Onion News Network: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

IFC | IFC - Independent Film Channel | Season Premiere Date: January 21, 2011

Starring: Brian Huskey, Suzanne Sena, Todd Alan Crain

Summary: The weekly satirical newspaper's web series about TV news moves to a real broadcast channel, IFC.

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. American Dream
Air Date: March 25, 2011
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S1:E9. Real America
Air Date: March 18, 2011
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S1:E8. Stock Market Crash
Air Date: March 11, 2011

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Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Jan 26, 2011

Comedy Central's The Daily Show at last has a worthy rival in the "fake news" game. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Jan 20, 2011

ONN is a take-no-prisoners look at the absurdities of news coverage. Not everything works equally, but the best bits range from painfully clever (a white girl being tried as an African-American man) to surreally wacky (witness the headline "Suri Cruise Targeted by Yet Another Assassin From Future"). Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Jan 20, 2011

If the longstanding "SNL" segment is a sort of introductory course in wringing humor from headlines, and Mr. Stewart's "Daily Show" is the advance-level class, Onion News Network is graduate school, requiring much quicker thinking and a greater tolerance for comfort-zone invasion. Read full review

Verne Gay

Jan 20, 2011

Information tumbles off the screen and often flat onto the floor. Too bad, because much of what's here is very funny, if occasionally cruel. Read full review

Jesse Hicks

Jan 21, 2011

Of course, satire doesn't need to rely on realistic or three-dimensional characters. (In fact, it most often relies on two-dimensional types.) But it does need a fresh and consistent point of view. Absent that, ONN is best when it indulges in simple absurdity. Read full review

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sGabe4

Feb 18, 2011

The anchor lady is comedy gold. I absolutely love every minute of it. Make sure to pay extra attention to the news flashes that roll at the bottom of the screen.

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martinex

Feb 1, 2011

I've been a huge fan of the Onion books and newspapers for years. I was greatly disappointed with the movie but this time I think they've struck gold. The key is host Brooke Alvarez's (if that is her real name) sharp, hard hitting delivery. It adds legitimacy to the broadcast.....atI've been a huge fan of the Onion books and newspapers for years. I was greatly disappointed with the movie but this time I think they've struck gold. The key is host Brooke Alvarez's (if that is her real name) sharp, hard hitting delivery. It adds legitimacy to the broadcast.....at least until you hear the ridiculous premise of most of the stories. The Daily Show is at it's best when it avoids the editorializing of John Stewart and uses it's feature reports to point out the absurdity of our political system. The Onion seems to understand this.… Expand

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Skeeter_N_Geech

Jan 25, 2011

Too predictable and over the top to be funny. Short little viral videos are where this content shines best, and while I like the 'host' she doesn't add enough to make the show watchable. Broken up it might get a few chuckles, all at once it is overpowering.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 21, 2011
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 4, 2011
Season 1

77
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 21, 2011
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  S1:E10. American Dream
  Air Date: March 25, 2011
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  S1:E9. Real America
  Air Date: March 18, 2011
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  S1:E8. Stock Market Crash
  Air Date: March 11, 2011
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  S1:E7. The Real Obama
  Air Date: March 4, 2011
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  S1:E6. Cyber Attack
  Air Date: February 25, 2011
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  S1:E5. The Trial of TR-425
  Air Date: February 18, 2011
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  S1:E4. Fifth Anniversary
  Air Date: February 11, 2011
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  S1:E3. Man-Horse Marriage
  Air Date: February 4, 2011
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  S1:E2. Snowlocaust
  Air Date: January 28, 2011
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  S1:E1. Enter The FactZone
  Air Date: January 21, 2010