Too Many 'YouTube' Based Shows Are Coming Out At Once

Sir Nicky Talent · 06-05-2009, 04:03 PM

I have noticed this week that the same show is being advertised too much. It isn't really the same show. It is just the same idea on three different channels. All of them, ironically, debuted this week. First One is on MTV in animated form of DJ and The Fro. The second one debuted Sunday on G4 with one of my favorite comedians Chris Hardwick in the show "Web Soup". Another one debuted in another comedian hosted show called Tosh.0.

It seems a craze that is too easy to market. It also seems like a very unoriginal idea. You're presenting a show (or shows) in which the main humor is from YouTube videos people can search them up.

Put some horrible jokes behind these shows (Sorry Hardwick and Tosh, you guys are still epic) and you have a commercial failure.

What is your opinion? Is it too clustered?

Necro · 06-05-2009, 04:04 PM

Very inexpensive shows to produce, probably pay the people nothing too. Will get some ratings cause teens are into that crap. Pretty good combo. Will I watch? Hell no.

Doctor Doom · 06-05-2009, 06:47 PM

I'm guessing these channels want to compete against one another for ratings. Viral videos are becoming a thing now and it's making it's way to television. Why? IMO, we've seen enough reality TV that we hate it so much, now we're possibly be seeing more viral video shows to hate it as well and the creativity has lacked lately. The idea's abysmal at best and it should stay online.

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