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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, this summer’s runaway sitebuster from creator Joss Whedon is finally available on DVD just in time for the holidays. The special edition DVD ships December 19th though you can pre-order now with 2-day shipping to ensure you actually get one in time. Pre-order sales are already shooting up the Amazon charts.

Arguably the most popular original online series to date, Dr. Horrible gave the nascent web series community a certified commercial success and a reference point of what an online hit actually looks like. Even before the show’s soundtrack dominated the music charts in September, the series had already grossed over $2 Million by most accounts just from iTunes downloads in the first few weeks of its release.

The DVD is loaded with special features as expected: making-of featurette, Evil League of Evil (ELE) applications and musical commentary from Joss and his co-writers (his brothers Jed and Zack Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen) and of course the stars—Felicia Day, Neil Patrick Harris, Simon Helberg and Nathan Fillion. Yes, you read that correctly, even the commentary is a muscial. “Commentary! The Musical” is the most painstaking and exhausting piece of whimsey I have ever mistaken for a good idea,” wrote Joss on on Whedonesque.”It has nearly twice as much music as Dr. Horrible itself — since you can’t really talk that much during a commentary musical or it sounds like a regular commentary.

We hope everyone had an enjoyable and satiating Thanksgiving holiday. This week marked some great advances in the web television space, with web darling Felicia Day’s The Guild locking up a major deal with Sprint and Microsoft, and Sony Pictures Television’s Crackle releasing a new slate of original programming with shows for every day of the week. Brian Singer is prepping for a new sci-fi series with Warner Premiere, and the beloved You Suck at Photoshop creators launched their new Adobe-sponsored series Agency of Record.

* ‘The Guild’ Lands Microsoft and Sprint In Exclusive Deal
* ‘Agency of Record’ Sets Bar for Web Series Product Integration
* Bryan Singer, Warner Prepping Sci-Fi Thriller Series ‘H+’
* Crackle’s New Programming Slate: Finally, A Web Studio with a Clue. Sort Of.

Superman Returns and X-Men director, Bryan Singer was recently approached by Warner Premiere to produce a webshow, reports Andrew Wallenstein of The Hollywood Reporter.
The direct-to-video label is now one of many under the Warner umbrella investing in digital media. In fact, we’re having difficulty keeping all of Warner’s digital divisions straight. But the [...]

Thanks to all who made it out to the very social November meetup at Barney’s Beanery. Next Wednesday, December 3, we are hosting another Hollywood Web Television Meetup at the Screen Actors Guild in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile. This one will be well worth attending—we have some great speakers lined up for you this month:

* Felicia Day
Creator of the hit series The Guild (which just locked a killer distribution deal with Microsoft and Sprint for Season 2) and star of web phenom Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

* Cristian Cussen
Vice President of Original Content at MySpaceTV

This April Pitchfork, longtime online go-to for the latest in independent music, launched Pitchfork TV, an online channel dedicated to chronicling indie music. In addition to posting mini-documentaries, carefully curated music videos, and even some feature films, Pitchfork TV is also the home to the original comedy series Beardo.

Created by Tim Harrington, front man of the New York indie art punk outfit, Les Savy Fav, and all around cool bearded guy, it’s easy to see how the show gets it’s name. Known for his stage theatrics, Harrington is a natural in the format of the series, which feels almost like a one-man variety show.

Online video is used to market books, why not the buildings that house them? In September, the New York Public Library – an institution whose origins date back to 1895 when the private libraries of John Jacob Astor and James Lenox consolidated with the Samuel Jones Tilden Trust – launched its very own YouTube channel [...]

Happy Thanksgiving Week everyone! Fall is in full effect (even here in L.A., it has dropped below 70), so now is a good time to snuggle in and watch some web tv, or find a quick escape from family during the holiday. We’ve picked some classics for you to get you through the holiday week.

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The intensely self-referential web series that’s a mock documentary of the making of a reality show about a Hollywood agent that represents agents, ["(Layers)"] takes “meta” to the extreme. Starring Cavemen’s Nick Kroll and Back on Topps’ Jason and Randy Sklar and featuring Roommating’s Erin Gibson and the gang from FX’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, this series has a lot going on beneath, above, and in-between the surface.

Season 2 of The Guild launched today. The first 10-episodes of the online series created by World of Warcraft junkie Felicia Day were made possible by contributions from viewers like you, but the show’s sophomore season has a big-time sponsor and distributor (in addition to using equipment donated by the Casanovas crew).
Ms. Day gained popularity from Joss Whedon’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer and was the object of Dr. Horrible’s (and many [...]