Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "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; Original pieces are also commissioned.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. Because of this and its small selection of episodes, the series remains relatively unknown on the network. However, Austin McManus of Juxtapoz, in expressing praise for the series, noted word of mouth to be "gradually spreading" about it. He and the network also described the show as a cult phenomenon.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. A second special—the second season episode "Nightmares" played in reverse—aired after Halloween night on November 1, 2014. 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.A compilation of videos that were once considered to be featured in the first season had been published on the network's official blog. These videos, extending into its second season as well as hosting various other supplemental material, have since been published onto Network Awesome."@en }
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- Q17102216 abstract "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; Original pieces are also commissioned.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. Because of this and its small selection of episodes, the series remains relatively unknown on the network. However, Austin McManus of Juxtapoz, in expressing praise for the series, noted word of mouth to be "gradually spreading" about it. He and the network also described the show as a cult phenomenon.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. A second special—the second season episode "Nightmares" played in reverse—aired after Halloween night on November 1, 2014. 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.A compilation of videos that were once considered to be featured in the first season had been published on the network's official blog. These videos, extending into its second season as well as hosting various other supplemental material, have since been published onto Network Awesome.".