New Web TV Show May Benefit From Writers' Strike

'Quarterlife' created by the pair behind 'My So-Called Life'
By Colleen Barry,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 6, 2007 12:52 AM CST
New Web TV Show May Benefit From Writers' Strike
Marshall Herskovitz attends a premiere of "The Last Samurai" on Monday, December 1, 2003, in Los Angeles, California.   (KRT Photos)

Just as Hollywood writers go on strike, the Emmy-winning creators of "thirtysomething" and "My So-Called Life" are launching their new show, which will air not on TV but online, in eight-minute weekly webisodes. "Quarterlife" will focus on six twentysomething artist friends living in a big city, and characters and fans will be able to interact on quarterlife.com to form a social networking community.

Creators Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick have financed the show themselves in order to retain creative control, but say they're already hearing from very interested advertisers. "We've already made deals to cover productions costs," said Herskovitz. "We're reaching an audience that is not necessarily watching TV on a network," added Bitsie Tulloch, who plays the lead character Dylan, a blogger. (More television stories.)

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