LOS ANGELES - Seeso, the new ad-free streaming comedy
channel from NBC Universal Digital Enterprises, will launch on Thursday,
January 7.
The channel will
be available on www.seeso.com, iOS and Android platforms in January
with additional platforms added in the coming months. Subscribers will
have access to over 2,000 hours of original content right out of the
gate, with new, original content rolling out daily. "We think the world
needs more laughter, so we put together what we think is the best
collection of comedy in one place. Come, seeso for yourself,” said Evan
Shapiro, Executive Vice President, NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises.
At
launch, Seeso subscribers will have access to exclusive original series
including “The UCB Show,” from hosts, creators and Upright Citizens
Brigade founders Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh;
“Dave and Ethan: Lovemakers,” from Broadway Video’s Above Average
Productions; “Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane,” a musical comedy
about mismatched housemates – one attorney, one puppet; “Before the
Morning After,” featuring some of the world’s best comedians, drunk in a
diner at 2 a.m. at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival; and animated sketch
series “The Cyanide & Happiness Show,” based on the popular web
comic.
The first episodes of
all five shows are available during Seeso's current Free Beta. New
episodes of each show will be added every week, starting January 7 - all
part of Seeso's resolution to offer audiences new original premium
comedy episodes every week of the year in 2016. Members also will have
access to Seeso’s full and growing library of stand-up comedy, including
the first ever OTT live stand-up special “The Guest List: Live From The
Barrel House,” which aired in beta earlier this month, as well as the
next live special on January 13 at 10pm ET/7pm PT.
Additional
exclusive stand-up specials available at launch include “Besser Breaks
The Record,” an hour-long stand up special from Upright Citizens
Brigade’s Matt Besser and “Rory Scovel: The Charleston Special,” an
hour-long stand up special from Rory Scovel. Plus, each and every day,
Seeso will add new, exclusive daily-doses of stand-up from comics around
the country.
Seeso’s rich
library of classic comedy content also will include the pioneers of
sketch comedy Monty Python, with newly remastered and remixed HD
editions of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” and other Python classics,
including “The Meaning of Life,” “Holy Grail,” and “Life of Brian;” fan
favorites like “30 Rock,” “Fawlty Towers,” “Parks and Recreation,”
“Saved By the Bell,” “The IT Crowd,” “The Mighty Boosh,” both the US and
original UK versions of “The Office, ” and every season of “The Kids in
the Hall,” remastered into HD, as well as cult comedies “Garth
Marenghi's Dark Place,” “Nathan Barley,” all of the series in the Alan
Partridge cannon (starring Steve Coogan), “A Bit Of Fry and Laurie”
(starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry), “Gigi” (starring Josh Gad) and
much more.
Additionally,
next day, full-length episodes of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy
Fallon,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and 40 plus years of “Saturday
Night Live” will be available. Throughout the year, Seeso will unveil
additional original shows, including “HarmonQuest,” a comedic journey
into the hilarious world of fantasy roleplaying with Dan Harmon and his
Comedian Companions; Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, a reality show spoof
from executive producers Scott Aukerman, Ben Garant, Tom Lennon and
Kulap Vilaysack; dark family comedy “Flowers,” starring Julian Barratt
and Olivia Colman; stand-up series “Take My Wife” from creators and
hosts Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher; among numerous others.
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