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Season 1 – Hype

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A sketch comedy show with an ensemble cast of five women and five men who perform parodies and satires of pop culture and the media frenzy that feeds it.

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Hal Boedeker Orlando Sentinel 01/08/2020
A series that aspires to skewer our hype-crazy culture should be a welcome addition to prime time. But WB's Hype is more often vulgar than funny. Go to Full Review Howard Rosenberg Los Angeles Times 01/08/2020
With so much of pop culture ripe for ridicule, "Hype's" low achievement Sunday is stunning, especially as its creators once wrote for Fox's often clever "Mad TV." Go to Full Review Steven Linan Los Angeles Times 01/08/2020
If flatulence and ugly caricatures are your idea of fun, this is the show for you. With "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," "The X-Files" and network movies attracting most of America, all the hyperbole in the world won't help "Hype." Go to Full Review Scott D. Pierce Deseret News (Salt Lake City) 01/08/2020
"Hype" is incredibly awful. Go to Full Review Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 01/08/2020
The show has a "Laugh In"-like pace that will probably seem tame to MTV viewers. But a hyper "Hype" needs to be more consistently funny or it will fail to live up to its own, uh, hype. Go to Full Review David Zurawik Baltimore Sun 01/08/2020
It's not as smart about race as "In Living Color," and it lacks the political edge of "Saturday Night Live" at its best. But "Hype" might have the stuff to make it in prime time on WB. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Hype — Season 1

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Cast & Crew

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Michael Roof

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Frank Caliendo

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Gavin Crawford

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Jennifer Elise Cox

Actor

Daniele Gaither

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Nadya Ginsburg

Actor

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 8, 2000 Pilot A sketch-comedy ensemble targets pop culture and media frenzy. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 15, 2000 Presidential debates; E! reports from a Cancun hospital; Tom Green proposes to Drew Barrymore. With Frank Caliendo, Jennifer Elise Cox, Gavin Crawford, Daniele Gaither, Nadya Ginsburg, Steve Kramer, Christen Nelson, Michael Roof, Shayma Tash and Chris Williams. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 22, 2000 More spoofs of pop culture. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 29, 2000 Halloween clips. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 5, 2000 Parodies. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 12, 2000 Comedy sketches. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 19, 2000 Music-video parody; revamped version of the band Destiny's Child. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 26, 2000 Blind-date show; parodies. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 10, 2000 Spoof of 98 Degrees; Justin Timberlake endorses men's makeup; celebrity siblings. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 17, 2000 The ensemble targets Christmas. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 7, 2001 Celebrity impersonations. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 14, 2001 Roger Ebert gets a co-host; David Spade self-defense video. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 21, 2001 Hillary Rodham Clinton shows her new office and assistants; competitive chess. Details Episode 14 Aired Feb 4, 2001 A new dramatic TV series about student council members called "West Wing High"; a very special "ER.". With Frank Caliendo, Jennifer Elise Cox, Gavin Crawford, Daniele Gaither, Nadya Ginsburg, Steve Kramer, Christen Nelson, Michael Roof, Shayma Tash and Chris Williams. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 11, 2001 Sketches and celebrity impersonations target St. Valentine's Day. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 18, 2001 "Cops" in Beverly Hills; the biggest "Frasier" episode. Details

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Season Info

Director
Paul Miller
Executive Producer
Scott King, Lanier Laney, Terry Sweeney, Joe Davola, Brian Robbins, Michael Tollin, Barry Katz, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky
Screenwriter
Scott King, Lanier Laney, Terry Sweeney
Network
The WB
Rating
TV-14 (D|L)
Genre
Comedy, Variety
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 8, 2000