May 29, 2002
External links
	Website

The Sausage Factory, also known in the United States as MTV's Now What?, was a teen sitcom that followed the lives of four friends in their junior year at West Boulder High School.

The four friends were Zack (Adam Brody, later of The O.C.), trying to win over his unrequited crush Lisa; Ted, the stereotypical rich kid who tries to consummate with his girlfriend, Nancy; J.C., who finds himself constantly approached by middle-aged women; and Gilby (Johnny Lewis), the class clown, who regularly creates trouble.

Produced in 2000 and 2001, it ran for one season. The single-camera series was shot without an audience and included no laugh track.

Originally aired in Canada on The Comedy Network, reruns were later screened on CTV and YTV. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it airs on Trouble. Sky One previously aired it.

The series won a 2002 Leo Award for Best Director of a music, comedy or variety program or series (John Pozer, episode "Zack's Little Problem") and won a 2002 Leo Award for Best Production Design (Grant Pearse, episode "Gilby's Millions").

Cast[]

Adam Brody as Zack
as J.C.
as Ted
Johnny K. Lewis as Gilby
Kristen Renton as Nancy
as Lisa

Episodes[]

Community Impact (November 19, 2001)
Election (November 26, 2001)
Running Free (December 3, 2001)
The Tux (December 10, 2001)
Gilby's Millions (December 17, 2001)
Hang Ups (January 7, 2002)
Purity Test (January 14, 2002)
Good Ted Hunting (January 21, 2002)
Sex, Guys & Videotape (January 28, 2002)
JC, the Gay Model (February 4, 2002)
Dances with Squirrels (February 11, 2002)
Zack's Little Problem (February 18, 2002)
Reality Bites (February 25, 2002)

External links[]

The Sausage Factory at IMDb (unaired pilot, portions of its plot were incorporated into the episode titled "Purity Test")
MTV's Now What (USA), The Sausage Factory at IMDb