"The Family Guy" plan for world domination apparently includes invading friendly web sites. “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" will be carried on the "Ads By Google" advertising network, fed directly to web sites where "Family Guy" guys and gals are likely to hang out. The New York Times broke the story early this morning in a … [Read more...]
‘Gossip Girl’: Lame ban on online video
The CW's astoundingly regressive move to pull "Gossip Girl" off the Internet probably wasn't much help in its "season premiere." Nielsen ratings show that the drama about Manhattan preppies pulled in 2.4 million viewers (1.3 rating/4 share) in its post-strike return to original episodes in a new time slot. That means "Gossip Girl" was up … [Read more...]
CBS Labs breaks out the high-def
CBS.com just joined the online HD party, streaming some low-grade, high-definition video. You can't find the content on the CBS home page, only on the labs.cbs.com site, where it was unearthed by someone at TechCrunch. The player is your basic basic. The images look quite good, with no buffering issues whatsoever on a cable modem. Some clips … [Read more...]
Disney-ABC soils web with ‘Squeegees’
ABC's new Stage 9 Digital Media production house just landed with a splat. The Disney-ABC TV group's first project for online video distribution is a piece of crap called "Squeegees." The comic webisodes featuring the misadventures of dudes who wash skyscraper windows can be found lurking abc.com and YouTube. The segments run for an eternity … [Read more...]
‘Quarterlife’ dead on arrival at NBC
"Quarterlife" is all done at NBC. The webisode series from the creators of "thirtysomething" drew a measly 3.1 million viewers in its debut on the network Tuesday night. Those are the worst numbers in that primetime slot in decades, since anyone can remember. In trade talk, that's a 1.3 rating/4 share. Yikes. "It never should have been a … [Read more...]
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