Off the Air (TV series)
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| Genre | Psychedelic anthology series |
| Created by | Dave Hughes |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 24 (and 3 specials) (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 10–12 minutes |
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| Original network | Adult Swim |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | January 1, 2011 – present |
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| Website | www |
Off the Air is an American anthology television series created by Dave Hughes for Adult Swim. The series is presented without explanation or narration as a showcase of surreal footage arranged around a single loose theme (expressed in the episode title) and blended without pause into a single continuous presentation. The show follows a strange format of euphoric images that transform into something dark, then into calm. Many audience members claim it caters to the "trip-head" community, offering LSD/DMT ready images. Although there is no evidence to support any intention of "trip-head" targeting, none can argue that the show is not trippy.
Hughes, a former employee of MTV Animation, first pitched it to Mike Lazzo at Adult Swim after producing a video mixtape for the network's 2010 Carnival Tour event. As a result of its 4 a.m. graveyard slot and small selection of episodes, the series remains relatively unknown on the network, but has been received positively and dubbed a cult phenomenon by critics and Adult Swim itself.
The series is presented without explanation or narration as a showcase of surreal footage—animations, short films, music videos, viral videos, film and TV clips, and morphing psychedelic imagery—arranged around a single loose theme (expressed in the episode title) and blended without pause into a single continuous presentation.
Series creator Dave Hughes first started working for Adult Swim in 2003 after an eight-year stint with MTV Animation, where he had edited series such as Beavis and Butt-head and Celebrity Deathmatch. Hughes, who saw Adult Swim "slipping away from its more experimental roots" as it got popular, had the concept for Off the Air in mind before, but never thought he would be the one to make it. While living in New York, 120 Minutes, Concrete TV, Liquid Television and Night Flight were among some of the experimental programming that exposed him "to a whole new world of ideas, music and people that I just didn't see anywhere else on television."
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