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Season 1

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E01Super Mario Brothers is the World's Greatest Piece of Surrealist Artmars 14, 2012
S01E02Is Miku Hatsune a More Authentic Pop Star Than Lana Del Rey?mars 28, 2012
S01E03Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art?avr. 11, 2012
S01E04Is Instagram the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Photography?avr. 25, 2012
S01E05Is Minimalism the Secret to Hello Kitty's Success?mai 9, 2012
S01E06Are Hologram Tupac and Hologram Freddie Mercury Nostalgia or New Aesthetic?mai 23, 2012
S01E07Are Bronies Changing the Definition of Masculinity?juin 6, 2012
S01E08Is Twitter the Newest Form of Literature?juin 13, 2012
S01E09Is the Web Browser Replacing the Art Gallery?juin 20, 2012
S01E10Are Mashups the End of Music Genres As We Know Them?juin 27, 2012
S01E11Does Nail Art Prove That Anything Can Be A Canvas for Artistic Expression?juil. 4, 2012
S01E12Does the Kinect Make Microsoft an Arts Benefactor?juil. 11, 2012
S01E13How Did Sherlock Holmes Pave the Way for 50 Shades of Grey?juil. 18, 2012
S01E14Will Minecraft and Makerbot Usher in the Post-Scarcity Economy?juil. 25, 2012
S01E15Is Dubstep Avant Garde Musical Genius?août 1, 2012
S01E16Are the Olympics A Model for Creating Geniuses?août 8, 2012
S01E17Is Nic Cage the Intersection of YOLO and Taoism?août 15, 2012
S01E18Are Memes & Internet Culture Creating a Singularity?août 22, 2012
S01E19Is William Gibson A Modern Day Oracle?août 29, 2012
S01E20Is Homestuck the Ulysses of the Internet?sept. 5, 2012
S01E21Is Facebook Changing Our Identity?sept. 12, 2012
S01E22Is Diablo III Turning Virtual Economies Into Real Ones?sept. 19, 2012
S01E23What do MP3s and Magic Spells Have in Common?sept. 26, 2012
S01E24Is Doctor Who a Religion?oct. 3, 2012
S01E25Can Dungeons & Dragons Make You A Confident & Successful Person?oct. 10, 2012
S01E26How are Justin Bieber, Franz Liszt and Jerusalem Connected?oct. 17, 2012
S01E27Is CSS and Website Design a Fashion Statement?oct. 24, 2012
S01E28How Will The Animated GIF Affect The Presidential Election?nov. 1, 2012
S01E29Is YouTube Making Us Smarter?nov. 7, 2012
S01E30Is Nostalgia the Reason for Adventure Time's Amazing Awesomeness?nov. 14, 2012
S01E31Should 'Happy Birthday' be Protected by Copyright?nov. 28, 2012
S01E32Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality?déc. 5, 2012
S01E33What Do Santa and Wrestling Have In Common?déc. 12, 2012
S01E34Do We Want the World to End?déc. 19, 2012
S01E35Are Your New Year's Resolutions Bound to Fail?janv. 2, 2013
S01E36Will Space Travel Save Us All?janv. 9, 2013
S01E37Are You A Hipster?janv. 16, 2013
S01E38Top 5 Most Artful Video Gamesjanv. 23, 2013
S01E39Are MP3s & Vinyl Better Than Live Music?janv. 30, 2013
S01E40Is Futurama the Best Argument Against Transhumanism?févr. 6, 2013
S01E41Are Bitcoins and Unusual Hats the Future of Currency?févr. 13, 2013
S01E42There's No Such Thing As Offline?!?févr. 20, 2013
S01E43What Does the Russian Meteorite Tell Us About Surveillance Culture?févr. 27, 2013
S01E44Is Minecraft the Ultimate Educational Tool?mars 6, 2013
S01E45Do Knock-Offs Prove the Value of a Brand?mars 13, 2013

Season 2

EpisodeNameAirdate
S02E01Is Piracy Helping Game of Thrones?mars 20, 2013
S02E02Will Kickstarter Replace Hollywood?mars 27, 2013
S02E03Is Community a Postermodern Masterpiece?avr. 3, 2013
S02E04Is Buying Call of Duty a Moral Choice?avr. 10, 2013
S02E05Is a Tagged Instagram More Than Just a Photo?avr. 24, 2013
S02E06Is a DOS Attack a Weapon?mai 1, 2013
S02E07Is Sad Music Actually Sad?mai 8, 2013
S02E08Is Developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethical?mai 29, 2013
S02E09Is Math a Feature of the Universe or a Feature of Human Creation?juin 3, 2013
S02E10Is the Universe a Computer?juin 12, 2013
S02E11Why Do We Love Zombies?juin 19, 2013
S02E12Can Video Games Become the Next Great Spectator Sport?juin 26, 2013
S02E13Is the Discovery of Global Warming Our Greatest Scientific Achievement?juil. 3, 2013
S02E14Does Animal Crossing Promote Otaku Citizenship?juil. 10, 2013
S02E15Is BMO From Adventure Time Expressive of Feminism?juil. 17, 2013
S02E16How Does Glitchy Art Show Us Broken is Beautiful?juil. 24, 2013
S02E17How is Jurassic Park a Commentary on Capitalism?juil. 31, 2013
S02E18Does it Matter What Evangelion's Creator Says?août 5, 2013
S02E19Is the Internet Cats?août 14, 2013
S02E20Is Google Knowledge?août 21, 2013
S02E21Are There TWO Nikola Teslas?sept. 11, 2013
S02E22Are the Titans from Attack on Titan Evil?sept. 18, 2013
S02E23How Does Night Vale Confront Us With the Unknown?sept. 25, 2013
S02E24Is There An Introvert Craze Because of Technology?oct. 2, 2013
S02E25Can You Actually Enjoy Breaking Bad?oct. 9, 2013
S02E26Did Horse_ebooks Show Us that SPAM is the Webs Native Artformoct. 16, 2013
S02E27Controlling vs 'Being' Your Video Game Avataroct. 24, 2013
S02E28How is Slender Man Internet Folklore?oct. 30, 2013
S02E29How is Seeing Ender's Game a Political Action?nov. 6, 2013
S02E30Is Pop Music Holding You Hostage?nov. 13, 2013
S02E31What Does The Doctor Mean to You?nov. 20, 2013
S02E32Sandwiches, Modernity, and Lyrics: A Thanksgiving Episodenov. 27, 2013
S02E33Your Questions Answered! (1)déc. 4, 2013
S02E34Your Questions Answered! (2)déc. 4, 2013
S02E35Do 'Digital Natives' Exist?déc. 11, 2013
S02E36Can Bullet Hell Games Be Meditative?déc. 18, 2013
S02E37Holiday Media Bingejanv. 2, 2014
S02E38How Powerful Are Algorithms?janv. 8, 2014
S02E39Does Reality TV Affect Our View On Surveillance?janv. 15, 2014
S02E40The Experience of Being Trolledjanv. 22, 2014
S02E41Is Avatar: The Last Airbender Anime?janv. 29, 2014
S02E42Why Do We Hate Selfies?févr. 5, 2014
S02E43What's the Deal With Unboxing Videos?févr. 12, 2014
S02E44What is Fiction? (ft. War of the Worlds)févr. 19, 2014
S02E45Does Fiction Exist? (ft. Harry Potter)févr. 26, 2014
S02E46Does Twitch Plays Pokemon Give You Hope for Humanity?mars 5, 2014
S02E47When Do Memes Stop Being Funny?mars 12, 2014

Season 3

EpisodeNameAirdate
S03E01Do We Need a Better Archive of the Internet?mars 19, 2014
S03E02How Is Technology Changing TV Narrative?mars 26, 2014
S03E03How is Ms. Marvel Changing Media for the Better?avr. 2, 2014
S03E04How Much Can Data Improve Your Health?avr. 9, 2014
S03E05Did HIMYM Earn Its Ending?avr. 16, 2014
S03E06Can You Make a Movie So Bad It's Good On Purpose?avr. 23, 2014
S03E07Do You 'Choose' To Have Your Privacy Invaded By Using Tech?avr. 30, 2014
S03E08The Future of Fandomsmai 7, 2014
S03E09How Is Orphan Black An Illustration of the Simulacrum?mai 14, 2014
S03E10100th-ish Episode Specialmai 21, 2014
S03E11SRSLY What Does IKEA Say About The Human Condition?juin 4, 2014
S03E12Why Are There So Many Super Hero Movies?juin 12, 2014
S03E13Net Neutrality: Is the Internet a Public Utility?juin 25, 2014
S03E14When Will We Worry About the Well-Being of Robots?juil. 2, 2014
S03E15Are There Rules For Spoilers?juil. 9, 2014
S03E16Could Sports Ever Replace War?juil. 16, 2014
S03E17Is Cosplay a Form of Theatre?juil. 23, 2014
S03E18Why Were People & Critics So Infatuated With Frozen?juil. 30, 2014
S03E19Are There Internet Dialects?août 6, 2014
S03E20A Love Letter To The Simpsonsaoût 13, 2014
S03E21Is Kill La Kill a Warning about Wearable Technology?août 20, 2014
S03E22What is a tweet worth? #ALSIceBucketChallengeaoût 27, 2014
S03E232 Short Ideas: Art, Distance and The Daily Showsept. 3, 2014
S03E24Does Pop Culture Need To Be 'Popular'?sept. 10, 2014
S03E25Furthermore: The Return of Bronies, Homestuck, Avatars, Hipsters & Old Memessept. 17, 2014
S03E26Related Videos: The GIF's Visual Language In Music Videossept. 24, 2014
S03E27What Do Hot Sauce Labels Say About America?oct. 1, 2014
S03E28How To Create Responsible Social Criticismoct. 8, 2014
S03E29Are Videogames About Their Mechanics?oct. 15, 2014
S03E30Five Fallaciesoct. 22, 2014
S03E31What Do Horror Movies and Cable News Networks Have in Common?oct. 29, 2014
S03E32LITERALLY OUR MOST AMAZING EPISODE EVER!!!nov. 5, 2014
S03E33Hell is Quoting Other Peoplenov. 12, 2014
S03E34What Does Too Many Cooks Say About the Meaning of Life?nov. 19, 2014
S03E35Your Questions Answered! Part IInov. 26, 2014
S03E36How Mighty is Taylor Swift's Pen?déc. 3, 2014
S03E37Is Over The Garden Wall About Having Faith?déc. 10, 2014
S03E38Coffee, Mesmerism, and Morning Routinesdéc. 17, 2014
S03E39Even More Fallacies!janv. 7, 2015
S03E40The Uncertain Connection Between North Korea and Hackersjanv. 14, 2015
S03E41How Objective Is The Law? Serial: Part 1janv. 21, 2015
S03E42Should Journalism Be Objective? Serial: Part 2janv. 28, 2015
S03E43Do You Have the Right to Be Forgotten?févr. 4, 2015
S03E44Love Bending and Fan Fiction with Korrafévr. 11, 2015
S03E45Why Makeup Isn't Superficialfévr. 18, 2015
S03E46Bored Americans Using Teleporters! (3 Shorts)févr. 25, 2015
S03E47How Do We and The Sims Perform Gender?mars 5, 2015
S03E48Is Reality TV The Future of Space Travel?mars 11, 2015

Season 4

EpisodeNameAirdate
S04E01Are Comic Book Characters Like D&D Players?mars 18, 2015
S04E02Do Upvotes Show Democracy's Flaws?mars 25, 2015
S04E03How Does Steven Universe Expand Our Ideas of Family?avr. 1, 2015
S04E04Why Are You Ignoring My iMessages??avr. 8, 2015
S04E05Is The LEGO Movie Anti-Copyright?avr. 15, 2015
S04E06What's the Deal With Amiibos?avr. 22, 2015
S04E07What Does The SAT Really Test?avr. 29, 2015
S04E08Is A Thor By Any Other Name Still Thor?mai 6, 2015
S04E09Why Do Americans Love Road Trips?mai 13, 2015
S04E10Country Music: The Good, The Bad, and The Uglymai 20, 2015
S04E11Do We Live In The Future?mai 27, 2015
S04E12DON'T CLICK THIS VIDEO!juin 3, 2015
S04E13Why Are There So Many Remakes?? (besides $$$)juin 10, 2015
S04E14Comment Responses: "Do We Live in The Future?" & "r/TheButton"juin 10, 2015
S04E15How Accurate Should Movies Be?juin 24, 2015
S04E16Comment Responses: "How Accurate Should Movies Be?"juil. 1, 2015
S04E17When Does Play Become Work?juil. 1, 2015
S04E18Comment Responses: "When Does Play Become Work?"juil. 8, 2015
S04E19Three Laws of The Internet Explained!juil. 8, 2015
S04E20Comment Responses: "Three Laws of The Internet Explained!"juil. 15, 2015
S04E21What If We're All Minions??juil. 15, 2015
S04E22Comments Responses: "What If We're All Minions?"juil. 22, 2015
S04E23100% Organic Idea Channel Episodejuil. 22, 2015
S04E24Comment Responses: "100% Organic Idea Channel Episode"juil. 29, 2015
S04E25Should You Watch Leaks?juil. 29, 2015
S04E26Comment Responses: "Should You Watch Leaks"août 5, 2015
S04E27Are All Hotel Rooms The Same Place?août 5, 2015
S04E28Comment Responses: "Are All Hotel Rooms The Same Place?"août 12, 2015
S04E29If There Are No Pics, Did It Happen?août 12, 2015
S04E30Comment Responses: "If There Are No Pics, Did It Happen?"août 26, 2015
S04E31Is Rick from Rick & Morty The Ideal Scientist?août 26, 2015
S04E32Comment Responses: "Is Rick from Rick & Morty The Ideal Scientist?"sept. 2, 2015
S04E33Do Makers Propose a More Open Source Future?sept. 2, 2015
S04E34Comment Responses: "Do Makers Propose A More Open Source Future?"sept. 16, 2015
S04E35What's The Deal With Classroom Trigger Warnings?sept. 16, 2015
S04E36Comment Responses: What's The Deal With Classroom Trigger Warnings?sept. 23, 2015
S04E37Are 400+ TV Shows Happening in the Same Universe?sept. 25, 2015
S04E38Comment Responses: Are 400+ TV Shows Happening in the Same Universe?sept. 30, 2015
S04E39Are You Literally What You Post?sept. 30, 2015
S04E40Comment Responses: Are You Literally What You Post?oct. 7, 2015
S04E41Does Pokemon Start After a Massive War?oct. 7, 2015
S04E42Comment Responses: Does Pokemon Start After a Massive War?oct. 14, 2015
S04E43Have #Brands™ Become Mythological?oct. 14, 2015
S04E44Comment Responses: Have #Brands™ Become Mythological?oct. 21, 2015
S04E45Do All Horror Monsters Fit Into 5 Categories?oct. 21, 2015
S04E46Comment Responses: Do All Horror Monsters Fit Into 5 Categories?oct. 28, 2015
S04E47Why Do Stormtroopers Have Bad Aim?oct. 28, 2015
S04E48Comment Responses: Why Do Stormtroopers Have Bad Aim?nov. 4, 2015
S04E49Were They Dead the Whole Time??nov. 4, 2015
S04E50Comment Responses: Were They Dead the Whole Time??nov. 11, 2015
S04E51To AdBlock, Or Not to Adblock...nov. 11, 2015
S04E52Comment Responses: To AdBlock, Or Not to Adblock...nov. 18, 2015
S04E53Is Ron Dumbledore??nov. 18, 2015
S04E54Holidays Be Creepin'nov. 25, 2015
S04E55Comment Responses: Christmas Creep & Is Ron Dumbledore??déc. 9, 2015
S04E56Is Language a Virus? Starring Punisheddéc. 9, 2015
S04E57Comment Responses: Is Language a Virus?déc. 16, 2015
S04E58Eleventy Reasons Listicles Are Greatdéc. 16, 2015
S04E59The Ruins of Las Vegasjanv. 6, 2016
S04E60Comment Responses: Eleventy Reasons Listicles Are Greatjanv. 6, 2016
S04E61Do You Want to Believe?janv. 13, 2016
S04E62Comment Responses: The Ruins of Las Vegasjanv. 13, 2016
S04E63Comment Responses: Do You Want to Believe?janv. 20, 2016
S04E64Is Undertale The Most Violent Game This Year?janv. 20, 2016
S04E65Comment Responses: Is Undertale The Most Violent Game This Year?janv. 27, 2016
S04E66Related Videos: Devour, Digest, YouTube Poopjanv. 27, 2016
S04E67Comment Responses: Related Videos: Devour, Digest, YouTube Poopfévr. 3, 2016
S04E68Which Reaction GIF Are You??févr. 3, 2016
S04E69Comment Responses: Which Reaction GIF Are You??févr. 10, 2016
S04E70Fallout 4: Is the Transistor a Symbol of Peace?févr. 10, 2016
S04E71Comment Responses: Fallout 4: Is the Transistor a Symbol of Peace?févr. 17, 2016
S04E72How Does Deadpool Know He's a Comic Book Character?févr. 17, 2016
S04E73What is ~A E S T H E T I C~ Experience?févr. 24, 2016
S04E74Comment Responses: How Does Deadpool Know He's a Comic Book Character?févr. 24, 2016
S04E75Comment Responses: What is ~A E S T H E T I C~ Experience?mars 2, 2016
S04E76Is Jar Jar Binks a Sith Lord?mars 2, 2016
S04E77Comment Responses: Is Jar Jar Binks a Sith Lord?mars 9, 2016
S04E78Why Aren't All Cocktails Served in the Same Glass?mars 9, 2016
S04E79Comment Responses: Why Aren't All Cocktails Served in the Same Glass?mars 16, 2016

Season 5

Recently Updated Shows

Recently updated shows that might be of your interest.
Good Cop/Bad Cop
Upcoming

Good Cop/Bad Cop

Good Cop/Bad Cop is a one-hour procedural dramedy centered around Lou and Henry, an odd couple sister and brother detective team in a small Pacific Northwest police force. They must contend with colorful residents, a serious lack of resources, and their very complicated dynamic with each other and with their police chief, Big Hank - who happens to be their father.

After Midnight
Running

After Midnight

After Midnight, inspired by Comedy Central's Emmy Award-winning series "@midnight," is the smartest show on television about the dumbest things on the internet. With celebrated comedian Taylor Tomlinson at the helm and a panel of guests from the worlds of entertainment, comedy, music and beyond, After Midnight is a late-night comedy series about what set the internet abuzz that day with a game show feel. Upcoming guests will be announced at a later date.

Abbott Elementary
Running

Abbott Elementary

In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don't love the school district's less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.

GenreComedy
The Studio
Upcoming

The Studio

As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their own insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. With their power suits masking their never-ending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting, and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe. As someone who eats, sleeps, and breathes movies, it's the job Matt's been pursuing his whole life, and it may very well destroy him.

GenreComedy
Cops
Running

Cops

COPS follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and various police activities by embedding camera crews with their units. The show's formula adheres to a classic cinéma vérité ethos. With no narration or scripted dialog, it depends entirely on the commentary of the officers and on the actions of the people with whom they come into contact.