Posts with tag MySo-calledLife
Posted Nov 19th 2007 10:21AM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Web, Pickups and Renewals
It's being called a
"revoluntionary step" in television entertainment.
Quarterlife, created by
thirtysomething's Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick, has the honor of becoming the first webseries to be acquired for broadcast television. The hour-long drama will begin airing on NBC sometime in February.
Herskovitz and Zwick reportedly
launched the series (about a twentysomething video blogger and her friends) directly on the web in order to maintain complete creative control. However,
after viewing the series online , I began to suspect that
quarterlife simply wasn't good enough for primetime. In fact, I doubted it would ever gain a strong fanbase or end up on network television.
Shows how much I know.
Continue reading NBC picks up webseries 'quarterlife'
Posted Nov 2nd 2007 11:48AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: TV on DVD, Contests and Giveaways
If you haven't entered our latest giveaways yet, here's a reminder that some are ending today. You've got until 5PM Eastern today to enter the
Twin Peaks Definitive Gold Box edition DVDs and the
Criss Angel Mindfreak season one DVDs. You've got until Monday to enter the
CMA Awards iPod giveaway and the
My So-Called Life complete series DVDs. Just head on over to the post linked above, read through the rules and make the applicable comment there (not here!) We'll notify the winners next week.
Good luck!
Posted Oct 30th 2007 8:58AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, TV on DVD, Contests and Giveaways
As if we didn't already have some
incredible things to giveaway here already, here's one that just passed over the TV Squad desk late last night, and it couldn't possibly wait until next week. We've got three copies of
My So-Called Life - the complete series on DVD, which is already available in stores today (review of the set coming here soon). All you've got to do is submit a comment below before 5PM Eastern, November 5, and mention why you'd like to own the series. We'll randomly choose three winners to receive the DVDs!
Some other details:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating why you'd like to own the My So-Called Life series on DVD.
- The comment must be left before Monday, November 5, 2007 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Three winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Three winners will receive a copy of My So-Called Life complete series DVDs (valued at $69.99).
Click here for complete Official Rules.Posted Mar 28th 2007 8:39PM by Meredith O'Brien
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, OpEd, 24
*If you haven't watched the new episode of 24 yet, don't read any more, unless you want to find out what happened.*
Viewers are getting restless. And they're grumbling. Across the blogosphere. Among TV critics. And the buzz isn't good. People are hoping that things turn around for 24 and their boy Jack Bauer soon. 'Cause the most recent episode . . . well, 'twas disappointing.
Nonetheless, I'll try to be positive (and snarky) as I recap four select moments from this week's episode:
Quote of note: It's a Chloe O'Brian "quote of note" victory. Again. Three weeks in a row. "We all thought she was guilty. This is gonna be awkward," our gal Chloe said as Nadia Yassir prepared to rejoin her CTU colleagues after Yassir was briefly detained for suspected treasonous behavior.
Continue reading 4 from 24: More on hour 15
Giveaways reminder: Office, Eli Stone, Supernatural, South Park
Giveaway Thursday: Tickets to the New York Television Festival ... all of it!
I miss the media-friendly John McCain - VIDEOS
