Roku orders more full episodes of discarded Quibi classic Reno 911!
The Roku Channel is getting four full-length episodes of Reno 911!, which was revived on Quibi last year
The old Quibi shows, rescued from the collapsing tomb of Old Man Quibi (who lived his life in five-minute increments), have all been doing surprisingly well in their new former-home at Roku, which rebranded them as Roku Originals earlier this year when it decided to get into original streaming content for the first time. The shows have apparently been very popular on Roku, but more than that, they actually secured some Emmy nominations, indicating that they truly are legitimate pieces of television storytelling and not, you know, stuff from Quibi. This has all made Roku hungry for more content, specifically exclusive and original content that you can’t get anywhere other than the Roku Channel, and it will be interesting to see how quickly it tries to become the next Netflix or Hulu.