Hype (2000)

Genre

comedy

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 17 episodes

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a sketch comedy series that makes fun of pop culture trends and hype. It presents humorous short scenes that satirize how media and public relations blow things out of proportion.

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What happens

Hype is an American sketch comedy television series which ran for 17 episodes from October 8, 2000, to February 18, 2001, on The WB. Created by Scott King, Lanier Laney and Terry Sweeney, the series was ordered by the WB after the trio wrote a sketch for MADtv which parodied Felicity, the network's major hit series at the time. The series focused on sketches parodying pop culture, particularly the inflation of cultural and public relations hype. King, Laney and Sweeney were also writers for the series, along with Jordan Black, Jerry Collins, Jay Johnston, Kent Fuher, Karen Kilgariff, Lori Nasso, Andy Bobrow, David Sussin, Steve Holland, Warren Lieberstein, Robert Sherman and John Unholz. On February 8, 2001, the series was canceled after one season, although two of its cast members, Frank Caliendo and Daniele Gaither, subsequently joined MADtv, while Gavin Crawford has had success as a television comedian in Canada, including on The Gavin Crawford Show and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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