Day: April 25, 2019

FUSE, the cable network that first broadcast Billy Eichner, is bankrupt. Fuse Media has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company fell on hard times, getting dropped from major cable systems such as Comcast and Verizon Fios, and missing loan payments. FUSE launched in 2003, inhabiting the space formerly occupied by Much Music, and incorporated plenty of music for years thereafter, while adding comedy, talk shows and other unscripted programming. Billy on the Street premiered on FUSE in December 2011. Other shows and personalities with strong ties to FUSE included Gabriel Iglesias, Amy Schumer (she co-hosted Hoppus on...