Hype is an American sketch comedy television series which ran for 17 episodes from October 8, 2000 to February 18, 2001 on The WB. Created by Scott King, Lanier Laney and Terry Sweeney, the series was ordered by the WB after the trio wrote a sketch for MADtv which parodied Felicity, the network's major hit series at the time. The series focused on sketches parodying pop culture, particularly the overinflation of cultural and public relations hype.