An Intro to Seeso, Comedy's Answer to Netflix

So you ’re already make up out the olfactory organ for Netflix , Amazon Prime , HBO Now , Hulu , Weebo , Mojo , Jojo , and a caboodle of other streaming sites we just made up ( but could well come in to exist in the coming month ) . Do you really involve to throw off another streaming service into the admixture ? If you ’re a fan of cutting - border drollery , NBC ’s new comedy website , Seeso– a mix of original scheduling and old gems – is well deserving the cost of admission ( only $ 3.99 a month ! ) . Here ’s why :

Every episode ofSNL, ever

While it ’s leisurely enough to see last week ’s viral video or politically shoot down cold-blooded unfastened cyclosis online , for the more discerningSaturday Night Livefan , tracking down old magazine has always been a challenge . But thanks to Seeso , for the first time , sketch addict will be capable to watch every undivided episode ofSNLever aired , from the little - examine Dick Ebersol years toO.J. Simpson ’s bizarre hosting gigback in 1978 . New episodes ofSNL , along withThe Tonight Show star Jimmy FallonandLate Night With Seth Meyers , are also usable advertizement - free the day after they publicize .

LOLs from across the pond

Much like a full-blooded loaf ofspotted dick(an actual British food ! ) , British comedy can be a mo of an acquired taste . Seeso help acquaint you with a veritable sweet platter of the stuff , with classics likeMonty Python ’s Flying Circus , A Bit of Fry and Laurie , Ricky Gervais’sTheOffice , Fawlty Towers , The Mighty Boosh , and Steve Coogan’sThe World of Alan Partridgeall available to stream . Jolly good , chaps !

Damn good stand-up

Seeso may not exactly be Netflix - level prolific when it comes to original programming , but it has some singular series on the docket , let in shows that hitch New York and L.A. ’s stentorian live comedy scene . There ’s the Amy Poehler - producedUCB Show , feature sketch and stand - up performance filmed on - location at the UCB Theater in L.A. Over on the East Coast , currentSNLcast members Michael Che and Leslie Jones host theNew York ’s Funniestcompetition , check at famed comedy social club Carolines on Broadway . And hailing from further Frederick North , Canadian point of view - up anthologyFunny As Hellfeatures sets from the the like of Amy Schumer and Chelsea Peretti , as well as numerous red-hot up - and - comers . If you like stand - up , this is the streaming avail for you .

Big-name comics

In addition to its focus on stand - up , Seeso has a number of other original show deserving check out . Semi - improvised half - minute comedyBajillion dollar sign Propertie$,aBurning beloved - esque pasquinade of eminent - remnant real - acres reality shows , premiere last week and has already been gettingravereviews . The first time of year is slated to include A - list cameo from the likes of Adam Scott , Nick Kroll and Gillian Jacobs , and " Weird Al " Yankovic . Meanwhile , Communitycreator Dan Harmon will deliverHarmonQuest , an animated version of his podcastHarmontown , in which he plays a spirited game of Dungeons & Dragons with some of his comedy brother . While it ’s not teem yet , dungeon master do n’t have long to wait : Harmon toldSXSW crowdsthat the show will premiere in July 2016 .

Goodies from the NBC archives

The internet may be in a new - programming dry spell right now , but Seeso will cue you of the halcyon days of the mid-2000s , when Amy Poehler , Tina Fey , and Steve Carell made the Peacock TV ’s chancellor comedy address . Seeso ’s content is for the most part pull out from NBC ’s own archive , which means every episode of30 Rock , Parks & Rec , The Office , and ( for some reason)Saved by the Bellis available . regrettably , there ’s no signs of Must - See - TV - era programing likeFriends , Seinfeld , andFrasier , and as of now , NBC says it has no plan to add them . Sorry , George Costanza fans – no soup for you .

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Anna Silmanis a staff author at Thrillist and an potassium alum of Salon and Vulture . If she set forth a streaming religious service , it would be called Zeezo . Find her on Twitter:@annaesilman .

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