How is that in the least bit clever or innovative or funny? This series follows Sasha Velour, a past winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” through the process of pulling together a massive performance showcasing a broad swath of drag talent. Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. The first couple episodes feel like a sketched version of “Girl Interrupted” as narrated by the “Fight Club” narrator; no part of their wry nihilism feels particularly necessary or new. Some were bad. Why here? Only, after spending a day or so sampling what’s going to be on offer when the service goes live on April 6, I’m not feeling very heartened about Quibi’s possibility. Its best offerings so far are its reality programming. All rights reserved. Among the unscripted Quibi offerings, there’s a potential breakout hit in the bat-bleep crazy, borderline tasteless and I must admit utterly addictive “Murder House Flip” (★★★1⁄2), which is so nutty I had to check, double-check and triple-check to make sure it was a reality show and not a spot-on parody. A whole new platform, full of uncharted content to engage, distract, and maybe even enlighten us? A few weeks into our screen bath, though, we’ve maybe begun to feel as though we’re running a little low on content. Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. Four episodes in, the chase has not yet begun; it’s hard to imagine who will keep watching. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Nevertheless, Quibi is here and ready to entertain you, 6-10 minutes at a time, with a slate of strange, ambitious, and downright ridiculous shows. Quibi, the short-form, mobile-only streaming platform launches on April 6th. He was subdued. Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Ahead of the April 6 launch, Variety’s chief TV critics Daniel D’Addario and Caroline Framke took a look at some of the offerings to give you an idea of what might be in store should you decide to add another streaming service to your current roster. It's better than I … Choppy in a manner that generates more annoyance than suspense, this show adapts the concept of humans hunting humans for our own dystopian age: Liam Hemsworth is pushed to take part, as prey, because of crushing debt and medical bills he cannot pay. In the “Punk’d” reboot (★★), the ubiquitous and always likable Chance the Rapper takes on the head prankster role. Anyone who may have wanted to watch “The Fugitive” remake while texting with friends had to choose one or the other. It’s possible that Snapchat and TikTok natives will take right to the mechanics of the platform. A scene in which Becky visits her late sister’s room as the Beach Boys’ “The Warmth of the Sun” rises on the soundtrack is memorably haunting. What I’ve seen so far feels, for the most part, devoid of any real raison d’être. The Wall Street Journal reported in June that Quibi was on track to sign up fewer than 2 million subscribers within its first year, which was around 30 percent of its original target. NHL Postpones Winter Classic, All-Star Weekend Until 2022, The Best Flat-Screen TVs That Don’t Cost a Small Fortune. HGTV, the master of the form, leans, more and more lately, into the inherent drama of its hosts’ and subjects’ lives; perhaps the title and concept here are so garish that such a thing would have been impossible, but there’s not quite enough for us to chew on as it stands. The stories are sweetly told and the project is well-meant, but the level of over-production here — beginning with the degree to which civilians, ostensibly surprised, seem coached and casually familiar with the unorthodox format — saps some of the emotion. It's a new streaming service that was designed for phones and for short episodes of TV shows. In practice, Quibi never feels quite right. On Quibi, it’s broken up into digestible pieces that feel wildly different from one chapter to the next. The site also offered short form video with a big-name celebrity imprimatur, but similarly failed to gain traction. This celebrity-centric show ditches its stars after the first few minutes: The episode’s designated famous person kicks off a “chain” by giving $100,000 to a person in their lives, who then must give $50,000 of that money to a person who will give away $25,000, thus ending the journey. No one could have envisioned we’d be such a captive audience for the launch of the Quibi streaming content service, which debuts Monday in the United States and Canada. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. I don’t think we want to rewatch Dexter. From the awards race to the box office, with everything in between: get the entertainment industry's must-read newsletter. — C.F. Fifty shows are available to stream on the app right now, featuring game shows, comedies and dramas with talent including everyone from “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner, to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” winner Sasha Velour, to Chrissy Teigen and Queen Latifah. Sasha, who won “Drag Race” on her skillset and ideas without making much drama, remains elusive at this running time; we see what she can do but not, really, what motivates her. Model, cookbook author, and Twitter humorist Chrissy Teigen proves an amiable host on her Quibi offering, Chrissy’s Court, but she’s hampered by the strained format of the show, which is styled like a People’s Court/Judge Judy–type of thing, only resolving the inanest of interpersonal squabbles. Here’s how President Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s statements from Nashville, Tennessee, stack up with the facts. Even with each episode running no more than 7 minutes long, this “Punk’d” still comes close to overstaying its welcome.

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