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When the writer’s strike brought the TV and film industries to a grinding halt this summer, a pair of senior producers for The Daily Show found themselves with no platform to mock Fox News and Republicans on a regular basis.
Matt Negrin and Ryan Middleton, along with Middleton’s partner Kate Brackin, bounced around ideas. What if they started a weekly podcast to joke about politics and right-wing media? Better yet, what if it was an Adult Swim-like animated show in which they played aliens commenting on the cable-news signals they’ve been picking up in deep space?
And thus was born Alien Super Show, a YouTube series that debuted in August and is broadcast by MeidasTouch, a liberal media group known primarily for its anti-Trump content. This is the first time the trio has revealed themselves to be behind the program.