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Taking The Onion's Web Series to Television

Event Interactive 2011
Format Panel
Organizer Carol Kolb http://www.theonion.com/video
Description This panel will explore the Onion News Network’s transition from producing web videos to producing two television series. The Onion News Network began launching web videos in 2007. The creative team behind the web series is currently producing two television series. Both the “Onion News Network” and “Onion Sports Network” (for The Independent Film Channel and Comedy Central, respectively) are set to premiere in early 2011.
Questions
Answered
  1. What have you been able to do in these television series that you could not do with the web videos?
  2. What were the biggest challenges in developing these series?
  3. How have you maintained The Onion brand of news while partnering up with other networks?
  4. Do you think television will always be relevant, or will the Internet eventually take over T.V. programming?
  5. Has the development of these television programs affected web videos in any way? If so, how have the web videos been affected?
Level Beginner
Category Other
Tags comedy, television, web series