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Stephen Colbert Shines as Webby Winner

Posted by K.C. Morgan
Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, Cable, Internet

Stephen ColbertComedy Central host won’t be winning a bid in the U.S. Presidential election, but he has managed to walk away with one prestigious award on the year.

Colbert was recently named “Person of the Year” and given a Webby award to mark his feat. Webby awards, a vehicle dreamed up by the Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, are given out for Internet excellence, and those people who do their part to maintain this ideal. The award ceremony takes place June 9 and 10 in New York, but the winners are (as part of Webby tradition) only allowed to make a five-word acceptance speech.

“Person of the Year” is the highest Webby honor. Colbert won for “the innovative way he has used the Internet to interact with fans of .” Also known as the Colbert Nation, these fans have oft been prompted by Colbert to participate in online activities, such as changing the status of the American buffalo on Wikipedia. 

Read More | LA Times

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Gossip Girl Won’t Go to the Web

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Drama, Prime Time, The CW, Gossip, News, Ratings

Gossip Girl

Fans beware.  If you want to get your fix, you better plan ahead.  In hopes of creating more buzz for its popular freshman show, CW is going to make the drama’s five remaining episodes less available to the public.

Although the show has generated strong word of mouth during its debut season, network execs are still concerned about the cult hit’s bottom line.  Yes - people are watching...but it’s how they’re watching that really matters.  While streamlined videos allow Johnny-come-latelys to get caught up, that service detracts from the program’s daily numbers.

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Read More | Hollywood Reporter

South Park Episodes Available On Own Site

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Cable, Internet

South ParkTired of piecing together videos of from YouTube?  Well, the creators of the show are too.

To alleviate all the wasted time spent searching, and are offering fans of the show an easier way to keep up with the series.  They are now making every single episode of the program available on one site.  And for free!  In a joint statement, the duo said: “We got really sick of having to download our own show illegally all the time, so we gave ourselves a legal alternative.”

Although the shows are currently running ad free, expect that to change sometime in the near future.  Current episodes can also be found on the site though they will experience a short blackout period.

The site (which can be found here) has already had seen several million visitors since debuting last week.

Read More | Variety

Quarterlife Already Yanked from NBC Schedule

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Drama, Bravo, Cable, NBC, Cancellations, Internet, News, Ratings

DescriptionQuestion: What dubious honor do Anchorwoman and quarterlife have in common?  Answer:  They’re both one-and-out shows.

After just one airing, NBC has already decided to pull the plug on its experimental project.  (Apparently the network wasn’t feeling quite daring anymore.) - a project created by My So-Called Life‘s Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick - was an internet hit long before it hit the boob tube this week.  The Peacock execs, thinking the series’ built-in popularity would bring insta-ratings, gave the show a special debut earlier this week with plans to have it regularly air on Sunday nights.  Unfortunately, the idea was far too ambitious for its fickle viewers.

The show’s premiere gave NBC its lowest ratings in the Tuesday 10pm slot in approximately 17 years.  While I would usually chide a network for giving up so easily, in this case, I can’t say I blame them.  If the program couldn’t succeed in SVU‘s regular time slot, where would it?

Those still interested in watching quarterlife play out can either find it on the web or on its new home - (NBC’s sister station).

Read More | Hollywood Reporter

‘Lost’ Returns to TV and Web

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Lost, Internet, News

LostFans stunned by last May’s cliffhanger have been chompin’ at the bit waiting for a new season to begin.  For their patience, they were promised an uninterrupted 16 weeks of episodes come 2008.  Of course, the current had many wondering if their show’s status was in jeopardy.

Although some may fans may not like how has decided to resolve this issue, others will probably be grateful they have something - anything - to look forward to at this point.  The network could have opted to shelve their unfinished season (like FOX recently did with 24); they have instead chosen to air the finished eight episodes.  In other words, viewers will get only half of what was originally promised.  The good news?  Co-creator and executive producer says the eighth episode does come with its own cliffhanger.  The bad news?  Lindelof admits the planned story arc may have to adjust accordingly.

So until Season Four kicks off sometime this February, fans will have mini-teasers to tide them over.  ABC’s website will soon begin posting weekly vignettes featuring characters from the show.  The episodes - each only a few minutes long - are separately shot videos that somehow belong into the much larger Lost puzzle.  You can find the first ‘mobisode’ starting this Monday (November 12th).

Read More | E! Online

Daily Show Video Archive Online

Posted by Wendy Michaels
Categories: Comedy, Talk Shows, Cable, Daily Show, The, Cable/Satellite, Internet

Jon Stewart Daily Show fans, rejoice! Since fans couldn’t get their fill of The Daily Show on YouTube, they can now visit a site dedicated to the show, called (aptly enough) DailyShow.com. And, while the site excludes the earliest years when Craig Kilborn played host, you can visit and see every tasty bit of the show during Jon Stewart’s reign. The site just went live today, and I’ve already checked it out and, dare I say, I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You’ve got to see it and relive the glory days of Colbert, Stewart and Carell. Good times, with more than 16,000 video clips to choose from the past nine years. Yep, I could probably spend a good chunk of my free time over there reminiscing about the good times. And for fans of “Craigers” (Kilborn, that is), it’s expected that those clips may be up in 2008. I think Jon Stewart is the bomb, but it would be fun to see those old Kilborn episodes too. And, if you missed the previous night’s episode, the home page will feature clips there so you can stay up to date on all your Daily Show news. A helpful timeline of clips, plus search tools and tags by celebrity or correspondent should make searching for your favorite clips a bit easier.

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Ellen DeGeneres’ Doggy Troubles

Posted by Wendy Michaels
Categories: Daytime, Talk Shows, Gossip, Rumors

Ellen DeGeneres Wow. I just saw the video of Ellen DeGeneres breaking down on her show about her pet adoption. I had read about it, but it really is heart wrenching to see her sobbing. She spoke about a pet adoption that turned bad after she gave her adopted dog, Iggy, to a hairdresser. The dog’s energy level was a bit too much for her existing cats so she found a loving home with her hairdresser and her two daughters. Turns out that’s an oops, since she violated an agreement she signed with the Mutts and Moms Dog Rescue. Under the contract, if she was unable to keep the dog, he should have been returned to the rescue. Wrought with emotion, DeGeneres said, “I thought I did a good thing. I tried to find a loving home for the dog because I couldn’t keep it.” A few days after giving the dog to her hairdresser, a rep from the rescue and the police came and took the dog from the woman and her 11 and 12 year old daughters. Now, I understand the need for a contract, but you also have to agree that Ellen is an animal lover and she truly only had the best interest of the dog in line. She explained, “I feel totally responsible for it, and I’m so sorry. I’m begging them to give that dog back to that family. It’s not their fault. It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have given the dog away. Just please give the dog back to those little girls.”

Read More | E! Online

FOX Searches for ‘The Next Great American Band’

Posted by K.C. Morgan
Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Ratings, Rumors

FOX LogoNo one, not even FOX executives, could have predicted the outrageous success of American Idol. As far as reality shows go, Idol is the winner with viewers. Desperate to re-capture the same ratings success with reality, FOX keeps trying new reality ideas. On the Lot, which had a format very similar to Idol and focused on finding America’s next great director, didn’t sizzle over the summer. But the network still has high hopes for the much-touted new fall series, The Next Great American Band. And though the show isn’t even scheduled to premiere until its October 19 two-hour extravaganza, the Internet leaks have long since started. The problem with the leaks is the same problem which plagues the whole of the Internet: what information can be believed, and what can’t?

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Britney Spears YouTube Fan Signed to TV Deal

Posted by K.C. Morgan
Categories: Reality, Gossip, Internet

TVWhen reality competition shows first hit the scene, viewers delighted at the possibility that anyone, at any time, could potentially become a star. The girl next door. That guy you dated five years ago. Your friendly neighborhood cop. Reality TV is what paved the way for technical adaptations like YouTube…and now, are the next reality stars going to come from it? The 19-year-old fan whose tearful, over-dramatic YouTube video that became a media sensation has just signed his own TV deal. Yes, in all seriousness. Chris Crocker’s “Leave Britney Alone” message scored almost eight million hits, and now viewers will be treated to the “Chris Crocker Experience” on TV, which will no doubt be Britney-soaked. 

Read More | TV Guide

Justin Timberlake Wins Emmy For HIs ‘D--- In A Box’

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Late Night, Music, Prime Time, FOX, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Internet

TimberlakeJust a day before racking up Moon Men at the VMAs, added a more significant statue to his mantle:  an .  It’s probably the only award he received last weekend that was actually about a video.

Timberlake and ’s work on the digital short, ’D--- In A Box‘, earned them the Outstanding Original Music & Lyrics honor at Saturday’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards.  The performance, which originally aired on last December, has been an internet favorite ever since.

Does an award for this racy segment mean the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has suddenly become hip?  Probably not, but we can always hope.  Be looking for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards to air this Sunday (9/16) on .

Read More | Entertainment Weekly

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