Original sentence: Jim Norton qualified to be on the show but was informed by the producers that he was "too famous" and had too many bookings to compete.Last Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that premiered in 2003.Norton, discussing this on the Opie & Anthony radio show, said he was in the middle of shooting two pilots for MTV at the time, and NBC made him decide between MTV and Last Comic Standing; he chose MTV, and neither pilot was picked up.Reality Thumbnails: Last Comic Standing.The Comedy Channel series site.The object of the program is to select a comedian from a group, who will receive a development contract with the television network NBC and a special first to air on the cable-TV network Comedy Central and later on the cable network Bravo)
Edited sentence: Jim Norton of Lucky Louie and Opie & Anthony fame qualified to be on the show but was informed by the producers that he was "too famous" and had too many bookings to compete.Jim chose MTV since there was such a good vibe about the shows getting picked up.Jim discussed this on the "Opie & Anthony" show.Jim was in the middle of shooting two pilots for MTV at the time of the show abd NBC made him decide between MTV and LCS.Last Comic Standing is a reality television talent show that premiered in 2003.Last Comic Standing on Reality Thumbnails.Many of the amateur comedians have battled with some well-known comics, conflicting with the show's claim in earlier seasons to be looking for unknown comics.Neither of the pilots got picked up.Some viewers have complained that due to the way in which the series is shot, it lacks the feel of "reality" essential to so many reality shows.The object of the program is to select a comedian from a group, who will receive a development contract with NBC (now NBC Universal), and a special (first to air on Comedy Central and later on Bravo).on The Comedy Channel