In popular culture

The South Park episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" prominently featured World of Warcraft through machinima animation. Blizzard actively collaborated with the South Park animation team in the making of the episode.[63] The episode drew 3.4 million viewers, making it Comedy Central's best mid-season premiere since 2000.[64] The episode was nominated in the "Outstanding Animated Program (Programming Less Than One Hour)" category for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards.[65] The September 22, 2006 episode of Stargate Atlantis, The Return Part 1, featured a scene where Dr. Weir distracts geeky scientist Bill Lee by telling him she too is a fan of World of Warcraft.[66] The October 10, 2006 episode of Help Me Help You, "Fun Run," involves Inger meeting her online husband from the game.[67] On November 20, 2006, Blizzard announced that major national television stations would begin airing the first World of Warcraft TV spot in North America. The commercial is an edit of a scene from the cult comedy film Office Space with footage of the game and a World of Warcraft box overlaid onto the original footage.[68] The song The Internet is for Porn, from the Tony award-winning musical Avenue Q, was made into World of Warcraft machinima in the cult video of the same name, garnering millions of views on YouTube, as well as elsewhere.