Spoils of Babylon , from Funny or Die, is a parody of one of TV's favorite forms: the epic television miniseries. It's tongue-and-cheek logline says it will take "viewers from the oil fields of Texas to boardrooms in New York City, through war-torn battlefields and velvet-sheeted bedrooms.
Though the AMC Networks cable brand has long gone by its acronym, ditching the Independent Film Channel label it started out with, president and GM Jennifer Caserta announced Tuesday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that the old name has still been following them around.
The comedy, which lacked a significant budget, played up the kitsch of yesteryear TV with models, cheap green screens and toy helicopters. Spoils joins a roster of off-kilter comedies that have come to define the IFC brand since it became ad-supported in Other series on the roster include additional runs of Portlandia, Maron, Comedy Bang!
Bang and R. IFC debuts the first two episodes of the six-part Spoils of Babylon at 10 p. Featured Shows. By staring death in the face every day, Ellie and Gwen Goode begin to confront the realities of their own life, and what they want to make of it. Slo Pitch Overly invested Coach Joanne attempts to take her underdog, queer slo pitch team all the way to the championships of their highly competitive beer league.
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