The Sausage Factory, also known in the United States as MTV's Now What?
or Much Ado About Whatever, is a teen sitcom that followed the lives of four friends in their junior year at West Boulder High School.
[1] The four friends were Zack (Adam Brody), trying to win over his unrequited crush Lisa; Ted, the stereotypical rich kid who tries to consummate with his girlfriend, Nancy (Kristen Renton); J.C. (Kenny Fisher), who finds himself constantly approached by middle-aged women; and Gilby (Johnny Lewis), the class clown, who regularly creates trouble.
The single-camera series was shot without an audience and included no laugh track.
Originally aired in Canada on The Comedy Network,[3] reruns were later screened on CTV and YTV.