by Tubefilter News on October 23rd, 2009
What a week! Monday kicked off another installment of Web Television Week out here in Los Angeles, a full week of web television and digital entertainment related events like the IAWTV Prospective Member Meeting, Digital Hollywood Fall, and of course, Going LIVE! presented by the Hollywood Web Television Meetup. We made a little announcement as well about our friends over at Tilzy.tv.
And speaking of going live, Sandeep Parikh’s comedy The Legend of Neil followed up its Season 2 finale with a live chat on UStream with the cast.
The big news of the week was the breaking story of Rob Corddry’s Streamys-nominated comedy web series Childrens’ Hospital heading to able network Adult Swim after negotiations broke down between Warner Brothers and Comedy Central.
And Roku might be pulling off a sneak-around with its next rollout bringing on a whole new crop of streaming original web content.
by Marc Hustvedt on October 21st, 2009
Rob Corddry’s popular comedy web series Childrens’ Hospital looks to be heading to cable network Adult Swim next year, according to remarks made by Warner Bros.’ CEO Barry Meyer today at Broadcasting & Cable/Multichannel News OnScreen Media Summit in New York.
The series was nominated for a multiple Streamy Awards back in March, including Best Comedy Web Series, Best Female Actor in a web series for Megan Mullally and Corddry for Best Male Actor.
After talks reportedly broke down between Warner Brothers and Comedy Central, Adult Swim, which shares channel space with Cartoon Network, made an offer to pick up the absurd comedy for the spring season.
Rob Corddry produced the series along with friends David Wain (star and creator of Wainy Days) and Jonathan Stern (producer of Horrible People, and Wainy Days).
by Jacob Nahin on April 21st, 2009
Hasbro has released its first batch of episodes for the greatly anticipated animated web series, G.I. Joe Resolute. With the exception of the finale, each episode of the series is being released by Cartoon Network on AdultSwim.com, with the first episode posted online April 17.
The series, penned by comic-book writer Warren Ellis, is a darker, edgier version of the classic cartoon. G.I. Joe: Resolute will aim for a PG-13 rating and try to appeal to older fans who watched the original TV show back in the 80s.
