Complex sentence: Bodolai was a founder of The Comedy Network, helping the new channel secure its licence from the CRTC in 1997 and expected to run the new channel and was disappointed when he was not hired and decided to return permanently to the United States.
Split into simpler sentences: Bodolai was a founder of The Comedy Network, helping the new channel secure its licence from the CRTC in 1997, and expected to run the new channel. He was disappointed when he was not hired and decided to return permanently to the United States.