Quarterlife

Infobox Television
show_name = quarterlife


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genre = Drama, Comedy
creator = Marshall Herskovitz
Edward Zwick
writer = Devon Gummersall
Marshall Herskovitz
Lucy Teitler
Edward Zwick
director = Marshall Herskovitz
Eric Stoltz
developer = Quarterlife, Inc.
presenter =
starring = Bitsie Tulloch
Kevin Christy
Mike Faiola
Scott Michael Foster
Michelle Lombardo
Maїté Schwartz
David Walton
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composer = W.G. Snuffy Walden
country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 6
list_episodes = List of Quarterlife episodes
executive_producer =
producer = Marshall Herskovitz
Edward Zwick
Joshua Gummersall
supervising_producer =
asst_producer = Polly Ann Mattson
Andrea O'Connor
co-producer =
editor = Jennifer Pulver
story_editor = Marshall Herskovitz
Edward Zwick
location =
camera = John O'Shaughnessy
Nicole Thompson
runtime = Varies
network = [http://www.quarterlife.com Quarterlife] (online series)
[http://www.myspace.com/quarterlife MySpace] (online series)
NBC
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first_aired = Online: November 11, 2007 - March 9, 2008
Television: February 26, 2008
last_aired = March 9, 2008
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website = http://www.quarterlife.com
imdb_id = 0932670
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"quarterlife" is an American web series, also briefly an NBC television series, created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the creators of "Thirtysomething" and "Once and Again", and producers of "My So-Called Life". The show is about a group of twenty-something artists, who are coming of age in the digital generation. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/business/media/13quarterlife.html?ref=business Show Series to Originate on MySpace - New York Times] ]

The regular cast includes Bitsie Tulloch, Kevin Christy, Mike Faiola, Scott Michael Foster, Michelle Lombardo, Maїté Schwartz, and David Walton.

Characters

Main characters

*Dylan Krieger ("Bitsie Tulloch") is a self-proclaimed writer who works as an associate editor at a magazine called Attitude. She keeps a video blog on the social networking website Quarterlife.
*Debra Locatelli ("Michelle Lombardo") is Dylan's best friend and roommate. She works in her father's appliance store. Debra has anxiety problems.
*Lisa Herford ("Maїté Schwartz") shares the apartment with Dylan and Debra. She is in acting school and works as a bartender. Lisa also reluctantly becomes a singer for a band despite her low self-confidence.
*Jed Berland ("Scott Michael Foster") is next-door neighbor to the girls and a film maker fresh out of film school.
*Danny Franklin ("David Walton") is Jed's business partner and roommate. He is also Debra's ex-boyfriend; Danny and Debra broke up after he cheated on her.
*Andy Melman ("Kevin Christy") is Jed and Danny's 'sidekick', assisting them in the production of their videos.
*Eric Greensohn ("Mike Faiola") is an old friend of Debra's who comes to visit her and then stays to pursue a relationship with Dylan. Eric is an environmental activist.

Other characters

*Vanessa ("Majandra Delfino") is a free-spirited girl who dates Jed, Andy, and Danny.
*John ("O-T Fagbenle") is a musician who asks Lisa to join his band, and also dates her.
*Brittany ("Barret Swatek") is Dylan's boss who has some unresolved feelings towards Dylan.
*Carly ("Bree Turner") is a car saleswoman with whom Danny has an affair.
*Josh ("Mark Matkevich") is a bartender and co-worker of Lisa.
*Mindy Krieger ("Lolita Davidovich") is Dylan's mother.

Episodes

The first season was released online in 36 parts, each approximately eight minutes, from November 2007 to March 2008. These were combined into six hour-long episodes for television.

Broadcast History

Online

Each part of the series premiered nearly simultaneously on MySpace and the official Quarterlife site. It garnered the third-highest views of any scripted series in Myspace history. In five months, total online views for the series -- on Myspace, quarterlife, and YouTube -- were over 9 million. After the series was picked up by NBC, some of the hour-long episodes were made available on the NBC and Hulu websites. During this time, Herskowitz claimed the show accrued an average of 300k views per episode. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/magazine/24wwln-medium-t.html] .

Television

It was announced on November 17, 2007, that NBC had acquired the rights to air "Quarterlife" on broadcast television in early 2008, after the episodes have been broadcast on the Internet. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/business/media/17nbc.html?ref=business NBC Acquires ‘Quarterlife’; Internet Series Will Run First Online - New York Times ] ] [ [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ic336d29bbc1c4e8ff30eb2540383e789?imw=Y NBC picks up 'Quarterlife' series] ] In February 2008, NBC announced that "Quarterlife" would premiere on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, with the show moving to Sunday nights immediately afterwards. [ [http://www.nbc.com/quarterlife/ Quarterlife - NBC Site] ] The show garnered dismal ratings for its first episode, approaching levels not seen on NBC since the XFL, and teen demographic and general household ratings lower than a Democratic presidential debate airing at the same time on sister cable network MSNBC [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/27/AR2008022703374.html Lisa de Moraes - Score One for Old Media: Dems' Debate Is the Night's Hit, While Webby 'quarterlife' Shows None - washingtonpost.com ] ] . NBC announced that the series was canceled after airing only one episode.cite web | title = NBC Logs Off 'Quarterlife'| publisher =zap2it.com| url =http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcpullsquarterlife,0,4836180.story| date = | accessdate =2008-02-29] Its remaining episodes would air on its sibling channel Bravo following the NBC cancellation. [Hibberd, James. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ie4fce632e9ac5150da54ab3f14a8730f NBC's 'Quarterlife' shortchanges net] . Hollywood Reporter. 27 February 2008.] The show only had 3.9 million viewers in its debut -- the worst in-season performance in the 10 p.m. hour by an NBC show in at least 17 years. The show also got pummeled in the adults 18-49 demographic, where it managed only a 1.6 rating. [http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/02/27/nielsen-ratings-for-tue-feb-26-idol-dominates-jericho-crushes-quarterlife/2778] The show aired on E! in Canada in simulcast, however all reference to the show has been removed from their website since the cancellation. Full episodes can still be viewed on the NBC and FOX sponsored video site Hulu.com.

ee also

*List of television series canceled after one episode

References

External links

* [http://www.quarterlife.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/quarterlife Quarterlife] on MySpace
* [http://www.nbc.com/quarterlife/ Quarterlife] on NBC
* [http://www.hulu.com/show/381/quarterlife Quarterlife] on Hulu
*imdb title|id=0932670|title= Quarterlife
* [http://www.artfilmtalk.com/23-marshall-herskovitz-quarterlife/ Art Film Talk #23 Marshall Herskovitz] – Interview with the co-creator of the show, November 30, 2007 (audio)