‘The Flipside’ rocks TV: Conservative creators vow new show won’t bash America

The Washington Times ^ | October 16, 2014 | Jennifer Harper

[BlopAndStop]

Those weary of annoying liberal chatter and America bashing in the comedy realm have a new alternative. That would be “The Flipside”, a weekly half-hour broadcast dicing through politics and culture, but produced by a group of stalwart creatives who have some serious conservative underpinnings, with a few dashes of libertarianism.

Only six episodes into its fall run, and the new show has been picked up by three major cable broadcasters and 200 independent stations.

“The reaction has been very positive. A lot of people have been waiting for a show that doesn’t slam America at every turn, or push a socialist agenda,” executive producer Kfir Alfia said in an interview. “Even if we were completely neutral, the audience would see it as a breath of fresh air. They’ve been waiting for a show like this.”

He speaks from personal experience.

“I was looking around at the cultural landscape, so dominated by left-leaning ideology in movies, TV, news. That was a compelling reason to start thinking ‘what can I do?’ ” Mr. Alfia observed.

Indeed, the success of Roger Ailes, the man who developed the concept for Fox News, is not lost on the team, which methodically explored independent ways to market and distribute their broadcast with some healthy success.

[IronJack]

This could be a referendum on pop socialism. If it succeeds, expect more to fllow, although there will be some executives who will cling bitterly to their marxist god as they slowly drown in irrelevance.

[catnipman]

I’ve been crying for a conservative comedy for a long time. Search on down for “catnipman” in these posts for some of my ideas about that:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2946563/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3032438/replies?c=1

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3028855/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3107951/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3028855/replies?c=1

http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3018075/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2946563/replies?c=43

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3127313/posts?page=70

[BlopAndStop]

I call attention to this because there’s very little conservative cooperation anymore. This debuted weeks ago and few have written about it anywhere.

The conservative movement is now dominated by self-interested nonprofits based in Washington which is why we’re in this sorry state of affairs.

[yetidog]

It depends on the on-air personality. Jon Stewart, Colbert etc. succed in lib arena. G. Gutfield could be very poupar as a conservative commentator...except that he has the annoying habit of writing stuff down and looking at it during his delivery. Dennis Miller has it down AM radio-wise but need more TV exposure than his few HBO shows and what have to be exhausting small venue travels around the US.