Old shows getting lots of eyeballs online
Cory Bergman April 28th, 2008
In a press conference this afternoon, Warner Bros. is expected to announce today that it’s resurrecting the WB network — online. The site will feature archive video of many of the WB’s classic shows. Warner Bros. is pursuing the “long tail” of content, much like Hulu has done with its extensive lineup of vintage shows. As we wrote about a couple weeks ago, Hulu’s most popular show is no longer on the air: Arrested Development. Mitchell Hurwitz, the co-created of the show, said the online popularity of his former program is “enormously rewarding in every way except for financially.” Hurwitz said if video streaming had been as popular as it is now a few years ago, perhaps Arrested would’ve been saved.
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1. Charles | April 28th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
It’s official. (Click my name.)
The (new) WB will have new shows, plus old favorites, like Friends, Everwood, Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars, Spencer: For Hire, Wonder Woman, and more.
Interestingly enough, Facebook seems to be a big part of this push.
2. Gorman | April 28th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
The WB’s and Hulu’s audience would be even bigger Adobe/Wii could work out getting Flash 9 on their browser. I’d rather watch video via these sites than run cabling everywhere or shell out money for AppleTV.
3. Safran | April 28th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
It’s almost as if I wrote about this in November, 2005…
4. Dave | April 29th, 2008 at 6:08 am
Ahhh late 2005… It was a time of Mr Pibb + Red Vines = Crazy Delicious.
5. Hussman | April 29th, 2008 at 6:11 am
Wow, this smells like the demise of cable
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