Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace
| Television series | |
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| Original title | Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Production company |
Adult swim |
| Episodes | 6 in 1 season |
| Theme music | Terminated - Brian Ellis |
| idea | Sam Hyde , Nick Rochefort, Charls Caroll, Andrew Ruse |
| production | Cameron Boling |
| First broadcast | Aug 5th, 2016 on Adult Swim |
| occupation | |
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Sam Hyde , Nick Rochefort, Charls Caroll, Erick Hayden | |
Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace (MDE: WP) was an American television series that premiered on August 5, 2016 on Adult Swim .
Production and broadcast
On May 5, 2016, it was announced that the American television broadcaster Adult Swim requested a pilot episode from the sketch comedy group Million Dollar Extreme (MDE), which consists of members Sam Hyde, Nick Rochefort and Charls Caroll. The piloting success has been described as a "sketch show in an almost contemporary nightmare world". As a result of the pilot episode, it was announced on March 3, 2016 that Adult Swim, together with MDE, would initiate a series with the additional title 'World Peace'. The first season should follow the classic broadcasting principle. So six episodes appeared, each lasting eleven minutes.
Sam Hyde, Nick Rochefort, Charls Caroll were involved as authors and actors. The entire series was directed by Andrew Ruse, who has worked with the group for a number of years.
The first and last episodes of the series reached over a million viewers. The series overtook established adult swim programs such as The Eric André Show .
Deposition
On December 5, 2016, Adult Swim announced that there would be no further season of the series, according to Sam Hyde the station was interested in another season, but this was prevented by the Turner Broadcasting System group , which also includes the station Adult Swim , as he stopped working with MDE due to public allegations, which were mostly directed against Hyde.
The main reason for the dismissal were journalists who are said to have assigned Sam Hyde to the American Alt-Right movement . As evidence for this, activities on Hyde's Twitter profile were documented, as well as posts on the MDE Reddit page that were written by other users. The program, which was based more on socially critical representations than on a political direction, was ultimately canceled because pressure was exerted on the station and its advertisers by journalists, well-known people and private individuals.
Joseph Bernstein, a journalist for the tabloid magazine BuzzFeed, claimed in an article that the show itself contained discriminatory content, which is in contrast to Adult Swim's multicultural team and its Jewish directors. This article also had a significant impact on the situation. Some time before the interview, Hyde recorded with a webcam how he telephoned Joseph Bernstein for an interview in order to make fun of his behavior, the recordings he published on YouTube.
Hyde also mentioned several times that Tim Heidecker and Brett Gelman should also have played a decisive role in the dismissal. In an interview, Gellman described the series as a "neo-Nazi sketch show" and claimed that the show had an alleged right-wing extremist following. Tim Heidecker also spoke out against the broadcast in a live stream and called on his viewers to contact the station's advertisers directly. Hyde called Heidecker on his call-in-show Office Hours to discuss the situation.
Episodes
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | First broadcast in the USA | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Your Vibe Attracts Your Tribe | 5th August 2016 | Andrew Ruse | Sam Hyde, Nick Rocherfort, Charls Caroll, Andrew Ruse |
| 2 | 1 | Illegal Broadcast: John Hell Emergency | August 12, 2016 | Andrew Ruse | Sam Hyde, Nick Rocherfort, Charls Caroll, Andrew Ruse |
| 3 | 1 | 3 Down 47 to Go Countdown to Mass Funeral | 19th August 2016 | Andrew Ruse | Sam Hyde, Nick Rocherfort, Charls Caroll, Andrew Ruse |
| 4th | 1 | Mad at Dad? GOMAD for Chad MGTOW | 26th August 2016 | Andrew Ruse | Sam Hyde, Nick Rocherfort, Charls Caroll, Andrew Ruse |
| 5 | 1 | Not Everyone Thinks You're a Hero | September 9, 2016 | Andrew Ruse | Sam Hyde, Nick Rocherfort, Charls Caroll, Andrew Ruse |
| 6th | 1 | You Hate This Show Because You Hate Yourself | 16th September 2016 | Andrew Ruse | Sam Hyde, Nick Rocherfort, Charls Caroll, Andrew Ruse |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ross A. Lincoln, Ross A. Lincoln: Adult Swim Comedy From Sketch Troupe Million Dollar Extreme Gets Series Order, Official Title. In: Deadline. March 3, 2016, accessed March 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Adult Swim Upfront Slate Includes 12 Pilots, Two From 'Robot Chicken's' Seth Green. Retrieved March 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace. Retrieved March 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Sam Hyde: Public Enemy Number One. Retrieved March 2, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ a b Jon Blistein, Jon Blistein: Adult Swim Cancels Controversial Show 'Million Dollar Extreme'. In: Rolling Stone. December 6, 2016, Retrieved March 2, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Adult Swim Talent Want The Network To Cancel Its Alt-Right Comedy Show. Retrieved March 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Million Dollar Extreme 3: Sam Hyde Amazing BUZZFEED Interview with Viewtiful Blockhead Joe Bernstein. January 4, 2017, accessed March 2, 2019 .
- ↑ HydeWars: HydeWars 032: Blacklisted Desperado. August 4, 2018, accessed March 2, 2019 .
- ↑ AdultSwimExtreme: Sam Hyde Interview - Tim Heidecker Office Hours. December 8, 2016, accessed March 2, 2019 .
- ^ The Dick Show: Sam Hyde Talks World Peace - The Dick Show. December 21, 2016, accessed March 2, 2019 .