Comedy Central to bring ‘Web Shows’ to TV

The cable network experimented with some video shorts on MotherLoad, and now it’s bringing the best together along with video from Viacom’s AtomFilms in a new late-night TV show called Web Shows. Why will it air at 2 a.m.? The animated web short Baxter & Maguire is about a pair of testicles who are best friends. Hmmmm. There’s also Balloon Heads, a parody of celebrity; I Love The 30s, a spoof on the VH1 nostalgic countdown show; and Tiny Hands, a live-action show about a man whose hands are the size of a baby’s. “As we start to develop more of these [broadband shows], it’s our hope and goal to get linear-TV plays out of our short-form content,” said MTV VP of production Tim Healy.