The Sausage Factory

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The Sausage Factory, also known in the United States as MTV's Now What?, Special Ed or Much Ado About Whatever, was a Canadian television situation comedy that followed the lives of four friends in their junior year at West Boulder High.

These four buddies were Zack (Adam Brody, later of The O.C.), trying to win over his unrequited crush Lisa, Ted, the rich kid who can't score with his girlfriend Nancy, J.C., hit on by women old enough to be his mother, and Gilby, the class clown who's always stirring up trouble.

Produced in 2000 and 2001, it ran for one season. The series includes no laugh track.

Originally aired in Canada on The Comedy Network, the series currently screens on YTV. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it airs on Trouble.

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 a nomination for Best Production Design (Grant Pease, episode "Gilby's Millions").