So, news all over about NBC pulling quarterlife after one episode and bumping it to Bravo.
You can read a number of takes on the demise here, here, here and here.
It seems to me that only Mashable is cutting to the chase:
“While online videocasters that aspire to mainstream stardom may take the news as a bit [...]
The Hollywood Reporter has a few words from quarterlife co-creator Marshall Herskovitz following his show’s miserable performance the other night on NBC:
“It never should have been a network show. It’s too specific,” Herskovitz told the group at HBS’ Entertainment & Media conference, adding, “It will probably end up on cable.”
Right. Too specific. A show about [...]
NewTeeVee, among plenty of others, has noted that last night’s network TV premier (yes, it had already aired on MTV and MySpace) of perhaps the most over-hyped, under-loved web series so far, quarterlife.
“In a development that could kill the network dreams of other fledgling web series, quarterlife’s premiere on NBC last night bombed. TV [...]
Gawker, which used to make fun of the NYT for being so late on “breaking” culture news, is finally taking a swing at quarterlife. In fact, it is Gawker’s own top dog, Nick Denton, telling us how it is:
“Marshall’s not stupid; it took a lot of skill to market his show and convince NBC to [...]
Reuters is reporting that the MySpace webisodic quarterlife that was purchased by NBC will also be shown on MTV.
“Silverman and DiSanto said the unusual promotion signals the TV industry is changing, and that competitors can work together when it benefits both.”
While I applaud the bigwigs for trying to work together, I really wonder if a [...]
I like the folks at NewTeeVee and it is worth giving their review of ICN series 2/8 Life, a response to and satire of the MySpace series, quarterlife, a glance.
While I am still not a big fan of the web’s love affair with spoofs and satires I do think this project is being well produced [...]
