Pop Fiction | |
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Opening Title Card
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Genre |
Improv Comedy |
Starring | Peter Katona |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 (5 unaired) |
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Executive producer(s) |
Ashton Kutcher Jason Goldberg |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Katalyst Films |
Release | |
Original network | E! |
Original release | March 9 | – April 6, 2008
Pop Fiction is an American practical joke television series that debuted on March 9, 2008 on E!. The series is hosted by Peter Katona, and in the spirit of Punk'd, the show creates fake gossip for the paparazzi.
Is it real, or is it Pop Fiction? Celebrities who try to trick the reporters say the tagline "Is it real, or is it Pop Fiction?" at the end of the clips, similar to Punk'd, where celebrities say "I just got punk'd!"
Pop Fiction appears identical to a treatment that Anna Nicole Smith registered with the Writers Guild in 2004 called "Celebrities Strike Back." Anna Nicole and Howard K. Stern met with Jeff Shore and Jay James, both programming execs for E! and pitched the show and sent Shore the treatment.