Tag Archives: reality television

Quick Hits: There’s A Real Show Called Sex Box, And It’s Coming To America

Posted on May 21 2014 by Baratunde Thurston

One of my last acts as Director of Digital at The Onion was to help sell our channel to YouTube in Spring 2012 when it was launching its first major investment in original content. What The Onion ended up producing (for which I can take no credit) is some of …

PBS’s Embrace Of Comedy In Marketing Proves We Know Everything

Posted on June 6 2013 by Baratunde Thurston

“Do you have any ideas for docu-soaps?” the network executive asked me out of nowhere. “That depends. What’s a docu-soap?” I asked. I was in a meeting my TV agent had set up during a visit to Los Angeles. “It’s a documentary soap opera,” she explained. “They’re really big right …