Quarterlife

Online Exclusive: Television Execs Discuss Future of Network ...

source: sfvbj.com

 CA - Mark Madler, Mark Madler That illustrates a challenge that content creators and studios face in putting a series online in that the standards for measuring success have not been established. “Quarterlife” producer Marshall Herskovitz, making an earlier appearance at the ...

Published Thu, Apr 30

'Rockville CA'

source: Los Angeles Times

 CA Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, of "thirtysomething" fame, took a swing at it (and missed) with their online drama “Quarterlife,” which came with its own social networking site. And now Josh Schwartz, the much younger creator of "The OC" and the ...

Published Tue, Apr 28

Panel debates future of television

source: Variety

 CA Graboff agreed, citing the web series "Quarterlife" created by Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick in 2007. When it migrated to NBC, "there was massive rejection," he said. Braun said that the very definition of a hit needs to be revised for the Internet. ...

Published Tue, Apr 28

Review: 'Rockville CA'

source: latimesblogs.latimes.com

 CA Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, of "thirtysomething" fame, took a swing at it (and missed) with their online drama “Quarterlife,” which came with its own social networking site. And now Josh Schwartz, the much younger creator of "The OC" and the ...

Published Tue, Apr 28

TV On The Internet

source: Forbes

 NY Marshall Herskovitz, best known for Thirtysomething on TV and Quarterlife online believes an HBO-like subscription model would work if it was backed by known quantities like himself, Steven Bochco and David Chase. "If it had the marketing money behind ...

Published Tue, Apr 28

NBC's Chopping Block to return on summer Fridays for last 5 episodes.

source: TVbytheNumbers

I've never seen something like this happen before besides ‘Quarterlife'; NBC has already been putting episodes up each week on NBC.com. So the broadcast showings will be reruns of online material. Cool I absolutely meant Merlin, its terrible. ... Released by NBC The Futon Critic

Published Fri, Apr 24

MySpace signs brands for Freak

source: C21Media

 UK MySpace has had mixed fortunes with its original online commissions. In the US, Quarterlife entered the history books as the first web-to-TV crossover, but subsequently bombed on NBC. Beyond the Rave, a revival of the Hammer Horror brand in the UK, ...

Published Thu, Apr 23

Harper’s Island Tests New Strategy

source: Santa Monica Mirror

 CA Remember that web series Quarterlife? Someone thought they knew the “Y Generation” well enough to figure out that somehow audiences on the web would be interested in these whiny young people. Turns out, no one was. Funny thing about the online world ...

Published Thu, Apr 9