Starveillance


Starveillance is an American/Canadian claymation television series created by Celebrity Deathmatch creator Eric Fogel that debuted on January 5, 2007 on E!. The show is produced by Toronto-based Cuppa Coffee Studios. Fogel chose not to work on his revived MTV hit Celebrity Deathmatch in order to spend more time working on this show.

Show

The show parodies celebrity situations through stop-motion animation.
The show is hosted by Glen and Corey, who hide video cameras all over the world to tape celebrities in their private moments.

Episodes

Response

The show got a lot of publicity from E! and was promoted in such shows as The Soup and E! News.
Some skits from the show were shown around the internet months before the show premiered. The skits caused a mixed reaction from the fans of Eric's previous TV series Celebrity Deathmatch, which he left to work on this show.
The response from critics was mostly positive. For example, Variety said:
"Starveillance isn't the kind of concept likely to have significant staying power, but it feels like a logical step for E! as the channel seeks to branch out beyond its limited reality-TV profile into somewhat more ambitious fare -- the kind of show whose best moments are tailor-made to be sliced, diced and repurposed on YouTube." - Brian Lowry, Variety

Syndication

Teen channel The N aired the episodes from April 11, 2009 to May 16, 2009.