Bad Internet
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| Genre | Reality |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) |
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| Cinematography | Barry Elmore |
| Running time | 12 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Big Breakfast Co. |
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| Original network | YouTube Red |
| Picture format | 4K (Ultra HD) |
| Original release | May 25 – July 20, 2016 |
Bad Internet is a YouTube Red original sketch comedy web series. It was created by CollegeHumor and premiered on May 25, 2016.[1] It is produced by CollegeHumor's Los Angeles-based production studio Big Breakfast.[2] There are ten sketches in the series, but only the first—"Which of the Friends are You?"—can be viewed without a YouTube Red subscription.[3] The series was inspired by Charlie Brooker's technology-centered anthology TV show Black Mirror. Sam Reich, CollegeHumor's head of video, said that in creating the series, he wanted to do a project that was both ambitious and true to CollegeHumor's slacker humor heritage.[4] Reich also told Mashable that Bad Internet was "a series built for the Internet."[5]
Cast
Guests on the show included YouTube celebrities including iJustine, Rosanna Pansino, CaptainSparklez, and Smosh.[6]
Season 1 (2016)
| # | Title | Episode Length | Original release date |
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| 1 | "Which of the "Friends" Are You?" | 11:54 | May 25, 2016 |
| In a future where society is divided into groups based on a Buzzfeed quiz - Choose wisely. | |||
| 2 | "Amazon Foresight" | 10:54 | May 25, 2016 |
| A Prime example of when online shopping goes too far. One loyal Amazon customer discovers he can get what he needs before he knows he needs it, with some unexpected consequences. | |||
| 3 | "Your Search History Revealed" | 11:37 | June 1, 2016 |
| One family weathers the greatest disaster that could befall civilization: Everyone's Internet search history is made public. | |||
| 4 | "YouTube Death Battle Showdown" | 11:26 | June 8, 2016 |
| In the quest for YouTube subscribers, it's kill or be killed. YouTube's biggest stars face off in an epic battle to the death. | |||
| 5 | "The Seven Billionth Wheel" | 10:26 | June 15, 2016 |
| Online dating's odd man out discovers an app that perfectly matches every person on earth, except him. | |||
| 6 | "The Year-Long Ad Experience" | 13:40 | June 22, 2016 |
| A couple discovers they can live the rest of their lives ad free... but first they must experience one ad for an entire year. | |||
| 7 | "The President Goes Viral" | 9:55 | June 29, 2016 |
| The President of the United States warns the country of a giant meteor hurtling towards Earth...or at least she would if she could figure out how to get the video to go viral. | |||
| 8 | "Uber,But Like for People" | 10:04 | July 6, 2016 |
| A new app lets you earn money while you sleep -- and creep everyone out at the same time. | |||
| 9 | "Secrets of the Mom Web" | 10:22 | July 13, 2016 |
| Where does your mom find those weird links she's always forwarding? The answer is more sinister than you ever imagined. | |||
| 10 | "Enter the Hivemind" | 8:53 | July 20, 2016 |
| The social network that will officially make you "too old for this s#!+." | |||
Reception
Marissa Martinelli of Slate described the series as "very funny stuff", noting the clear parallels it contained to Black Mirror and Divergent.[7]
Nominations and awards
| Year | Association | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
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| 2016 | Streamy Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | Brian Murphy Grant O'Brien Zac Oyama Siobhan Thompson Mike Trapp |
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| Best Writing | Pat Cassels Ben Joseph Zac Oyama Melinda Taub Siobhan Thompson Mike Trapp |
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References
- ↑ White, Abbey (6 May 2016). "CollegeHumor Takes On the Internet in New YouTube Red Series, Bad Internet". Paste. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Arthur, Kenneth (18 March 2016). "CollegeHumor Looks Beyond the Internet". Splitsider. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ Votta, Rae (26 May 2016). "CollegeHumor's 'Bad Internet' is a dark, dystopian look at the future". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Blevins, Joe (26 May 2016). "Watch College Humor's Bad Internet goof on the media-phobic Black Mirror". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Hamedy, Saba (25 May 2016). "CollegeHumor's new YouTube Red series pokes fun at all things Internet". Mashable. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Weiss, Geoff (5 May 2016). "YouTube Teases 'Red' Series From CollegeHumor, The Game Theorists, Joey Graceffa In Latest Trailer". Tubefilter. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ Martinelli, Marissa (26 May 2016). "The New CollegeHumor Show Bad Internet Is Like Black Mirror for Millennials". Slate. Retrieved 29 October 2016.