Reluctant! with Janine
The series follows the erratic late-night broadcasting schedule of a community access station in 2005. Host Janine, pushes guest interviews to absurd extremes on cheap studio sets, while local music programs showcase loud underground punk acts. Intercut with dry civic affairs updates and psychedelic vintage graphics, the programming blurs reality television and surreal parody. Camera style: Multi-camera standard-definition video with analog tape scanlines, handheld zooms, and harsh studio switching.
The series follows the erratic late-night broadcasting schedule of a community access station. Manic hosts push guest interviews to absurd extremes on cheap studio sets, while local music programs showcase loud underground punk acts. Intercut with dry civic affairs updates and psychedelic vintage graphics, the programming blurs reality television and surreal parody. Camera style: Multi-camera standard-definition video with analog tape scanlines, handheld zooms, and harsh studio switching.
Episodes
S1 · E1
Reluctant! with Janine! - Teaser
Trailer for “Reluctant! with Janine”
S1 · E2
Janine and Edward (allegedly).
Janine finally lands an interview with Edward Saatchi, the creator of Showrunner. Or so she thinks. When a painfully unconvincing stand-in arrives in Edward’s place, Janine decides to play along—because apparently that’s what journalism is now. As the interview spirals further off the rails, she’s left wondering who this guy is, where the real Edward is, and how long she can keep pretending this is going well.
S1 · E3
Tony the Roach
Janine goes one on one with the legend of north New Jersey, Tony the Roach. Plus a musical guest!
S1 · E4
The special guest star
Janine gets the interview of a lifetime and some bad news.
S1 · E5
Dale the Alien Abductee
Janine interviews Dale, a local who says he was abducted by aliens…maybe.
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