Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorQuibi is dead — long live Quibi!The Jeffrey Katzenberg-led mobile premium video service flamed out last year about six months after launching.
But its pricey originals just picked up eight 2021 Emmy Awards nominations for three shows — “Reno 911!”, “Die Hart” and “Mapleworth Murders” — the first two of which are currently streaming for free on the Roku Channel.Quibi’s reboot of Comedy Central series “Reno 911!” received a nomination in the Emmys short-form comedy, where it will face off against Apple TV’s “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” with James Corden, “Late Night With Seth Meyers: Corrections” series on YouTube; “The Randy Rainbow Show” on YouTube; and Stephen Colbert’s “Tooning Out the News” on Paramount.
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