MediaPost Publications | by Wayne Friedman | Fri, Feb 29
Fri, Feb 29
It's the TV programming version of a whiplash: NBC's "Quarterlife."
Share This t's the TV programming version of a whiplash: NBC's "Quarterlife." First it was on MySpace, then MTV, then NBC, and now onto Bravo --all in the space of what seems like a week. That's the quick life of an Internet d...
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