Archive for the 'Web Series News' Category

“The Mentor”–Another “The Office” Web Series–Debuts

I, personally, don’t watch The Office, but I know those who do, love it. Creators of The Office have created companion Web series before. Here’s a new one:
NBC.com unveils “The Mentor,” the latest web series from NBC’s Emmy Award-winning comedy “The Office,” starting March 4 with four all-new episodes. Fans of “The Office” and the [...]

“5th Year” Turns Into “Workaholics” and Lands On Comedy Central

The Web series formerly known as 5th Year recently made a name change and found its way to Comedy Central.
Comedy Central Orders ‘Workaholics’
Comedy Central has greenlit Workaholics, a sitcom that originated as a webisode from the comedy group Mail Order Comedy.
Workaholics follows three friends, fresh out of college, that work together as telemarketers, while [...]

Web Series “Bitchin’ Kitchen” Moves From the Web to the Food Network

If I created a Web series, I’d hope for one of three things:
-Enough funding to allow me to have total creative freedom
-Have a major media outlet pick up the series
-Both
Turns out the creators of Bitchin Kitchen got all three.
With its television debut now scheduled, what was once a series of three-minute webisodes – available only [...]

Even More Evidence Web Series Are Growing At Lightning Speed

Considering there are many movies made on a budget of $45 million or more, having that much spent on Web series production in a year doesn’t seem like much. However, here’s an interesting article on the projected increase in money being invested in Web series over the next few years:
The fledgling industry in original content [...]

All the Good Dance Partners Are Being Chosen

Is it just me or does it seem like in the last couple of months all the major Internet Web series players are hooking up with major media companies?
Check out these pairings:
Atom.com announced today that COMEDY CENTRAL has ordered a third season of its half-hour, late-night series “Atom TV” and that sister network MTV2 will [...]

Choose Your Own Web Series Experience via “Spade”

Bump+, the series about unexpected pregnancy, is doing it, but this `choose your own adventure`series sounds even more promising:
John Johnson, CEO of Darkstone Entertainment and director of the Plan 9 from Outer Space remake entitled Plan 9 has released Spade, a choose your own adventure web series.
Each episode chronicles the life and [...]

A New Web Series Emerges and Celebrates “Diary of a Single Mom”

Will you be in LA March 26-28th? If so, you might want to check this out…
First-Ever Web Series Festival Puts the Spotlight on The Best of the Internet — The “Los Angeles Web Series Festival”
The Los Angeles Web Series Festival premieres March 26 – 28, 2010. It is sponsored by Ajakwetv.com, CreatingtheWeb.com and Stage 52 [...]

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