Fox Rejected South Park's Hankey

Fox refused to move forward with South Park after creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone rejected its demands to remove Mr. Hankey, a talking piece of feces. They took the series to Comedy Central, where it debuted in 1997, and became the network's most successful show within three months. Its popularity helped expand Comedy Central's reach from 9.1 million households in 1997 to 50 million by June 1998, making it one of America's fastest-growing cable channels.

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