Quarterlife

Sweeping changes for February TV

source: Kansas City Star

 MO Last year it was the unnecessary writers’ strike, brought on by corporate greed, that resulted in reality shows like “Big Brother” and walking-dead shows like “Welcome to the Captain” and “Quarterlife” being parked in the spaces reserved for first-run ...

Published Sat, Feb 7

I Am A Child Of Television: One Word Describing NBC’s Schedule ...

source: I Am A Child Of Television

Because of the Writers Strike Bionic Woman aired all of the episodes shot. On the other hand Quarterlife aired once, and according to Wikipedia it was "the worst in-season performance in the 10 p.m. hour by an NBC show in at least 17 ...

Published Wed, Nov 19

Internet Evolution - Mathew Ingram - TV & the Internet: Get Better ...

source: Internet Evolution

On the content side, the Hollywood writers' strike produced a wave of Web shows developed by people such as Joss Whedon, the creator of the hit show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (who created a Web show called Dr. Horrible) and Quarterlife, ...

Published Tue, Nov 4

Truemors :: ‘Quarterlife’ Dead on Arrival at NBC

source: Truemors

Yikes. “It never should have been a network show,” co-creator Marshall Herskovitz said the morning after his bomb fell. Give NBC credit for looking to the Web for some experimental programming as the writers strike dragged on. ...

Published Thu, Aug 7

NBC’s Silverman: “Quarterlife” My Biggest Disappointment Of The Year

source: Aware 11

NBC is in fourth-place in the ratings. The network is praying series like "Heroes" return well in the fall after a nine-month hiatus imposed by the writers strike. Talks with the actors are at an impasse over digital revenues, ...

Published Mon, Jul 21

Q&A: Silverman Speaks Out on Year One

source: Television Week

Ben Silverman joined NBC a year ago this month, teaming up with Marc Graboff to tackle the dual role of chairmen, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios. It’s been an eventful year, dominated by the disruption of the writers strike and the Big Five networks’ continuing struggle ag...

Published Sun, Jul 20

MySpaceTV gets worldwide distribution support from Rupert’s daughter

source: Gadgetell

Despite the challenges facing the Web TV market brought about by the prolonged US writers strike and the lackluster performance of MySpaceTV’s previous take on Web TV broadcasting via its “Quarterlife” show, Shine Group still believes ...

Published Thu, Apr 10

One 'Quarterlife' to Live

source: Television Week

The last month or so haven’t been terribly kind to “Quarterlife.” The original Web series from thirtysomething” creators Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick made waves when it was picked up for broadcast by NBC during the writers strike, ...

Published Mon, Mar 31