CAIRO (AP) — The popular Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef has signed a contract with the MBC Group and a new episode of his show will air later this week, a spokesman for the Dubai-based network said Saturday.

The private broadcaster CBC suspended Youssef’s show last fall after the season’s first episode. It was highly critical of the nationalist fervor gripping Egypt after the military overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, which followed millions-strong protests calling for his removal.