The Evening Sun
| The Evening Sun | |
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| Created by | |
| Directed by | Phil Mathre |
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| Narrated by | Béla Hadjú |
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| Country of origin | Entropan |
| Original language(s) | Šebukel |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Retroactivity |
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| Original network | FMS En |
| Original release | 11 February 1994 – 26 May 1995 |
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The Evening Sun (Šebukel: A Esti Nap) is an Entropanian public horror-comedy television show that parodies television news and current affairs programs, broadcast from 11 February 1994 and 26 May 1995 on FMS En. It gained notoriety in Entropan for its extreme parodies of sensationalist news broadcasting, eliciting significant controversy and eventually leading to FMS refusing to renew it for a third series. The series was co-created by Dániel Sándor, and Máđen Gulseth, and is composed of half-hour episodes usually covering two or three stories.
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Format
Each episode is presented as a mock live news bulletin, with each episode revolving around a few fictitious live news stories which the team would respond to with a quick moving on-the-ground crew. Much of the programme's humour derives from its bombastic and sensationalist style of reporting, which often sees the news crew deliberately inflame situations to make them more fit for reporting. Most episodes have elements of public horror, including seriously presented interruptions to the program such as the announcement of global apocalypse, studio shootings, and coups.
Each episode is brought to an interrupted ending with just enough time to quickly overview the following day's newspapers, printed with absurd headlines such as "Fire safety 'decapitated', warns Paleocacherian minister", or "Bombed dog bills spider plea", and a final video previewing the next programme on the network, which is usually a humourous spoof of Entropanian shows such as Call Me or Detached.
