TV Maven: "quarterlife" Creator Not Ready to Give Up

The WebtoTV drama series quarterlife which premiered on NBC this week had a strong following in its twiceweekly webisode installments on MySpace and other sites But what plays in one medium can get lost in another amp160Hereamp8217s todayamp8217s statement from series cocreator Marshall Herskovitz about the showamp8217s dismal ratings and its possible future elsewhereamp160amp8220I am happy to say that the reports of quarterlifeamp8217s demise are exaggerated Weamp8217re deeply grateful for NBCamp8217s efforts to make quarterlife a success on network television However Iamp8217ve always had concerns about whether quarterlife was the kind of show that could pull in the big numbers necessary to succeed on a major broadcast network It is important to remember that quarterlife has already proved itself as a successful online series and social network with millions of enthusiastic fans We live in a media world today where many shows are considered successful on cable networks with audiences that are a fraction of those on the Big Four Iamp8217m confident that quarterlife will find the right home on television as wellamp8221amp160He sounded more hopeful about the seriesamp8217 success in this interview earlier this yearamp160

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Elaine Liner

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