It even spring-boarded off the gag as a way to advertise its free 30-day trial membership. Publicly, HBO was quick to laugh at itself on social media, capitalizing on the momentum and plugging its own product. Everyone seemed to enjoy it, including the company Samberg seemingly burned. In other words, the channel knew that something along the lines of a password-sharing joke was coming, but it was not a coordinated effort at all, nor a paid HBO Now spot.Īlso Read: Andy Samberg Gives Out Free HBONow Login During Emmysįox knew the gag was coming from Samberg’s camp, of course, but had no inclination to kill it. HBO was “given a heads up on the bit though not all of the details,” an insider with knowledge of the show told TheWrap. While HBO wasn’t necessarily in on the joke, which saw host Samberg ( pictured above) share his “own” HBO Now username and password on-screen during the live Fox broadcast - the pay-TV network that dominated in the eventual trophy count knew it was coming. Find out why.Andy Samberg gave all of America a taste of HBO Now Sunday night during an Emmys bit that at first appeared to screw over the premium network. Speaking of Apple's streaming service, one of our editors cancelled Apple TV Plus and then came right back. In this Twilight Zone, simply being a woman is scary stuff. Erivo and Rae find themselves facing uniquely dreadful problems. Kidman eats photographs for a kind of memory rush, while Gilpin’s husband (Daniel Dae Kim) builds a platform worthy of a trophy wife. The stories explore the lives of ordinary women experiencing extraordinary situations. The episodes blend multiple genres, from satire to psychological horror and magical realism. It stars a bevy of talented, award-winning, big-name actresses: Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Merritt Wever, Issa Rae, Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Meera Syal and Kara Hayward. The anthology of darkly comedic feminist fables is based on a book of short stories by Cecelia Ahern and comes from Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, the creators of GLOW (Netflix’s cancellation still makes us mad).
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