by Jonathan Hludzinski on February 13th, 2009
I like this. It’s a little uneven, but at the moment I’m feeling good about it. It’s like when you go out to dinner and the waiter screws some stuff up here and there, but at the end of the night, you have a good buzz, the candlelight is just right and the waiter redeems himself with a recommendation of the best dessert you’ve ever had. I can’t say every episode of Shrinks is going to be great, but two out of three so far ain’t bad.
Writer, director, creator and star, Gregg Brown has set himself with a daunting task. As the tagline says, ‘One patient. So Many Doctors.’, Shrinks is about a slightly anxious and awkward Roman Lorber (Brown) and his visit to a new shrink every episode. It would be nice to know why he sees a new one each time, but it’s not imperative…yet. It might become imperative if Brown’s central production issue becomes too daunting, which I fear it might. The suspense killing you yet?
by Lindsay Stidham on February 13th, 2009
I have some friends who swear by JDate. They met on the site a little over a year ago and they are already talking about what they will name their children. Still, is the internet world interested in a web series that sadly looks at bad as an eHarmony ad?
While based on the preview, JDating – Real People, Real Journeys doesn’t look quite as spicy hot as The Real World, the show is not ashamed to use pretty Jewish women in bathtubs as a ploy to get eligible young doctors and lawyers to sign-up for the service. In fact, the show seems merely a shameless parade of people who are forgoing anonymity completely all in the name of a shilling the site.
by Joshua Cohen on February 12th, 2009
If you aren’t familiar with Atom‘s web series you should spend some quality time on this page and bask in a pleasant LCD-emitted glow of digital entertainment. After a face lift to the site and major reconstructive surgery to the brand in mid 2008, Comedy Central’s online outpost of original programming has been home to [...]
by Marc Hustvedt on February 12th, 2009
Comedy Central’s web comedy network Atom.com today announced its slate of original web series for 2009, naming more than 15 series coming down the pipe throughout the year. Highlighting the list are A.D. Miles’ new sultry comedy Hot Sluts! Rated R (see our interview with A.D. for more about this series) and season 2 of Sandeep Parikh’s Zelda-spoofing Legend of Neil which is back for seven new episodes.
* Nick’s Big Show: (6 episodes, Spring 2009) — This new web series is a mockumentary that follows comedian Nick Thune as he quits stand up and writes, directs and produces his dramatic one man show.
* House Arrest With Andy Dick: (5 episodes, premieres Spring 2009) — While being detained at home for drug related charges, comedian Andy Dick passes the hours by interviewing his celebrity pals (scheduled guests include Tom Green, Joel Greco of Cheaters, and Sally Kirkland)
* Hot Sluts! Rated R: (5 episodes, Spring 2009) — The creators of the hit Web series Horrible People and Wainy Days return with a nighttime soap opera parody about the new girl in town trying to make her way at a seedy, down-at-the-heels club. Hot Sluts is executive produced by A.D. Miles, Jonathan Stern and Joe LoTruglio and written by Miles and LoTruglio.
* The Berry-Agee Experiment: (4 episodes, Summer 2009) — Comedian Steve Agee (The Sarah Silverman Program) and British comic Matt Berry (The Mighty Boosh) find new and inventive ways to put each other down … in song.
* El Vacio: (15 episodes, Spring 2009) — Worldwide Biggies and the sketch comedy trio of Dominic Dierkes, Jonathan Gabrus, and Chris DeLuca deliver office comedies that skewer the viral humor, addictive interaction and infinite possibilities of the internet.
* Dutch West Short Shorts: (13 episodes, Spring 2009) — Utterly random, fast-paced and funny micro-comedy from sketch comedians Dutch West.
* Legend of Neil Season 2: (7 episodes, Summer 2009) — Following the season 1 success of Legend of Neil, creator Sandeep Parikh returns to Atom with more of the exploits of the classic video game hero, Neil.
* American English With Jimmy T: (5 episodes) — Jimmy T hosts a show where he teaches American words and phrases to a Japanese audience. Produced by Laurie Kilmartin.
* Special Features: (3 episodes) — Animator Dan Meth, creator of the web hit The Meth Minute, skewers Hollywood mega-blockbusters.
* The Shaman: (6 episodes) — Comedian Jason Nash stars as the new-age healer who moves in with a reluctant roommate.
* White Gorilla: (4 episodes) — An albino gorilla immigrates to the US and struggles to fit in. By Jim Biederman, Burt Kreischer, and Chris Gillen.
* White People Problems: (music video) — Zach Selwyn reminds everyone that Caucasian-Americans have problems too.
* My Profile Story: (pilot) — A social networking parody from Benny and Rafi Fine.
* Puppet Rodeo: (pilot) — Kevin Maher, creator of Atom’s hit pilot Old People News, returns with puppet cowboys and real life cats and dogs.
* The Deepening: (pilot) — Viral hitmakers The Duncan Brothers stage a choose-your-own-adventure cop show.
* Video blogs from Mike DeStephano, Kurt Metzger and Mike Rose. Multi-episode deals with rising comedy stars including Dan Levy, Jake Fleisher, Will Carlough, Riegel & Blatt, Todd Berger and The Landline.
by Jamison Tilsner on February 12th, 2009
One of Blip.tv‘s most recent hires commented to me by Facebook-chat yesterday that his new set of colleagues is a rare combination of thinkers, dreamers and doers. Indeed, the brand that has become synonymous with web shows has grown, morphed and innovated because of its founders’ unending devotion to one simple goal: serving video creators. [...]
by Joe Eddy on February 12th, 2009
The key to a good mock rock-umentary is that you must LOVE your subject. Christopher Guest loves folk music. Tenacious D (along with Guest and Rob Reiner) love metal. The Lonely Island loves hip hop and R&B. Bret Mckenzie and Jemaine Clement love pop music in general. The love translates into what’s most important: the [...]
by Pat Miller on February 12th, 2009
Trey Stokes of Pink Five fame has released a teaser trailer of his most recent project, a science fiction thriller web series called Ark: The Series, produced by Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah of 90210 notoriety.
Ark: The Series began life as part of a collaboration between digital media company 60Frames and independent graphic novel publisher Oni Press. If you have already fallen in love with the Alien-esque aesthetics, you’re in luck – Ark is supposed to release simultaneously as a comic book and a web series, each dealing with different stories in the Ark universe.
All we know about Ark: The Series is that it stars Renee O’Connor (Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess), Adam Cardon and Marjo-Riikka Makela, and that it starts with a woman named Connie being waking up in a pod on a spaceship instead of her bed like she expected. Other than that, details are fairly sparse – which is why we were lucky enough to get some answers from Trey himself.
by John Manalang on February 12th, 2009
Creator and host Jeffrey Berman steps into interview web series, The Write Environment, as he puts us face-to-face with some of the most talented writers in the industry such as Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog (and Buffy The Vampire Slayer) mastermind Joss Whedon, Entourage creator Doug Ellin, Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof and Heroes executive producer Tim Kring.
Aside from dissecting the minds of television writers, Berman has been also hitting up the web with Strike.TV. “For the next several months I’m doing a series of live interviews from the Writers Store in Los Angeles,” said Berman. “I interviewed Robert Hewitt Wolfe, writer/executive producer of shows like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, The 4400, The Dresden Files and The Dead Zone,” he said, which is now available. Berman also struck a deal with Strike.TV to do a one-hour interview on the site, as he prepares to talk with Tim Minear, writer/Executive producer of Dollhouse, Angel, Firefly, The X-Files and more.
