Quibi: 12 TV shows to watch on short-form streaming service

By Los Angeles Times

April 6, 2020 5 AM PT

Even the name of the latest entrant in the streaming wars is enough to raise questions.

Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s short-form experiment launches today with more than 50 titles, each tailored for mobile viewing in, yes, quibis (or “quick bites”) of five, seven, nine minutes. And what better way to explore a new streaming service than by meeting it where it lives: In the brief dispatches below, you’ll find portraits of Italian past-makers, celebrity alter egos, murder houses and much more.

What’s Quibi? Join us for The Times’ 12 short stories about a short-form experiment to find out.

Television

Quibi’s ‘Speedrun’ aims to be ‘The Daily’ for games journalism. Will gamers tune in?

The premiere episode of Quibi’s “Speedrun” is expected to focus on games that can simulate the experience of being outside and in nature, a topic picked once it became clear that many of us would be at home until further notice due to coronvirus health crisis.
April 6, 2020
Television

Quibi’s ‘Sexology’ is full of patient sex advice. If anything, it’s not risqué enough

Pastel-tinted, with a modern, earthy set, don’t call “Sexology with Shan Boodram” ’scandalous.’ Its goal is to facilitate better sex.
April 6, 2020
Television

Who, or what, is ‘Nikki Fre$h’? In Nicole Richie’s Quibi show, Goop meets Snoop

Nicole Richie launches ‘Nikki Fre$h,’ a series about her gardening/rapping alter ego, on Quibi. It’s eco-conscious hip-hop comedy.
April 6, 2020
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Here’s how they found the California ‘murder houses’ of Quibi’s ‘Murder House Flip’

Two TV obsessions — true crime and home renovation — meet in Quibi’s “Murder House Flip.” Here’s how they pulled it off.
April 6, 2020
Television

L.A. chef of Quibi’s ‘Shape of Pasta’ hopes it angers some. That means it’s working

Hosted by L.A. chef Evan Funke of Felix Trattoria in Venice, the Quibi series “Shape of Pasta” tries to preserve traditional ways of hand-making pasta.
April 6, 2020
Television

What makes a sports prodigy? Quibi’s answer cuts out the Xs and Os

With “Prodigy,” hosted by Megan Rapinoe, Quibi examines young superstar athletes — and attempts to go beyond “analytics.”
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‘We think you’re making a mistake’: Quibi’s star matchmakers have got your back

Keke Palmer and Joel Kim Booster are the new hosts of “Singled Out,” taking over for original MTV hosts Jenny McCarthy and Chris Hardwick in this Quibi revival.
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Television

Coronavirus turned Quibi’s plans to round up ‘Last Night’s Late Night’ upside down

With “Last Night’s Late Night,” Quibi planned to round up the best of a familiar form. Then the coronavirus outbreak transformed the genre overnight.
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Television

Quibi host Chance the Rapper knows you watch ‘Punk’d’ to see celebrities get mad

Chance the Rapper, who takes over for Ashton Kutcher as the mastermind of Quibi’s “Punk’d” revival, explains the prank show’s long-lasting appeal.
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Television

The key ingredient in Quibi’s cannon-blasted cooking show? Host Tituss Burgess

Come to “Dishmantled” to see two chefs cannon-blasted with a mystery food. Stay for host Tituss Burgess’ irresistible energy.
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Television

As coronavirus snuffs out live shows, Quibi and Sasha Velour give drag fans a lifeline

“NightGowns,” about the live drag show that “RuPaul’s Drag Race” winner Sasha Velour has been hosting since 2015, feels more essential than ever.
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Television

Hyena penises. Mating macaques. Quibi’s first nature series isn’t afraid to be ‘cheeky’

Quibi’s “Fierce Queens,” narrated by Reese Witherspoon, is a frank, sometimes funny glimpse at aspects of the animal kingdom usually avoided on TV.
April 6, 2020

Quibi: 12 short stories about streaming’s new short-form experiment

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