My latest little project. Titled Huge. More info can be gathered on it here.
fek:
Private funding and alternative distribution methods are the future of TV - you think It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia and Lost would have the audiences they have without their internet presence? Think not. Hollywood’s only starting to get it, and soon, you’re going to have TV shows picked up to network the way studios acquire “indies” at festivals: through stand-alone productions which are privately financed and sold to the highest bidder after the tangible product has proved its market value (vis-a-vis festival reception for internet reception and unique views). This is going to open up the field for good television to get much, much better. QUARTERLIFE was the first example, but it’s a dumb one: NBC picked up something that MySpace users enjoyed - MySpace users exclusively, mind you, and we know who those people are - written by writers with some kind of track record (one that hasn’t mattered in years, but, whatever). Oh, and also because there was a strike going on. Cajun and his partners get the idea: create a product, ready it to sell. When a network is in a programming crunch, sneak in and get it on the air. You might’ve just seen the next huge FX hit premiere in your Tumblr dashboard - it’s not a far-fetched plot.
Is Fek just some rambling nobody? Maybe! I have no idea who he is. (Edit: He writes for blogs. So maybe he’s about as qualified as I am to speak on this, which is to say more than your aunt, but not much more than you.) (Edit again: he’s definitely more qualified than I am. Sorry if you thought I was insulting you, Fek!) But NBC Universal president Jeff Zucker agrees.
