List of Off the Air episodes
Off the Air is an American anthology television series that airs on Adult Swim. Every episode is composed of surreal videos of different media and purposes – animated and live-action short films, clips from feature films and other television series, stock videos, music videos, abstract loops – presented continuously and in succession. These videos are arranged around a single vague theme, as expressed in the episode's title,[1] and are accompanied by songs by various artists.[2] Dave Hughes, the creator of the series, also serves as its editor.[3] He and the rest of the series' producers also commission artists to produce works to be featured in an episode.[1][4][5]
Twenty-three episodes have aired over five seasons since Off the Air premiered on January 1, 2011. Every episode excluding the fourth episode "Space" has had a time slot of 4 a.m., which has contributed to the series' obscurity and status among fans of Adult Swim.[1] Three special episodes have been produced: "Dan Deacon: U.S.A.",[6] "Seramthgin", and "Dan Deacon: When I Was Done Dying".[3] The twentieth episode "NEWNOW" is a celebration of New Year's Day and the series' fifth anniversary featuring five original songs, and an extended play based on the episode is set to be released by Williams Street Records.[2]
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 | 4 | July 21, 2015 | December 29, 2015 | ||
6 | TBA | May 24, 2016 | TBA |
Episodes
The closing credits of every episode itemize the featured videos and songs as well as their respective artists; generic stock footage is often employed,[7] and suppliers (including Corbis, Getty Images, and iStock) are additionally credited. In the following lists, semicolons (;) separate videos that are intermixed or are superimposed. Material commissioned for an episode are marked with a dagger ().
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 | ||
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2 | 2 | "Food" | May 25, 2011 | 102 | N/A | ||
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3 | 3 | "Dance" | September 3, 2011 | 103 | N/A | ||
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4 | 4 | "Space" | November 5, 2011 | 104 | N/A | ||
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5 | 5 | "Body" | June 1, 2012 | 105 | 1.1[8] | ||
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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 | 0.8[9] | ||
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7 | 2 | "Color" | October 30, 2012 | 202 | 1.1[10] | ||
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8 | 3 | "Nightmares" | December 22, 2012 | 203 | 1.3[11] | ||
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9 | 4 | "Light" | October 1, 2013 | 204 | 0.9[12] | ||
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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 | "Nature" | December 31, 2013 | 302 | 1.0[13] | ||
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11 | 2 | "Robots" | January 7, 2014 | 301 | 1.2[14] | ||
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12 | 3 | "Worship" | April 22, 2014 | 303 | 1.0[15] | ||
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Season 4 (2014–15)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | Viewers (millions) | ||
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13 | 1 | "Hair" | September 2, 2014 | 401 | N/A | ||
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14 | 2 | "Sports" | December 23, 2014 | 403 | 1.1[16] | ||
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15 | 3 | "Death" | December 30, 2014 | 402 | 1.0[17] | ||
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16 | 4 | "Transportation" | January 6, 2015 | 404 | N/A | ||
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Season 5 (2015)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | ||
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17 | 1 | "Liquid" | July 21, 2015 | 501 | ||
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18 | 2 | "Conflict" | October 27, 2015 | 502 | ||
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19 | 3 | "Holes" | November 24, 2015 | 503 | ||
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20 | 4 | "NEWNOW" | December 29, 2015 | 504 | ||
This episode celebrates New Year's Day and the show's fifth-year anniversary, setting six original songs by various artists to miscellaneous videos.
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Season 6 (2016)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | ||
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21 | 1 | "Shapes" | May 24, 2016 | 601 | N/A | ||
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22 | 2 | "Clowns" | September 20, 2016 | 602 | N/A | ||
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23 | 3 | "Work" | November 8, 2016 | 603 | 0.6[18] | ||
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Specials
Title | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | |||
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"Dan Deacon: U.S.A." | July 6, 2013 | S01 | 1.0[19] | |||
This 22-minute music video sets the last four songs of the Dan Deacon album America to videos pertaining to landscapes in the United States:
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"Seramthgin" | November 1, 2014 | S02 | 0.8[20] | |||
This special plays the episode "Nightmares" in reverse.[7]
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"Dan Deacon: When I Was Done Dying" "DDWIWDD" | March 24, 2015 | S03 | N/A | |||
This five-and-a-half music video sets the song "When I Was Done Dying" by Dan Deacon from his album Gliss Riffer to original animations by nine artists (in chronological order):
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References
- 1 2 3 McManus, Austin (June 2014). "Dave Hughes". Juxtapoz. 21 (6). pp. 82, 89.
- 1 2 Amidi, Amid (December 18, 2015). "Off the Air, the Best Animation Anthology Since Liquid TV, Is Celebrating Its 5th Anniversary". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- 1 2 Price, Stephen (April 4, 2015). "Interview: Dave Hughes 'When I Was Done Dying'". Stash. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Skidmore, Maisie (April 8, 2015). "Like Spongebob Squarepants on Acid! New Animated Psychedelia by TGNSF". It's Nice That. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Armstrong, Annie (July 31, 2015). "Trippy Mutants: A Stop-Motion Love Story". The Creators Project. Archived from the original on August 3, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Martins, Chris (July 3, 2013). "Dan Deacon and Adult Swim Deliver Bong-Bait in 'USA' Short Film". Spin. Archived from the original on August 2, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- 1 2 Nectoux, Gaspard (May 2015). "Les yeux déchirés par Off the Air". Cahiers du cinéma (in French) (711). p. 62.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (June 18, 2012). "Adult Swim Ratings (June 4–10, 2012)". Son of the Bronx. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (September 6, 2012). "Adult Swim Ratings (August 27 – September 2, 2012)". Son of the Bronx. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (November 9, 2012). "Adult Swim Weekly Ratings Scorecard". TV Media Insights. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (December 28, 2012). "Adult Swim Weekly Ratings Scorecard". TV Media Insights. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (October 8, 2013). "Adult Swim Weekly Ratings Scorecard". TV Media Insights. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (January 7, 2014). "Adult Swim Ratings Scorecard – Week of Dec. 30, 2013". TV Media Insights. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (January 14, 2014). "Adult Swim Ratings Scorecard – Week of Jan. 6, 2014". TV Media Insights. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (April 29, 2014). "Adult Swim Ratings Scorecard – Week of Dec. 30, 2013". TV Media Insights. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (December 24, 2014). "Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): December 23, 2014". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (December 31, 2014). "Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): December 30, 2014". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
- ↑ Welch, Alex (November 9, 2016), "Tuesday cable ratings: Highest election-night ratings in cable news history", Tribune Media Company, retrieved November 12, 2016
- ↑ Pucci, Douglas (July 10, 2013). "Adult Swim Weekly Ratings Scorecard (July 1–7, 2013)". TV Media Insights. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
- ↑ Metcalf, Mitch (November 4, 2014). "Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): November 1, 2014". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Official livestream from Adult Swim
- List of Off the Air episodes at the Internet Movie Database