Most Popular Web Series

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All My Children

Hulu

For nearly forty years, America has been entertained by the trials and tribulations of Pine Valley, Pennsylvania. On 5 January 1970, ABC premiered one of their most famous soap operas, "All My Children." The show is famous for dealing with many socially relevant issues reflective of the times. Such issues include abortion, drug use, the Vietnam War, homosexuality, and rape. But it has always done it in a classy and intelligent way, which is why the show has lasted so long and remained so popular. Through good times and bad times, the show has always stuck through - until 2011 when ABC pulled the plug and the show was intended to move online. The plans were, however, suspended until early 2013 when the show was finally revived again.moreless

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One Life to Live

Hulu

Premiering on July 1968, One Life to Live has followed the lives of the fictional city of Llanview, P.A. for over forty years. Originally the focus of the show was on the wealthy Lord family and the "normal" Woleks and Rileys. Although the Lord family remains very much a part of the show, the focus has moved to the Buchanans, Rappaports, Gannons, Holdens and Cramers, among others. Over the years One Life to Live has featured stories on interracial couples, personality disorders, drug addiction, gang violence, cultism, rape, time travel and even out of body experiences. Located only a short distance away from Pine Valley, there have been many crossovers over the years between One Life to Live (Llanview) and All My Children (Pine Valley), including a 2004 baby switch story that has spanned most of the year, and involved One Life to Live's Cramers and Buchanans and All My Children's Chandlers, Kanes and Martins. Following its cancellation on ABC, the show was originally intended to move on to an on-line network, but the plans for that were scrapped until early 2013, when the show was finally revived.moreless

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Arrested Development

Netflix (Returning May 26th, 2013)

The Emmy Award-winning comedy series ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT revolves around MICHAEL BLUTH (Jason Bateman), the "normal" one in a family of crazies, who is forced to stay in Orange County and run the family real estate business after his father, GEORGE BLUTH SR. (Jeffrey Tambor), is sent to prison for shifty accounting practices. While George Sr. spent the last year in the slammer discovering his newfound Judaism and recording inspirational tapes, Michael spent it picking up the pieces and trying to teach his offbeat family how to live without an endless expense account. All the while, Michael has also been trying to do right by his 14-year-old son, GEORGE MICHAEL (Michael Cera), an earnest kid who works diligently at the family's frozen banana stand. The Bluths are led by manipulative matriarch LUCILLE BLUTH (Jessica Walter), a socialite who is as icy as her martinis. Then there's the oldest son, GOB (Will Arnett), a womanizer and struggling magician (sorry, "illusionist") whose biggest trick will be to make a real job appear. The youngest brother is BUSTER (Tony Hale), a neurotic professional grad student and glorified mama's boy (he spent 11 months in the womb). The Bluth siblings are rounded out by cause-obsessed sister LINDSAY (Portia de Rossi), who is married to the hapless TOBIAS (David Cross), a doctor-turned-actor who might get more work if he wasn't a self-proclaimed "never-nude." Lindsay and Tobias are the ultra-permissive parents of MAEBY (Alia Shawkat), a 14-year-old who loves finding unique ways to rebel against their overindulgence.moreless

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Burning Love

Yahoo

Burning Love follows fireman Mark Orlando (Ken Marino) as he searches for the perfect woman. The scripted comedy series features an impressive line up of comedic actors from film and television including Ken Marino, Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Michael Ian Black, Adam Scott and more.moreless

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Mommy XXX

Mommy XXX follows Demi Delia who could have been a model, but her life path was redirected by a savvy agent who saw bigger and better...boobs in her future. Now firmly established in the adult entertainment industry, Demi has her pick of parts and partners, and is able to focus on what really matters: her family. Check into casa de Delia and get an inside look at the Mom, Daughter, Son, Exes, and other random houseguests that fill in the life of a porn star. Demi, aka Mommy XXX.moreless

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Private

Alloy Entertainment

Private is a web series by Alloy Entertainment based on the young adult novel series by Kate Brian about a new girl at Easton Academy, an exclusive private school, Reed Brennan, who wants to belong. She is placed in the Billings house, which holds great social privileges and future benefits, if she can prove to the other Billings Girls that she is worthy of joining them by the tests of initiations they make her endure. The Billings Girls are Noelle Lange (Samantha Cope), the quickest to put Reed in her place and also the meanest, Ariana Osgood (Natalie Floyd), the class president and a powerful Billings Girl, roommate Talyor (Tristan Mays), the only one to show Reed kindness while still being realistic about what she'll have to go though to fit in, and Kiran Hayes (Sanna Haynes) the fourth member of the group that Reed wants to be a part of. But the life of power and privilege hold a dark secret at Easton- Taylor's former roommate died, and her death is shrouded in mystery. She also happened to be the girlfriend of Thomas Pearson (Brant Daugherty) a boy who has captured Reed's attention, though Ariana warns her that he might be dangerous. Reed soon finds that even with all its benefits, Easton Academy contains more danger that she ever could have expected.moreless

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Lilyhammer

Netflix

Lilyhammer follows former New York mobster, Frank Tagliano (Steven Van Zandt), who must join the witness protection program after he testified in a trial against a Mafia boss. Tagliano chooses to relocate to Lillehammer in Norway after the 1994 Winter Olympics sparked his interest. Going from being a respected and feared gangster in New York, to becoming an immigrant in Norway is tough for Tagliano. The transition proves to be even tougher when he realizes he may have to resort to his old ways to succeed in rural Norwegian society. Can Tagliano stay on the straight and narrow in his new life?moreless

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Crosshairs

Gamespot

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Community: Webisodes

NBC

Community: Webisodes are on-line exclusive videos for fans of NBC's latest comedy hit, Community. The series follows Jeff Winger (Joel McHale from The Soup), a talented but suspended lawyer forced to return to school after the State Bar discovers Jeffâï¿½ï¿½s law degree is a fraud. Jeff takes the path of least resistance and enrolls in a local community college, where he begrudgingly begins attaining credits toward his degree. Despite his animosity towards the school and the other students, Jeff's involvement in a Spanish study group unexpectedly endears him to an oddball group of students, and he realizes college is a lot easier when you have good friends. NBC produced this series of Community Webisodes to provide Community fans with additional content and a closer look at the well-meaning but always dysfunctional world of Greendale Community College.moreless

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Web Therapy

L Studio

In Web Therapy, Lisa Kudrow plays Fiona Wallice, a comically self-centered therapist with some less than traditional ideas about her profession, conducting her 3-minute psychotherapy sessions from the convenience and safety of an iChat window. In many cases, Fiona is obviously more interested in dealing with her own issues in these short web-cam therapy sessions, often derailing progress with her patients in favor of discussing her own financial woes or disintegrating marriage. Each episode is highly improvised, and punctuated with high profile guest stars: Alan Cumming guest stars as a Richard Branson-inspired business tycoon, Selma Blair takes a turn as a surrogate mother who's in it for all the wrong reasons, and fellow "Friends" alum Courtney Cox reunites with Kudrow to play a psychic who ends up counseling the counselor. Other guest stars for this show include Molly Shannon, Jane Lynch, Mike McDonald, Bob Balaban, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Originally produced as a series of webisodes, Web Therapy is now a series on Showtime.moreless

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Funny or Die Exclusives

Funny or Die

Funny or Die Exclusives are web based videos created for comedy website FunnyOrDie.com, many of which feature famous comedians and actors including Will Ferrell, James Franco, Will Arnett, Conan O'Brien, Ron Howard, Michael Cera and Natalie Portman. The site is notable for its use of these well known Hollywood stars in offbeat comedy shorts. The site spawned a spin-off show airing on HBO, which is a partial owner of the site, called Funny or Die Presents. Popular clips from Funny or Die include "The Green Team", "Drunk History", "Good Cop", "The Prop 8 Musical", the "Bieber or Die" clips which all feature singer Justin Bieber, and the first Funny or Die exclusive, "The Landlord", starring Ferrell as a tenant having problems with his 2 year-old foul-mouthed landlord.moreless

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Dating Rules From My Future Self

Alloy Entertainment (Mini-Series 2012)

Dating Rules From My Future Self is the Alloy Entertainment series starring Shiri Appleby and Taylor Kinney. Viewers see the dating life of 27-year-old Lucy (Appleby), who gets mysterious text messages that turn out to be from herself ten years in the future. Can she take the advice and turn her dating life around?moreless

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National Geographic Videos

National Geographic

National Geographic Videos present clips of the national world with the assurance of quality carried by all National Geographic productions. National Geographic was founded over 120 years ago as a society on a mission "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural, historical, and natural resources." Shortly after the initial group of academics and wealthy patrons began meeting to discuss world travel, The National Geographic Magazine saw its first publication, and the forward-thinking society embarked on a journey to provide high-quality ecological writing and photography to the public, expanding the common knowledge of the natural world-past, present, and possible future. This journey has since led to the creation of other magazines, such as National Geographic World, later renamed National Geographic Kids. The National Geographic Channel was created in 1997 to broadcast premium programs on TV, and National Geographic Films produces original feature films and documentaries. In keeping with the society's desire to create informative productions in all forms of popular media, National Geographic established a YouTube channel, presenting short videos of the natural world.moreless

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Breaking Bad Minisodes

AMC

Breaking Bad Minisodes are exclusive online only episodes that explore the different sides of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and the rest of his extended family. All cast of characters that appear for the award winning drama Breaking Bad appear in different array of situations that explains how they got to where they are and how they handle it. Minisodes such as when Walter had to talk Hank (Dean Norris) out of getting cold feet and marrying Marie (Betsy Brandt). Or an exclusive performance from Jesse Pinkman's (Aaron Paul) secret band, "Twaughthammer." Even an inside look at Marie's personal video diary that she was forced to make by her therapist. These exclusive look in's into the personal lives of our favorite Breaking Bad characters gives you an idea of what they do when they are not cooking Meth, busting drug cartels, or pitching crappy TV infomercials. Be sure to at least check out Hank and Marie's secret Valentine's Day present.moreless

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The Vampire Diaries: A Darker Truth

The CW

The Vampire Diaries: A Darker Truth is a four-episode supernatural-fantasy web series developed as a prequel to the CW's The Vampire Diaries, based on the book series of the same name, as it follows a man named Jason (Matt Perello) who searches for his sister's murderer. The trail leads to the town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, where Jason feels the killer, whomever or whatever it is, is still there. The Vampire Diaries: A Darker Truth is a web-original lead-in to CW's popular vampire series with brief introductions to the Salvatore family, Damon and Stefan (Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley), and the dangerous underbelly of a quaint Virginia town. Is one of the Salvatore's to blame? Will Jason ever find the truth?moreless

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My Big, Big Friend

My Big, Big Friend is an animated children's web series. In the show, three six-year-old children, Yuri, Lili and Matt, create an imaginary friend. The friend that they created is a big blue elephant named, Golias. The series follows the children and Golias as they go on thrilling imaginary adventures. Golias also provides the children comfort when they need it and answers all of their questions for him. What will Golias and the children do next?moreless

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TED Talks

TED

TED Talks is a series of educational videos from the TED conference, where speakers focus on creativity, the brain, and other "ideas worth spreading". Over 600 talks are available online, and have become very popular, getting millions of viewers from around the world. The annual conference began focusing on technology and design, but through the years has expanded to science, culture, and more general topics. Curated by Chris Anderson, TED is a non-profit organization which puts on the conference as well as giving grants to people to encourage world-changing action. Guests of the TED conference who have contributed talks include Bill Clinton, Sir Ken Robinson, Elizabeth Gilbert, Hans Rosling, Jill Bolte Taylor, Al Gore, and Bill Gates.moreless

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Caught on Camera

MSNBC

Caught on Camera is a web series dedicated to highlighting the best videos from the week, from those on the internet, to those sent to them personally. Contessa Brewer, a former news anchor in Milwaukee, Palm Springs, and Reno, hosts the show. The types of video the show features each week varies from shocking to heartwarming to videos that simply have gone viral. One video shows a wheelchair bound man saving a clerk from a customer gone violent. Another video shows the story of a TV cameraman that became caught in fireball when he went to cover an underground gas leak. One episode is dedicates itself to looking at a viral videos and figuring out which ones really happened and which ones are a hoax. Brewer provides narrative for the events unfolding in the video. Some of the people involved in the videos appear on the show offering commentary on the events within the video.moreless

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Prom Queen

Prom Queen TV

Prom Queen is a Walt Disney produced web series containing 80 intriguing episodes which, premiered in April of 2007 on numerous websites. The web series' plot revolves around nine Edward Adams High seniors, who anticipate having the prom night of their dreams; but during the final months of their high school lives, things begin to unravel for the worst. When Ben (Sean Hankinson), a studious teenager, receives an unsettling text message reading, "U R going 2 kill the prom queen", the real drama of high school begins to unfold. A secret will emerge that will shake not only their prom night, but their lives. All high school girls dream of taking the crown on prom night, but at Edward Adam's they will be getting more than what they expect. The high school trials and tribulations for these teens are about to become much scarier than the reality of not getting the title of prom queen!moreless

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Grey's Anatomy: Seattle Grace: On Call

ABC

Seattle Grace: On Call is a documentary-styled webisode series taking place within the world of Grey's Anatomy that takes a deeper look at the lives of the doctors beyond the typical series. While the series focuses on the doctors of the likes of Dr. Derek Sheppard and Dr. Meredith Grey in the halls of the beloved yet busy Seattle Grace Hospital, Seattle Grace: On Call highlights some of the lesser-known yet equally dramatic interns as they lose their white coats and chill at Joe's Bar. Megan (Molly Kidder) had lost her job in the merger with Seattle Grace and Mercy West but it seems her role in making waves hasn't disappeared when her affair with a surgical intern-now husband, Steve (Mark Saul), resulted in a pregnancy of unknown paternity and a rather scored ex-boyfriend, Pierce (Joseph Williamson). For Reed (Nora Zehetner) and Charles (Robert Baker), their relationship is a bit on edge as Reed pines after Dr. Karev while Charles pines after her. Sometimes, the drama just doesn't end after primetime.moreless

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