Most notable was the fact that the new Amazon television series Transparent, which debuted in 2014, won awards for both Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical, and Best Actor for Jeffrey Tambor.

In 2005, a group called B.E.R. was commissioned to write a 1980s-style pop song. "The Night Begins To Shine" was unearthed by TV show Teen Titans Go! as a joke; now, years later, it's a Billboard hit.