Hulu Introducing Original Programming, Five Minutes At A Time

by Ray Rahman | 12:52 pm, December 6th, 2010

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Ever think to yourself, I wish there was a show out there that was The Daily Show meets SNL‘s Weekend Update segment meets SportsCenter? Then it’s your lucky day, because Hulu is currently planning an original program that aims to be just that. This program, whose genre is listed as infotainment/comedy/satire, will run for five minutes every Monday through Friday and offer a “quick and humorous survey of the past 24 hours of media and pop culture.” So, basically, it’s the Internet.

The show is still in early stages, but All Things Digital has some of the details:

Think of all of the TV shows that do something like this already–pretty much everything that runs on E! and half of what runs on VH-1–and shrink it down to a bite-size Web creation.

Of course, there are a number of websites that more or less serve that function, from Best Week Ever to Gawker TV to this website right here. But Hulu plans to further simplify the media landscape by having hosts present it to you, which will keep you safe from ever having to read any pesky words and stuff.

Who will be hosting? It could be you! All Things Digital has dug up the casting call ad, as well as more information of the new show, here.

All Things Digital, Hulu, SportsCenter, The Daily Show, Weekend Update

Magister

The link makes the comparison to E!’s “Soup”, which I can see and though I never watch the full version, I do subscribe to the two and a half minute version called “Condensed Soup” and the smorgasbord of clips, via Hulu.

Another appropriate-sounding online-only comparison would be Yahoo!’s long-running “Primetime in No Time” and “Daytime in No Time“, but like so many things Yahoo!, you sort of have to know that they’re there.
Magister

BTW: Somewhat off-topic for the post, but kind of related to AllThingsD’s mention of programming found exclusively on Hulu and this is as good a place as any to make a recommendation, I also subscribe to “Stiller & Meara“. They don’t show clips, so the comparison isn’t precise, but their three camera, one and a half minute, YouTube-style musings produced by their son Ben have been getting an immediate viewing from me.

Of course they may eventually find their way to the backburner like Hulu’s old “Dating Brad Garrett“, the “Movieola Shorts” or their walk through David Susskind’s library, but with them coming-in at just over a minute and because I’m longtime fans, since their debut, the new episodes of “Stiller & Meara” don’t last long in my queue.
Magister

PS) One more and then I’ll shut up: Yahoo! at least used to have a best of web video kind of show that I believe was hosted by the former host of NBC’s “Friday Night Videos” for a while, but I haven’t seen it for years and don’t know how to find it, if it still exists.
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