List of Off the Air episodes
Off the Air is an American anthology television series created by Dave Hughes for Adult Swim. Presented without explanation or narration, the series is a showcase of surreal footage—animations, short films, music videos, viral videos, film and TV clips, stock footage and morphing psychedelic imagery—arranged around a single loose theme (expressed in the episode title) and blended without pause into a single continuous presentation. In putting an episode together, Hughes seeks clips "with some kind of truth or integrity to them", opting for both viral videos in addition to ones with fewer view counts;[1]:86 Original pieces are also commissioned.[1]:89
The series premiered with the episode "Animals" at 4 a.m. on New Year's Day 2011. It has since continued airing in this time slot—considered a graveyard slot in broadcast programming—with the exception of "Space", which premiered in a marathon of the series during the daylight savings transition of 2–2 a.m on November 5, 2011.[2] Because of this and its small selection of episodes, the series remains relatively unknown on the network.[1]:82 However, Austin McManus of Juxtapoz, in expressing praise for the series, noted word of mouth to be "gradually spreading" about it.[1]:82 He and the network also described the show as a cult phenomenon.[1]:89[3]
The second season premiered on August 28, 2012; a special 22-minute episode, entitled "Dan Deacon: U.S.A.", premiered during it on July 6, 2013. A third season, consisting of three episodes, premiered on December 31, 2013. The fourth season premiered on September 2, 2014. The series' production crew announced that during this season, the show will start airing on a weekly basis, with three new episodes starting December 2014.[4] A second special—the second season episode "Nightmares" played in reverse—aired after Halloween night on November 1, 2014.[5] The third, an animated music video for Deacon's song "When I Was Done Dying", from his 2015 album Gliss Riffer, aired March 24, 2015.[6]
A compilation of videos that were once considered to be featured in the first season had been published on the network's official blog.[7][lower-alpha 1] These videos, extending into its second season as well as hosting various other supplemental material, have since been published onto Network Awesome.[8]
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 5 | January 1, 2011 | June 1, 2012 | |
2 | 4 | August 28, 2012 | October 1, 2013 | |
3 | 3 | December 31, 2013 | April 22, 2014 | |
4 | 4 | September 2, 2014 | January 6, 2015 | |
5 | TBA | July 21, 2015 | TBA | |
Specials | N/A |
Episodes
Season 1 (2011–12)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | ||
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1 | 1 | "Animals" | January 1, 2011 | 101 | N/A | ||
Surreal footage of animals.
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2 | 2 | "Food" | May 25, 2011 | 102 | N/A | ||
Surreal footage of foods and drinks.
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3 | 3 | "Dance" | September 3, 2011 | 103 | N/A | ||
Surreal footage of dancing.
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4 | 4 | "Space" | November 5, 2011 | 104 | N/A | ||
Surreal footage of outer space.
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5 | 5 | "Body" | June 1, 2012 | 105 | 1.087[11] | ||
Surreal footage of bodies.
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Season 2 (2012–13)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | ||
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6 | 1 | "Falling" | August 28, 2012 | 201 | 0.807[12] | ||
Surreal footage of free falling.
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7 | 2 | "Color" | October 30, 2012 | 202 | 1.008[13] | ||
Surreal footage of colorfulness.
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8 | 3 | "Nightmares" | December 22, 2012 | 203 | 1.259[14] | ||
Surreal footage of horror.
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9 | 4 | "Light" | October 1, 2013 | 204 | 0.942[15] | ||
Surreal footage of light and brightness.
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Season 3 (2013–14)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | ||
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10 | 1 | "Robots" | January 7, 2014 | 301 | 1.156[17] | ||
Surreal footage of robots.
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11 | 2 | "Nature" | December 31, 2013 | 302 | 1.005[18] | ||
Surreal footage of nature.
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12 | 3 | "Worship" | April 22, 2014 | 303 | 0.992[19] | ||
Surreal footage of worship, deities and other religious imagery.
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Season 4 (2014–15)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | ||
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13 | 1 | "Hair" | September 2, 2014 | 401 | ||
Surreal footage of hair.
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14 | 2 | "Death" | December 30, 2014 | 402 | ||
Surreal footage of death.
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15 | 3 | "Sports" | December 23, 2014 | 403 | ||
Surreal footage of sports.
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16 | 4 | "Transportation" | January 6, 2015 | 404 | ||
Surreal footage of transportation.
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Season 5 (2015–present)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | ||
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17 | 1 | "Liquid" | July 21, 2015 | 501 | ||
Surreal footage of liquid.
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18 | 2 | "Conflict" | October 27, 2015 | 502 | ||
Surreal footage of conflict.
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19 | 3 | "Holes" | November 24, 2015 | 503 | ||
Surreal footage of holes and other openings.
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20 | 4 | "NEWNOW" | December 29, 2015 | 504 | ||
New Year's Day special set to miscellaneous footage, with six original songs by various artists.
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Specials
Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |||
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"Dan Deacon: U.S.A." "Dan Deacon Special" | July 6, 2013 | 0.962[21] | |||
Surreal footage of landscapes in the United States, with music by Dan Deacon from the album America.
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"Seramthgin" | November 1, 2014 | N/A | |||
"Nightmares" played in reverse.
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"Dan Deacon: When I Was Done Dying" "DDWIWDD" | March 24, 2015 | N/A | |||
An animated music video for the Dan Deacon song "When I Was Done Dying", from his 2015 album Gliss Riffer.
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Explanatory notes
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 McManus, Austin (June 2014). "Dave Hughes". Juxtapoz (High Speed Productions) 21 (6): 82–89. ISSN 1077-8411.
- ↑ Off the Air Marathon Nov. 5th (Television promo). Adult Swim. Turner Broadcasting System. 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Adult Swim Summer Singles Program Returns with a Free 15-Track Digital Compilation of Never-Before-Released Songs" (Press release). Turner Broadcasting System. June 10, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2014 – via The Futon Critic.
- ↑ Off the Air production crew (August 25, 2014). "[untitled]". Facebook. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Adult Swim (November 1, 2014). "Off the Air – Seramthgin". Adult Swim. Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ↑ http://pitchfork.com/news/58930-dan-deacon-shares-when-i-was-done-dying-animated-video/
- ↑ Staff writer (February 16, 2012). "Off the Air – 11 Things We Left Online: 'Animals'". Adult Swim. Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Off the Air (Adult Swim)". Network Awesome. May 12, 2013. Archived from the original on July 20, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
- ↑ Kattleman, Terry (September 1, 2003). "Music Video". Ad Age. Crain Communications. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- ↑ Ballard, Sam (September 10, 2010). "Jon Hopkins Premieres Vessel Video". Dazed. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (June 18, 2012). "Adult Swim ratings (June 4–10, 2012)". Son of the Bronx. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (September 6, 2012). "Adult Swim ratings (August 27 – September 2, 2012)". Son of the Bronx. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (November 9, 2012). "Adult Swim Weekly Ratings Scorecard". TV Media Insights. Cross MediaWorks. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (December 28, 2012). "Adult Swim Weekly Ratings Scorecard". TV Media Insights. Cross MediaWorks. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (October 8, 2013). "Adult Swim Weekly Ratings Scorecard". TV Media Insights. Cross MediaWorks. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Hernandez, Anthony (July 3, 2012). "Robots Solve Dispute with Dubstep". Mashable. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (January 14, 2014). "Adult Swim Ratings Scoreboard – Week of Jan. 6, 2014". TV Media Insights. Cross MediaWorks. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (January 7, 2014). "Adult Swim Ratings Scoreboard – Week of Dec. 30, 2013". TV Media Insights. Cross MediaWorks. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (April 29, 2014). "Adult Swim Ratings Scoreboard – Week of Apr. 21, 2014". TV Media Insights. Cross MediaWorks. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Long, Jonathan (June 19, 2013). "Exactly How He Made Tycho's Acclaimed 'Ascension'". The Digital Den. Seagate. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (July 10, 2013). "Adult Swim Weekly Ratings Scorecard". TV Media Insights. Cross MediaWorks. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Official livestream from Adult Swim
- List of Off the Air episodes at the Internet Movie Database