Paid Programming | |
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Also known as | Paid Programming: Icelandic Ultrablue Icelandic UltraBlue |
Genre | Comedy Parody |
Created by | H. Jon Benjamin David Cross |
Written by | H. Jon Benjamin David Cross |
Directed by | Jeff Buchanan |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producers | H. Jon Benjamin David Cross |
Producer | Jackie Stolfi |
Cinematography | Jonathan Furmanski[1] |
Editor | Toni Cusumano |
Running time | 11 minutes |
Production company | Williams Street |
Original release | |
Network | Adult Swim |
Release | November 3, 2009 |
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Infomercials | |
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Paid Programming (also known as Paid Programming: Icelandic Ultrablue or Icelandic UltraBlue) is a television pilot for Cartoon Network's late night programing block (Adult Swim) that premiered, unannounced, in the United States on the night of November 2, 2009, and was then re-aired every Monday through Friday night until December 4, 2009. It did not reair the night of November 23, 2009 due to a Family Guy rerun.
Paid Programming is a parody of infomercials and was created and written by H. Jon Benjamin and David Cross,[2] and features amateur actors from Central Casting.[3] Although the pilot was never picked up for a full series, it received a positive reception in London when screened at monthly comedy event called "Popcorn Comedy night". Adult Swim continues to periodically rebroadcast the pilot episode.