When I wrote the post about the writers strike, and the idea that networks would start picking up web series, I thought that I was a few months ahead of the curve. It turns out I was only a few days ahead, as NBC just announced they are picking up a web series.
NBC has picked up the web series Quarter Life created by Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick. The 36 episode series, with each episode being 8 minutes, is being condensed into six, hour long episodes. For more info check out : NBC picks up ‘Quarterlife’.
I think NBC may have made a mistake though, since all the press I’ve read so far about the deal fails to mention the price. If they told the price, no matter how small by television standards, its probably big enough for independent producers to consider creating dramatic web series in hopes of getting picked up.