Comments on: Is Harper’s Globe Hitched to a Loser?

By: For CBS’s Fall Season, Digital Is All About Companion Content

For CBS’s Fall Season, Digital Is All About Companion Content — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:42:05 +0000

[...] online series and community called Harper’s Globe built alongside its now-canceled show Harper’s Island, original shows are not part of the fall picture. Instead, new original content initiatives are [...]

By: EQAL Foregoes Originals, Gets Cookin’ with Paula Deen

EQAL Foregoes Originals, Gets Cookin’ with Paula Deen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:30:37 +0000

[...] of those existing properties Goodfried is talking about include its partnership with CBS for Haper’s Island/Globe, working with Anthony Zuiker (creator of the CSI franchise) on the Level26.com portion of his [...]

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:45:40 +0000

CBS NEEDS The Immortal Caesar iShow quickly. They are attached to a big loser in equl.

By: What Will the Upfronts Bring for Web Video?

What Will the Upfronts Bring for Web Video? — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:42:00 +0000

[...] that we’ll be watching most closely is CBS, which ran its high-profile web/TV show fusion Haper’s Island/Globe and has a partnership with new media production company EQAL. The TV show has been a dog for the [...]

By: theDeterminedObserver

theDeterminedObserver — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:17:25 +0000

iTunes releases are behind the website. Are the hg website and you tube views counted as the same?

anyway, i started on iTunes so i'm behind and then realized that hg ep was released way before the first HI... Can't they just put all the eps on iTunes already!!!

By: Harper’s Island: Harper’s Globe

Harper’s Island: Harper’s Globe — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:24:21 +0000

[...] is suffering from falling ratings and it was subsequently moved from Thursday to Friday night. But a recent interview with EQAL, the people behind the website, stated that the site was doing very well. Maybe better than the show [...]

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:16:02 +0000

40,000 is the average for the weekly wrap-ups. I agree, could be a lot better. What Greg said was bigger than LG15 was the level of engagement from fans in the series, as reflected by comments and participation. As for the "thousands and thousands" of calls, I suppose it could be a few avid fans with speed dial?

By: Mathieas

Mathieas — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:34:53 +0000

As far as Harper's Globe being bigger than LG15 all I can say is I've seen Girl Tied Up, and Harper's Globe is no Girl Tied Up.

By: milowent

milowent — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:10:20 +0000

holden - the 40,000 number is roughly accurate, if you avg the weekly vids that have been up for a full week. week 6 is hovering about 27,000 views, so a downward trend is possible.

if you look at the daily vids they only get about 2-3,000 views each. which makes it kinda hard to believe that robin's request for phone calls got "thousands and thousands" of calls in response, but it was an interactive offering.

holden - its unlikely that a webseries is going to increase the views of a television show. i would have thought its more likely to go the other way, but i'm not sure that 40K views suggest that.

By: Holden

Holden — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:21:50 +0000

Are you kidding me? I don't know where to begin with this one. HG is integrated supplemental content so if it were doing that great it would have a positive impact on the source show. There's no reason to suggest it's had any impact. The way Greg spins it why would CBS sign up for another EQAL project? Unless he already knows that...

And where's that 40,000 view number come from? Last week's videos combined are no where near that. If the show were living on it's own wouldn't it maintain it's view numbers?