Seeso was an over-the-top subscription streaming service owned by Comcast through NBCUniversal, launched on January 7, 2016, and closed on November 8, 2017. It provided comedy content such as original and broadcast television shows.
History On December 2, 2014, Evan Shapiro joined NBCUniversal as the Executive Vice President of the newly formed NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises division of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group after his job at Pivot to work on a digital project for the division.
On October 15, 2015, Seeso was officially announced with certain titles in its library. On December 3, Seeso was launched in an open beta that lasted from December 3, 2015 to January 6, 2016. Seeso was officially launched the day after.
On September 30, 2016, Seeso announced its first event called the "Stand-Up Streaming Fest", in which a title of comedy content would become available within a week, bringing a total of 12 specials for 12 weeks.
On May 3, 2017, Evan Shapiro announced his departure from the company. He was replaced by Maggie Suniewick, president of NBCU digital enterprises.
On August 9, 2017, Seeso announced via its Facebook page that the service would be shutting down by the end of 2017. On November 8, Seeso shut down its streaming service.
Content Seeso offered comedy shows, including Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Office (UK), Parks and Recreation, The Kids in the Hall, Fancy Boy, and Monty Python.
Original series Title Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status The UCB Show Sketch comedy Ended; Moved to Starz Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ Parody Ended; Moved to Pluto TV Big Jay Oakerson's What's Your F@%king Deal?! Stand-up 31-38 min. Ended Hidden America with Jonah Ray Parody/Travel Ended; Moved to VRV Gentlemen Lobsters Comedy/Adult animation Ended Night Train with Wyatt Cenac Stand-up 65-97 min. Ended; Moved to Starz HarmonQuest Live improvisation/Adult animation Moved to VRV Take My Wife Sitcom Ended; Moved to Starz Debate Wars Comedy Ended The Cyanide & Happiness Show Black comedy/Adult animation Moved to VRV My Brother, My Brother and Me Advice/Comedy 22-26 min. Ended; Moved to VRV Shrink Sitcom Ended; Moved to Hulu Flulanthropy Sitcom Ended
Co-productions These shows have been commissioned by Seeso in cooperation with a partner from another country.
Title Partner/Country Genre Premiere Seasons Length Status Language Seeso Exclusive Regions Flowers Channel 4/United Kingdom Black comedy Ended English United States Funny as Hell (season 6) The Movie Network/Canada Stand-up Ended English United States
Specials Title Genre Premiere Cameron Esposito: Marriage Material Stand-up Doug Stanhope: No Place Like Home Stand-up Brian Posehn: Criminally Posehn Stand-up Jena Friedman: American Cunt Stand-up Janeane Garofalo: If I May Stand-up Schtick or Treat: Hollywood Stand Up Special Stand-up Mo Mandel: Negative Reinforcement Stand-up ADD Presents: Tyree Elaine Stand-up ADD Presents: Robert Powell Stand-up Dan Levy: Lion Stand-up Aries Spears: Comedy Blueprint Stand-up McSweeney's Internet Tendency Live! Stand-up Joe Matarese: Medicated Stand-up Lachlan Patterson: Live at Venice Beach Stand-up Andy Richter's Home for the Holidays Holiday special Nick Thune: Good Guy Stand-up Ian Harvie: May the Best Cock Win Stand-up Laurie Kilmartin: 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad Stand-up Brian Posehn: 25x2 Stand-up Adam Newman: Fuzzies Stand-up Sasheer Zamata: Pizza Face Stand-up Doug Stanhope: The Comedians' Comedian's Comedians Stand-up
Approximately coinciding with the August announcement of Seeso's impending shutdown, four of its originals – The Cyanide & Happiness Show, HarmonQuest, Hidden America with Jonah Ray, and My Brother, My Brother and Me were removed and transferred to the VRV streaming service. There's... Johnny!, a sitcom which had been produced for Seeso but not yet aired, was transferred to Hulu.
See also List of streaming media services
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