Comments on: Whose Web Shows Should Be on TV?

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:57:41 +0000

Check out “The Bicyclist”. http://www.thebicyclist.tv

By: Robb

Robb — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:26:21 +0000

I’m not going to get on here and badmouth TV (mostly because I would like to be on it), but I am going to plug the show I’ve been working on (with as little irony as I can muster).

http://lifefromtheinside.com/

It’s a full-length sitcom made for the internet, because getting those meetings with network execs is more difficult than some would like you to believe.

And, I have to say, you were pretty remiss in skipping over “Break a Leg.”

By: Vesper

Vesper — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:19:40 +0000

are you trying to say that this is better use of time for people than to watch then Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, where people are helping each other out and being good citizens and getting the message across of love and charity to people in this country who really need it? yeah you might learn to make a ring out of a quarter. really cool, for about 3 days, but who is that helping? no one. everyone can have an opinion, but you should check your opinions by the national number of people who are watching ty pennington every week. i understand you may just be using him as an example, but honestly, if you’re going to use an example as a crap show, turn on mtv for 10 minutes and see how beneficial it is.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:10:28 +0000

I can’t believe you didn’t put Break a Leg on here!
I’m insulted, and I’m not even involved with the show at all.
It’s just too good for you to not have in this article, which means you must not have seen it yet.
Check it out at http://www.breakaleg.tv/

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:06:30 +0000

maybe you’re working on another article that acts as a sequel saying that “Break a Leg” deserves to be on tv more than anything else…you can also feel free to steal this idea if you weren’t working on this article already.

http://www.breakaleg.tv

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:02:40 +0000

I'm quite surprised that the Current TV concept has yet to be ripped off. The format could work as a weekly or daily 30-60 minute series.

The problem with shows like Online Nation or Web Junk was that they were showing clips made for the net. If people used Current's mentality, where the net is the "minor leagues" to TV's "majors", the Web-Broadcast model could find success.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:54:46 +0000

The following plug is not shameless. Rest assured, it fills me with great shame to do this, especially since Karina already gave us a very nice writeup here at NTV. But nevertheless:

http://www.unleashed.tv

It’s an ongoing saga about the lives of struggling animal actors in Hollywood. At this point, we’re starting to wonder why Animal Planet hasn’t called.

By: neovids

neovids — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:41:43 +0000

Chris-

In my opinion anyone can have access to pitch a show if they are persistent enough. Also, this whole topic is a bit moot, because truth be told, none of these shows would pass the stringent standards imposed by networks---if TV execs were interested in one of these series they would most likely have to start from scratch.

-Matt

By: drew olanoff

drew olanoff — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:15:28 +0000

there’s just something about noodlescar that screams mainstream. maybe the fact that its the opposite of mainstream. it just works.

http://www.noodlescar.com

By: Paul Kontonis

Paul Kontonis — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:44:12 +0000

Ummm, you forgot only the funniest online sitcom “Break a Leg”!
Chris – if you haven’t seen it yet check out http://www.breakaleg.tv, let me know what you think!

By: Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:46:02 +0000

Hey Neovids,

Good point about interactivity, but what if you didn't have access to pitch anyone your TV show?

By: neovids

neovids — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:12:17 +0000

Long as we’re shameless plugging here, you might want to check out some of the shows on http://www.neovids.tv (which is going thru a revamp at the moment). An episode of our series HolyLandTV has been airing on CurrentTV this week, although I don’t think thats what you’re talking about in this article.

Also, I’m of the opinion that videos for the web should be either too controversial for TV or too interactive to pull off on TV, otherwise the medium is not really taken advantage of. Personally, if I had a show that I thought belongs on TV and has no distinct advantage being online then I’d pitch it to TV.

By: Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:51:42 +0000

Shameless plug away! I’ll check it out.

By: dateunknown

dateunknown — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:35:35 +0000

Date: Unknown! http://www.dateunknown.com

shameless plug