Quarterlife (stylized as quarterlife) is an American web series, also briefly an NBC television series in 2008, created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the creators of Thirtysomething and Once and Again , and producers of My So-Called Life . The show is about a group of twenty-something artists who are coming of age in the digital generation. [1]
Following the dismal reception of the premiere episode of the NBC television show as it coincided with a televised democratic primary debate with President Obama and Hillary Clinton, [2] [ circular reference ] the other five episodes were aired in a marathon on NBC Universal sibling channel Bravo on March 9, [3] making Quarterlife one of the few television shows to be canceled after one episode.
The regular cast included Bitsie Tulloch, Kevin Christy, Mike Faiola, Scott Michael Foster, Michelle Lombardo, Maïté Schwartz, and David Walton.
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Genre | Comedy drama |
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Developed by | Quarterlife, Inc. |
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Composer | W. G. "Snuffy" Walden |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Editor | Jennifer Pulver |
Running time | Varies |
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Network | NBC |
Release | February 26 – March 9, 2008 |
NBC announced on November 17, 2007 that the network had acquired the rights to air Quarterlife on broadcast television in early 2008, after the episodes have been broadcast on the Internet. [4] [5] In February 2008, NBC announced that Quarterlife would premiere on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, with the show moving to Sunday nights immediately afterwards. [6] The show's first episode earned 3.1 million viewers, falling behind shows on ABC, CBS, and MSNBC in the same time slot and ultimately ranking 17th for the night. [7] After the first episode failed to earn the ratings the network had hoped, NBC announced that the series would be canceled after airing only one episode. [8] Its remaining episodes would air on sibling channel Bravo following the NBC cancellation. [9]
The show's 3.1 million viewer rating was the worst in-season performance in the 10 p.m. hour by an NBC show in at least 17 years. While expected to be successful with teenagers due to its MySpace origins, Quarterlife lost to Bad Girls Club on Oxygen in the teen demographic and tied with the Democratic Presidential debate airing at the same time on sibling channel MSNBC. [7] The show also performed poorly in the adults 18-49 demographic, where it managed only a 1.6 rating. [8] [10]
The series aired on the then-existing E! television system in Canada in simulcast.
The first season was released online in 36 parts, each approximately eight minutes, from November 2007 to March 2008. Each eight-minute episode of the series premiered nearly simultaneously on MySpace and the official Quarterlife site. It garnered the third-highest views of any scripted series in Myspace history. These were combined into six hour-long episodes for television.
In five months, total online views for the series—on Myspace, Quarterlife, and YouTube—were over 9 million. After the series was picked up by NBC, some of the hour-long episodes (as edited for broadcast) were made available on the NBC and Hulu websites. During this time, Herskovitz claimed the show accrued an average of 300k views per episode. [11] After cancelation by NBC Episodes 2-6 were broadcast back-to-back on Bravo on March 9, 2008.
# | Title | Original airdate |
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1 | "Pilot" | February 26, 2008 |
2 | "Compromise" | March 9, 2008 |
3 | "Anxiety" | March 9, 2008 |
4 | "Goodbyes" | March 9, 2008 |
5 | "Finding a Voice" | March 9, 2008 |
6 | "Home Sweet Home" | March 9, 2008 |
Episode # | Title | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 |
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1 | "Pilot" | November 11, 2007 | November 11, 2007 | November 15, 2007 | November 18, 2007 | November 22, 2007 | November 25, 2007 |
2 | "Compromise" | November 29, 2007 | December 2, 2007 | December 6, 2007 | December 9, 2007 | December 13, 2007 | December 16, 2007 |
3 | "Anxiety" | December 20, 2007 | December 23, 2007 | December 27, 2007 | December 30, 2007 | January 3, 2008 | January 6, 2008 |
4 | "Goodbyes" | January 10, 2008 | January 13, 2008 | January 17, 2008 | January 20, 2008 | January 24, 2008 | January 27, 2008 |
5 | "Finding a Voice" | January 31, 2008 | February 3, 2008 | February 7, 2008 | February 10, 2008 | February 14, 2008 | February 17, 2008 |
6 | "Home Sweet Home" | February 21, 2008 | February 24, 2008 | February 28, 2008 | March 2, 2008 | March 6, 2008 | March 9, 2008 |
Characters in the Series post video blogs on quarterlife.com, Myspace, and YouTube.
Title | Vlogger | Airdate |
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Storyteller | ANDY | October 31, 2007 |
Hi roommates! | DYLAN | November 11, 2007 |
My first video blog! | DYLAN | November 11, 2007 |
There is no way Brittany is on Myspace, so... | DYLAN | November 14, 2007 |
On Lisa | DYLAN | November 14, 2007 |
Growing up | DYLAN | November 17, 2007 |
My rant about people, money and jobs. | DYLAN | November 25, 2007 |
Sexuality | DYLAN | November 25, 2007 |
I Have A Blog | ANDY | November 29, 2007 |
Choices are scary | DYLAN | November 29, 2007 |
We have a visitor... | DYLAN | December 1, 2007 |
Who's sexiest? | ANDY | December 6, 2007 |
Zoning Out | DYLAN | December 6, 2007 |
LET'S TALK ABOUT SWINGERS | ANDY | December 8, 2007 |
SERIOUSLY DAMAGED | DYLAN | December 8, 2007 |
Dylan Krieger and... | DYLAN | December 12, 2007 |
THE KISS | DYLAN | December 16, 2007 |
INTEGRITY AT 24 FRAMES PER SECOND | JED | December 16, 2007 |
The Toyota Commercial | JED | December 16, 2007 |
HUNKS OF GLOBAL WARMING | DYLAN | December 19, 2007 |
PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY, BABY | ANDY | December 19, 2007 |
DATING CHICKS | JED | December 19, 2007 |
BLOG ATTEMPT | DANNY | December 20, 2007 |
MESSAGE TO MY SUITORS | LISA | December 20, 2007 |
Bathroom | DEBRA | December 22, 2007 |
Oh Sigh | DYLAN | December 22, 2007 |
WHY? | JED | December 22, 2007 |
I Too Can Blog | DANNY | December 23, 2007 |
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