Comedian Sarah Cooper—Known For Trump Parodies—Lands TV Show With CBS

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Comedian and author Sarah Cooper continues to see her career blossom in the wake of a series of viral TikTok impersonations of President Trump, with CBS announcing a new show adapted from her satirical book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, just over a week after her comedy special on Netflix was announced.

Sarah Cooper’s TikTok profile.

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The show features “three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company help each other navigate modern gender politics in their careers and in their personal lives,” CBS said in statement to Forbes.

The series will be co-written by Cooper and Cindy Chupack, a writer and executive producer for Sex in the City and Modern Family.

Cooper’s “How to Medical” video impersonating Trump suggesting doctors look into injecting disinfectants into patients as a means of treating coronavirus has been viewed more than 22 million times since late April.

Cooper’s social media following has skyrocketed to more than 2 million followers on Twitter alone.

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This is the second big deal for Cooper this month. She also landed a comedy special with Netflix set to air this fall. Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine will deal with “politics, race, gender, class, and other light subjects,” according to a Netflix statement. The series will take a variety-show format and feature special guests in sketches and short interviews and actresses Natasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph have signed on as directors.