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For reasons possibly brought on by the Writer’s Strike and its ironic ties to Internet TV, NBC has nabbed MySpace twentysomething e-show, Quarterlife, to air next numeric year on its own television channel.

[Daily News] Facing a possible freeze in new programming because of the Writer’s Guild of America strike, the network has reached an agreement with [Quarterlife creators] that would allow them to air six, hour-long episodes culled from the clips that are now airing on MySpace and quarterlife.com.

NBC will get the show after they’ve all run online.

[myspace]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=21681094[/myspace]

Quarterlife; Episode 1, pt. 1
You just have to get past the very early-in sing-song, and watch it get [mostly] better.

What this means is that not only will Internet savvy watchers be bored by literally re-runs later this winter, but a selling point and crucial aspect of the point of the show will be lost — it will not air online.

This matters for several reasons. The lead character in the show, Dylan, is a vlogger, (not blogger) which ties into not only the theme but the very lives of most quarterlifers, both in the fictional series and real life. We youth want innovation and shininess, and we just plain accepted and welcomed the premise — and this is a generation that can not be fooled when what was promised is taken away. We are not big business, and we don’t like it. Is that what this show will become?

And of course, it’s oh-so painfully ironic that the series will be taken off the Internet and put on the muddy airwaves of the boob tube, in this precise time of now. (Is anyone else pissed that our TV is being taken away?) I wouldn’t side with the networks in any new endeavor, and now this show might as well be taken away — for I say take it! It may have just lost its cool.

Conversely, however, co-creator, Marshall Herzkowitz, was quoted to say that “This serves the Writers Guild more than the companies.“ Read more and help explain that one to me!

This is a crime in metaphor! An injustice of example! Isn’t it ironic?

There are two ways of fixing this though. First of all, the series, concept and extras need to live on through www.quarterlife.com and MySpace. In fact, leave them/us to still get more 8 minute bits as we currently get, and create new content for hour-long sit-downs during prime time. That would really serve the ADD-web viewers and [to be] fans who want more equally well.

Finally, they need to stop being asshats and give the writers what they deserve!

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