Quibi was the largest backed streaming service you never heard of (or maybe never cared about) in early 2020. The hopeful streaming rival featured over 75 new programs starring some A-list celebrities, including Anna Kendrick in Dummy, Kevin Hart and John Travolta in Die Hart, and Laurence Fishburne in #FreeRayshawn, which even won an Emmy. Then, it totally tanked.
Why did it fail? Well, no one wanted to pay for a streaming service featuring short-form content like its investors hoped. But there’s hope for the programs that went dark back, as Quibi shows have finally found a new home on the totally free Roku Channel—rebranded as “Roku Originals,” which is pretty funny.
Here’s some of the better formerly Quibi content to watch when they appear on the streaming channel on May 20—30 shows will be free to watch that day, with more of the 75-show-strong Quibi lineup expected to arrive on the channel in the future.