The Onion Gets Two Cable Television Shows Dan Koelsch, March 22, 2010March 22, 2010 Largely regarded as the best fake news organization, The Onion has gained popularity and success thanks almost entirely to the Internet. Between the hilarious articles on its website, its YouTube videos that instantly go viral, and its much loved, but under appreciated movie, its hard to get away from The Onion. Now it’ll be even harder with two new cable comedy shows from “America’s Finest News Source.” It was first reported in November last year that Comedy Central reached a deal with The Onion to turn its Onion Sports Network (OSN) videos into a full TV show for the network. The Onion often puts out video clips from its fake station, so now we can see more of what those full shows would actually look like. While right now its only a pilot episode being filmed, the OSN show would fit in perfectly with the other satire news shows The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Pretty soon we’ll need a 24-hour fake news channel (I shouldn’t give them any ideas). Personally I love “The Steam Room” segments. Check out the latest OSN clip from The Onion below. Kentucky Violated NCAA Rules While Recruiting Basketball-Playing Dog Mashable (via New York Times) now reports that The Onion is getting yet another cable television show, this time on the Independent Film Channel (IFC), titled Onion News Network (ONN). The show will take on both the 24-Hour news networks like CNN and MSNBC, as well as local news shows. While it may seem like it’s impeding on Jon Stewart and Colbert’s territory, be warned that the ONN is much harsher and cutthroat than anything on Comedy Central. It should be interesting once the show debuts on IFC in October. Check out my favorite ONN video below. President To Face Down Monster Attack, Own Demons In Action-Packed Schedule Viral Marketing Colbert ReportComedy CentralIFCThe Daily ShowThe Onion
Vince Vaughn and SNL Take On Al Pacino, The Weather Channel, and More April 14, 2013April 14, 2013Vince Vaughn hosted Saturday Night Live last night to promote his upcoming film The Internship. The show included skits about Al Pacino’s biopics, a dramatic show on The Weather Channel, and NBC Sports. Check out the clips of these sketches after the break, and watch the full episode on NBC.com. Read More
Learn About Captain America’s Shield In Featurette Sponsored By Norton June 19, 2011Symantec’s Norton antivirus and computer protection line of software is a staple in the tech industry, but it doesn’t hurt to team up with a summer blockbuster. Finding an enlightened connection between their software and Marvel’s Captain America, Norton brings us a featurette called “Behind the Shield” via their Facebook… Read More
New Picture of Wikus from District 9 July 22, 2009Sony Pictures has released a new picture of Wikus (played by Sharlto Copley) from District 9: Initial reactions from the forum seem to be that his ‘weapon’ is an alien spray-type of thing, a flamethrower, or both. Forum member and staff writer Scott points out that the canister on top… Read More
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