Did ‘Quarterlife’ jump the shark before it aired?
I was in the “quarterlife” generation when thirtysomething was on the air. I was thirtysomething when Once and Again was on the air (my wife and I called it “Angst and Again”). Now, I’m in the once-and-again generation. So my opinion of Quarterlife might not be valid.
But wow, who cares what I think? Apparently, nobody liked it, based on what I’m seeing on my Twitter stream and the blogs I’m hitting.
Fascinating. This show as a phenomenon on YouTube, right? So much so, that NBC grabbed it for real-TV-show? At this moment, part one of the Quarterlife video on YouTube has 794,288 views and 1,319 comments, most of which date back three months. It was a hit online. Now, some of the comments I’m reading about the premiere last night:
“NBC should have hopped on this band wagon when it was actually hot.” — A comment on the Quarter Life Crisis blog. (She also Twittered, “My traffic definitely increased during the premiere of Quarterlife last night. Interesting.”)
Other Twitter comments:
“Good lord, Quarterlife is ridiculous. Who thought ‘The guys who brought you 30Something” 20 years ago would know anything about Gen Y today?” (here)
“I thought quarterlife was a paltry attempt at authenticity.” (here)
“This Quarterlife show is terrible. People actually watched this online?” (here)
What went wrong?
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February 28th, 2008 at 9:15 am
According to Hollywood Reporter even the creator agrees this was a bad idea. I don’t agree that this show will have a life on cable, cable series tend to have intriguing substance.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I thought this show was pure garbage as well. I was literally done 6 minutes in. It was so fake that it made ‘Reality Bites’ look like a documentary. Awful. Pure drivel.