Tag Archives: TV

Supercontext: Yahoo Screen

March 10, 2017SupercontextAli Baba, brand loyalty, Burning Love, community, content, CRV, Dan Harmon, digital video, dot com, episode, fandom, Flickr, Google, Honda, hotmail, Huffington Post, investors, Kathy Savitt, Marissa Mayer, marketing, NFL, organic search, Other Space, podcast, Saturday Night Live, Sin City Saints, sixseasonsandamovie, SNL, Sony, STX Entertainment, torrent, Tumblr, TV, Yahoo Screen, YouTube, YouTube RedCharlie

What went wrong with Yahoo Screen and its investment in a sixth season of Community? We look behind the business to try to figure out how a search engine whittled away the brand loyalty of a beloved TV show.

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Supercontext: Who Killed Mulaney?

February 10, 2017Supercontextcancellation, Elliott Gould, episode, FOX, irony, Jerry Seinfeld, John Mulaney, Lorne Michaels, Martin Short, multi-camera sitcom, Nasim Pedrad, nbc, Oh Hello, podcast, Saturday Night Live, script-to-series, Seaton Smith, sincerity, stand up comedy, television, The Comeback Kid, TV, Zack PearlmanCharlie

What went wrong with comedian John Mulaney’s debut sitcom? Was it network interference? Formatting? Or did the creator just take on too much? We discuss the differences between irony and sincerity in television humor to try to understand this show’s cancellation.

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