The Week in News: Wet Hot American Web Content

16 Jan 2015
Society
wet-hot-american-summer

This week has truly heralded 2015 as the big big year for online content. Alex Casey breaks down the past week of web TV news. //

rs_560x415-141215123235-1024.Wethot-jmd-121514
woody-allen-amazon-tv-show

Just as an aside, here’s an interesting piece about the varying reactions to Woody Allen’s career versus Bill Cosby’s career. Some terrible and depressing food for thought.

austinpowersingoldmember_photos_232

Arrested Development Season Four: Let the Narration Begin!
Producer and narrator Ron Howard tweeted yesterday that the narration for the recut final season has begun, which means it is well on its way to Netflix later this year. After assembling season four as a non-linear narrative (primarily to fit cast shoot schedules), the internet cried out in horror and fear. This won’t be the first time someone has straightened it out chronologically – Reddit already fixed it up ages ago.

Embracing the Online Community
Finally, it was announced this week in this teaser trailer that the sixth season of Community will stream exclusively online via Yahoo. Seriously, everyone’s doing it:

transparent
Alex Casey

Alex Casey

Alex Casey is a senior writer at The Spinoff with over a decade of experience writing about popular culture and social issues in Aotearoa. She lives in Ōtautahi and likes watching reality TV and walking the dog, occasionally at the same time.

More about Alex Casey
Keep going