Comments on: Can Web Clip TV Shows Make a Comeback? http://gigaom.com/video/can-web-clip-shows-make-a-comeback-on-oldteevee/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:31:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: UT Vols Fan http://gigaom.com/video/can-web-clip-shows-make-a-comeback-on-oldteevee/#comment-472800 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:07:10 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=26327#comment-472800 The reason nobody watches these type shows – they aren’t funny.

]]> By: Earnest http://gigaom.com/video/can-web-clip-shows-make-a-comeback-on-oldteevee/#comment-472799 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:35:35 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=26327#comment-472799 There’s nothing inherently wrong with “viral video” shows. They just seem to suffer in execution. Web Junk with Patrice O’Neal was hilarious because he was charismatic and his reactions to videos were priceless. With Jim Breuer, however, the show fell apart. The two things necessary to make one of those shows work are excellent hosts (ala Tosh) and brilliant execution (see Chance for Redemption).

I think you’ve miscounted the number of viral video shows. There’s G4′s Web Soup, Comedy Central’s Tosh.0, MTV’s DJ & The Fro, and finally My Network’s World’s Funniest Moments, which features clips from my employer, Stupidvideos.com.

While I do believe that viral video shows can be successful, I think the number of shows built around viral videos may be too great, given the relatively small amount of content that is actually worth looking at or talking about.

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