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“Rick and Morty” Is More Popular Than “Community”
A few weeks ago we asked you why you weren’t watching “Rick and Morty.” Apparently, you are now. Welcome to the club! (Go on, you deserve to give yourself a pat on the back.)
From the creator of “Community,” Dan Harmon has found himself a hit with “Rick and Morty,” explains Vulture.
His Adult Swim animated series is turning into something of a juggernaut with young men: Last night’s episode jumped up to a 1.5 rating with guys under 35, putting it ahead of FX’s “Archer” (1.4 in that demo) and everything that aired on the Big Four broadcast networks (save for “How I Met Your Mother” and “2 Broke Girls”).
“R&M” even outdrew last Thursday’s episode of “Community” among men under 35 (his NBC comedy notched a 1.0 in the dude demo). While “R&M” is strongest with younger men, it also did well with the broader audience of all adults under 50, averaging a 0.8 in the key sales demo, per Nielsen.
That puts it ahead of NBC’s 9 to 10 p.m. comedies last week (which averaged a 0.7) and not far from what Community earned on the Peacock (1.1). Adult Swim hasn’t renewed “Rick and Morty” for a second season, but with these numbers it’s probably just a formality at this point.
HERE’S LAST NIGHT’S AWESOME EPISODE!
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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