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ABC Picks Up Web-Derived Series ‘Motherhood’ external link

Rate   Television Week | Fri, Sep 5

Fri, Sep 5  MI - Sep 5, 2008
The last Internet-to-TV project to air was NBC’s “Quarterlife,” which was canceled almost as soon as it hit the airwaves. ...

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 NY Moreover, we need only look back at the less-than-successful launch of "Quarterlife" in its transition from MySpace to NBC to see how many lessons were learned this time. As opposed to simply being taken from MSN and put on ABC, "In the Motherhood" was ...

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