Is it the fossil fuel interests that are funding this production? Certainly the insurance companies are helping out. But I mean why does fox air wikileaks stuff, when everyone else (even the CBC) etc. rarely covers it?
Personally, I think it's a desperation on the part of the American corporate establishment think tanks (CIA?) to recapture the minds and eyeballs of the internet generation. A limited hang out of sorts. As if we'll come back to the TV medium.