Strike: From online to broadcast
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- November
- 12
File this under irony.
Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick, the minds who brought us My So-Called Life and thirtysomething, decided to bypass traditional television for their latest venture, Quarterlife. Now NBC is interested in moving Quarterlife to primetime if the strike drags on.
Just as So-Called was a teensomething for the 90s, Quarterlife could rightly be dubbed twentysomething. Yeah, I know, somewhat cliche, but I mean it in a good way. Even though I was just barely in my 20s myself, I loved thirtysomething once upon a time. It was well-written, well-acted and interesting.
I took a look at the first two episodes (about eight minutes apiece) in a special online preview; the first episode debuted on MySpace last night and on its own standalone site today. New episodes air every Sunday and Wednesday at midnight Pacific time, which is 3 a.m. here on the right coast.
They’re really pretty good. Engaging.
Zap2It described it thusly:
It centers on a group of friends in their mid-20s and their entangled relationships, made all the more complicated when one of them, Dylan (Bitsie Tulloch, whom web-video fans may recognize from the “lonelygirl15” saga), starts video-blogging about their lives.
Others starring are Scott Michael Foster, Michelle Lombardo, David Walton, Maite Schwartz, Kevin Christy and Barret Swatek.
The series is set, at the moment, at 36 episodes. If it made the move to broadcast TV, that would be, most likely, with commercials 13 half-hours or seven one-hour shows.
Why not? It’s from some of the best minds in television.
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on Monday, November 12th, 2007 at 3:32 pm by Amy Vernon.
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I agree. Online series will slowly come into their own. This marks the first time truly pro producers are doing a web series. The start of someting new.
Jason Hink
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