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Good Luck America | |
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Genre | News |
Created by | Snapchat |
Starring | Peter Hamby |
Country of origin | USA |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
Production | |
Production location | United States |
Cinematography | Luke Catena |
Running time | 4-6 minutes |
Production company | Snap |
Original release | |
Network | Snapchat |
Release | January 28, 2016 present | –
Good Luck America is an original series about US election and politics, aired in the Discover-section of the Snapchat. It is produced by Snapchat and hosted by the mother company Snap's head of news Peter Hamby, previously a journalist at CNN. The first episode was published in january 2016.[1] Each episode is only available for 24 hours.
US Election
editAfter Snapchat hired longtime CNN journalist Peter Hamby to be head of news, it was speculated that the company would work on their own election coverage.[2] During the election Snapchat offered many live stories and the separate show "Good Luck America", hosted by Hamby, in the Discover-section of the app.
After the election Snapchat announced the return of the series, now focusing on US politics.[3]
Concept
editThe show follows Hamby travelling throughout the USA, where he will "show you the people and places that really matter".
Episodes
editOverview
editSeason | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 7 | January 28, 2016 | October 4, 2016 | |
2 | TBA | March 8, 2017 | TBA |
Season 1
editSeason 1 consists of election coverage with a range of well known guests. The last episode of the season is devoted to an interview with President Barack Obama, who Hamby follows on the campaign trail.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Duration | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "(Iowa Caucuses)" | TBA | January 28, 2016 | |
TBA | TBA | "(Republican Party unraveling)" | 6 min | March 23, 2016 | |
TBA | TBA | "Bernie's last stand" | 6 min | June 8, 2016 | |
TBA | TBA | "Are We Doomed?" | 6 min | August 12, 2016 | |
Hamby looks at two of the most unpopular frontrunners in a presidential election. | |||||
TBA | TBA | "The Media's Strange Turn" | 6 min | September 1, 2016 | |
Focusing on the media coverage of Donald Trump, and how "sensationalism over substance" gives high ratings that earn big TV-networks advertising money. |
Season 2
editThe second season changes from focusing on the election to focusing on US politics.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Duration | Original air date | |
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TBA | 1 | "Who is Donald Trump?" | TBA | March 4, 2017 | |
TBA | 2 | "Trump: Life of the Party" | 4,5 min | March 21, 2017 | |
At CPAC, Hamby interviews white house press secretary Sean Spicer, Ken Bone, Matt Boyle of Breitbart News and Jon Ward of Yahoo! News. | |||||
TBA | 3 | TBA | TBA | April 4, 2017 |
References
edit- ^ Corasaniti, Nick (28 January 2016). "Snapchat Offers Original Political Coverage, 'Good Luck America'" – via The New York Times.
- ^ Mahler, Jonathan (3 May 2015). "Campaign Coverage via Snapchat Could Shake Up the 2016 Elections" – via The New York Times.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (8 March 2017). "Snapchat Brings Back Peter Hamby's Politics Show to Try to Make Sense of Trump Presidency" – via Variety.
External links
editCategory:Snapchat Category:News