Fact Checkers Unit

*Fact Checkers Unit*
Fact Checkers Unit
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Peter Karinen; Brian Sacca; Dan Beers;
Directed by	Dan Beers
Starring	Peter Karinen; Brian Sacca;
Country of origin	United States
Original languages	English ; French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
No. of seasons	2 (Upcoming third season)
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producers	Thomas Bannister; Brian Sacca; Peter Karinen; Daniel Beers;
Producer	Larry Laboe;
Production location	Los Angeles, California
Cinematography	Mark Schwartzbard;
Editors	Steven Markowski; Ryan Murphy; Kyle Gilman;
Running time	5-6 minutes
Production company	SXM
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	August 17, 2010 –; present

Fact Checkers Unit (FCU) was originally a short film featured in the

Samsung Mobile.^[1]

Plot

Fact Checkers Unit is a short television series where the audience follows two overzealous fact checkers, Dylan (

Samsung Galaxy Note

, the branded product.

Cast

Brian Sacca as Dylan
Peter Karinen as Russell
Kristen Schaal as Paula

The series also features a number of celebrities playing characters with the same name as themselves.

Development and release

Samsung aided in the co-development of the script in order to illustrate specific key elements of the Galaxy Note.

The FCU pilot episode was aired on August 17, 2010, and the first season was broadcast from August 17, 2010 to September 24, 2010. The second season aired from December 12, 2011 to May 25, 2012. Each episode is roughly four minutes long. FCU features celebrity guests including T-Pain, Moby, Zach Gilford, and James Franco.

FCU videos were originally available on-line and on mobile devices through

Variety, The New Yorker, and the Los Angeles Times

.