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This Bites! Sharknado 3 Is Basically Just 2 Hours of Comcast-Branded Content

Starring Xfinity and Universal Studios Florida

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By Jason Lynch

July 21, 2015

There have only been a handful of TV moments that became true social media phenomena, but the original Sharknado certainly qualifies.

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Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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