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Every single show on Quibi sounds like the new show Jack Donaghy is pinning his hopes on to turn NBC around in 2008
The Quibi show I would actually watch is a reality show where produces bring their absolutely most demented ideas to the Quibi executives, who greenlight EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM despite the concepts being increasingly deranged and/or incomprehensible
Someone literally pitched "each episode starts with the cannon-blasting of a mystery food dish into the faces of two blindfolded chefs. They’ll use their culinary prowess to identify the exploded dish and race against the clock to recreate it" and the Quibi guys were like YESSSSS
I mean we all laugh, but honestly, it's possible that the Titus Burgess Cannon Chef show will be the first true live-viewing appointment television since Game of Thrones
Seriously though, the Quibi lineup is incredible. Due to popular demand, I will now tweet a list of actual shows that will be on Quibi, via this great summary https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/13/quibi-projects-jeffrey-katzenberg/
"Chrissy’s Court: Chrissy Teigen will preside over real-life small claims cases, Judge Judy-style, with final and legally binding verdicts. Oh, and her mom is the bailiff."
"Elba vs. Block", where Idris Elba "ventures into the realm of stunt driving" in a show where he competes with a professional rally car driver to complete car stunts like “Wall of Death,” and “Flaming Obstacle Course.”
There's real poetry in this one: "Thanks a Million: Jennifer Lopez and nine other people give $100,000 to an influential person from their life. That person gives $50,000 to someone else, who gives $25,000 to someone else, and on down the line"
"Fight Like a Girl: WWE comes to Quibi for this unscripted series, which sees pro wrestlers pairing with young women to help them overcome personal issues"
Quibi also has a spooky stories show, by Steven Spielberg, THAT CAN ONLY BE VIEWED AFTER DARK
In "Killing Zac Efron", Zac Efron will adventure “deep into the jungles of a remote island to carve his own name in expedition history.”
UPDATE: Some new Quibi shows. First: "Potty Talk: Renowned fashion designer Alexander Wang will host a talk show like no other, interviewing celebrities in the bathroom at high-profile events"
"Last Looks: This true crime series looks at the dark side of fashion, with each episode examining a different crime and its perpetrator while also exploring the world of haute couture."
Murder House Flip: "features a team of “forensic specialists, spiritual healers, and high-end renovation experts” taking on houses where scandalous or tragic events took place (including but not limited to murders) and turning them “from morbid to marvelous.”
Never thought Quibi would come up with a more Quibi show than the Titus Burgess cooking show where chefs race to recreate a meal that was blasted into their faces from a cannon, and yet somehow, MURDER HOUSE FLIP, the show where they flip murder houses, has summited the mountain
UPDATE: Quibi has updated its list of shows. Highlights include "Last Looks: This true crime series looks at the dark side of fashion, with each episode examining a different crime and its perpetrator while also exploring the world of haute couture."
Barkitecture: For dog lovers, Quibi will offer this series in which dog owners commission luxurious, extravagant doghouses for their beloved pets.
Fierce Queens: Reese Witherspoon will narrate and present this BBC-produced nature docuseries, which will focus on the animal kingdom’s “rebel matriarchs, powerful leaders, and dangerous lovers.”
INCREDIBLE update: The latest Quibi show to be announced is "Murder Unboxed: Modeled on the popular “unboxing” YouTube videos, this true crime series explores cases by revealing seemingly unrelated evidence one item at a time."
Also coming to Quibi, a scripted comedy: "Flipped: A chronically underemployed couple strive to become TV’s next great home-renovation show duo.... their plans are waylaid somewhat when members of a drug cartel kidnap the pair and force them to renovate their massive houses"
"Nikki Fre$h: Nicole Richie, rapper? That’s the premise of this comedy series, which follows Richie’s titular alter ego as she strives to bring her own educational, wellness-related brand of rap (known as “Parent Trap”) to the world."
"Floored: YouTube star Liza Koshy hosts this bizarre spin on competitive dance shows, in which two teams attempt to perform pre-rehearsed routines on a floor that “lifts, tilts, drops, shakes and spins in time to the music.” They’ll also be plagued by surprise obstacles."
Because people keep asking, I just want to re-stress that all these are real shows on Quibi, here's the full glorious list as curated by EW https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/13/quibi-projects-jeffrey-katzenberg/
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We have a new QUIBI show: Let's Go Atsuko, "a (woke) Japanese Game Show in which contestants tell comedian Atsuko Okatsuka one thing they love and one thing they fear. Okatsuka then leads the contestants through "the surreal universe inside her grandma's fridge...."
"where those things "can and will be used against them" for uniquely tailored challenges"
We have a HUGE update to this thread. The trailer for DISHMANTLED, the Titus Burgess show where a meal is blasted from a food cannon into the faces of cooks who then race to recreate it, has arrived. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=45&v=L3Zc0kd5Ikw&feature=emb_logo
Update: another Quibi show — actually a sub-Quibi, because it's an episode of Sam Raimi's Twilight Zone'y anthology show: In in 50 States of Fright: Golden Arm, the Marvelous Ms. Maisel's Rachel Brosnahan plays a woman who refuses to remove her golden arm https://twitter.com/zachraffio/status/1250273191810875392?s=20
Quibi Update: “Wireless, co-created by Steven Soderbergh, will feature a man stranded in the mountains with a dying cell phone...with each episode, he loses one percent of battery power” https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/is-anyone-watching-quibi.html
A simply *huge* Quibi update: Here’s the trailer for DIE HART, Quibi’s new action comedy starring John Travolta and Kevin Hart
