Interviews with Digital Media Thought Leaders

Made-For-Web Video Sitcom Get’s Bought By CBS

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on February 16, 2008

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If you would like to learn about a scripted video sitcom that originated on the Web but has recently been purchased by CBS for a television pilot, this interview is for you.

Our guests today are Angel Acevedo, Steven Tsapelas, and Brian Amyot who are the producers of a made-for-the-Web scripted video sitcom called We Need Girlfriends at weneedgirlfriends.tv. The series achieved such wide popularity on the Net that CBS purchased it as a new pilot.