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| Sitcom, a sitcom (season one) |
| Sitcom, a sitcom is the first
situation comedy for the Internet. The show is the acclaimed semi-autobiographical
romantic comedy about the trials and tribulations a group of young dotcom executives go
through while falling in and out of love. |
Since September, 2001, Sitcom a
Sitcom has ...
- been acclaimed as making "Internet history as Sitcom
becomes the first situation comedy series for the Internet" ... a new comedy from a
family that "collectively have been attached to all six decades of television history
with credits including All in the Family, the Carol Burnett Show and Maude"
... a show so good it
" 'could easily finish in the top ten of any network show this season ' " (Yahoo! News),
- been praised as a show that's "on laugh
track", "first time an Internet program has been spun off from another ... just
like a half-hour TV sitcom, except that it's available only online", making
Television Internet "the first broadcasting company to deliver original programming to Windows' Pocket PC wireless devices" and "an
unsurpassed forum for incubating new programming ideas on their way ... to traditional
media" (Hollywood Reporter),
- been covered in a story alongside Blink 182
and Julianne Moore (Playboy Magazine),
- received rave reviews from the cable
television show "Techlink" (Techlink),
- been heralded for delivering the "Net's
First TV Movie of the Week" (Microsoft Newsstand),
- been applauded for having
"the first African-American actress to star in an original series for the
Internet" ... a show that demonstrates that an " 'African-American women can be
funny, beautiful, and intelligent '" (BlackVoices.com),
- been praised for Lunden De'Leon's
"historic performance as the first African-American actor to star in an original
series for the Internet" (North East Florida Advocate),
- been reported as sending "a positive
image regarding the role of Black executives in Hollywood" and an "interracial
relationship" (Columbus Post Newspaper),
- been applauded for making "internet programming history
in 2002 for the deaf and hard of hearing. Sitcom will provide the hearing
impaired a new form of closed captioning for viewing the net's first situation
comedy" (Deaf Voice),
- been acclaimed for being part of the
"first wireless broadcasting network to deliver net-original series programming to
Windows Media-enabled Pocket PC wireless devices" (Microsoft Newsstand),
- been the only series to be part of the
October 4, 2001 Microsoft press release in two continents for the Microsoft Pocket PC 2002
(San Francisco, CA),
- and has been heralded by the Microsoft
Corporation (San Francisco, CA). "We
are pleased that the Television Internet Broadcasting Network is taking advantage of the
new feature functionalities of Pocket PC 2002 in producing Sitcom for the Windows Media
platform, enabling to watch half-hour episodes, even hour and a half movies of the week,
with full screen, stereo sound," said Chris Hill, product manager, Microsoft
Corporation. > Other press
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| Vital Stats |
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| The
Net's First Situation Comedy |
| Total
Number of Episodes: 26 (13 Hours) |
| Format: 1/2 hour
Comedy |
| Most Notable:
Net's First Sitcom |
| Strongest
Demographic: M 18-24, F 25-34. |
| Taped at
Television Internet Studios in California |
Executive Producer, Anthony Kling; producer, Mary
Kling; director, M. Kling; writer, A. Kling. |
| Cast:
Brandy Dubuffet - Lunden De'Leon; Justin Chase - Allen Burns; Sarah
Louise Porto - Laura Buckles; Giovanni Messina - Eric Turic; Penelope
St. Andrews - Natalie Sutherland; Barth Silvermanarian - Kevin Deen; and Foxy
Manowski - Ryan Angel. |
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| Viewable
on Comedy Channel |
| L to R:
Deen, Sutherland, Burns, Angel, De'Leon, Buckles, Turic. |
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| Cast |
Brandy Dubuffet |
 Lunden De'Leon stars as "Brandy Dubuffet",
a marketing executive from Shreveport, Louisiana who moves to Los Angeles to take a
position as Television Internet's Head of Marketing only to find herself falling in love
with her boss, Executive Producer Justiin Chase. > More |
Justin Chase |
 Allen Burns stars as "Justin Chase", the
former Executive Producer of Muscle Beach. Following the recent success of Muscle
Beach, Television Internet gives Chase the greenlight to produce the next hit series
for the network. For Chase, an Alabaman who rather be fly-fishing or playing golf, that's
easier said than done. > More |
Sarah Louise Porto |
 Laura Buckles stars as "Sarah Louise
Porto", the former Publicist of Muscle Beach who now finds herself promoting
the next series for Television Internet while falling in and out of love with its head
writer. > More |
Giovanni Messina |
 Eric Turic stars as "Giovanni Messina",
the sexy New Yorker Sicilian head writer who has a way with words and women, finding
himself in love with not one but two fellow co-workers. >
More |
Penelope St. Andrews |
 Natalie Sutherland stars as "Penelope St.
Andrews", the Scottish star who finds and claws to become Television Internet's star
of its next series only to find herself softening her edges and falling for her head
writer. > More |
Barth Silvermanarian |
 Kevin Deen stars as "Barth
Silvermanarian", a powerless head of Comedy Development who learns about friendship,
love and maturing in becoming a young man. > More |
Foxy Manowski |
 Ryan Angel stars as "Foxy Manowski", a
simple girl who while leaving everyone happy and sometimes senseless learns the meaning of
love and friendship. > More |
| Muscle Beach (season three) |
When Television Internet's series "Muscle
Beach" first premiered in March, 2000, the comedy/fitness show about bodybuilders and
models immediately became a worldwide hit. Originally developed in 1998,
"Muscle" quickly became the first network-quality episodic series for the Web.
In its first season, "Muscle" was propelled by international auds from Sweden
and Italy.
In April, the show became the net's most watch original series. In June, the series made
history again by airing the net's first hour-long original special. By its season finale
in July, the show posted its highest ratings ever on a night against CBS's Survivor.
In July, Television Internet surprised industry watchers by announcing that "Muscle
Beach" had been picked up for, not one, but two more seasons, slating the show to
become the net's longest running series. |
| Vital Stats |
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| Premiere
Date: March 22, 2000 |
| Total Number of
Episodes: 26 (13 Hours) |
| Format: 1/2 hour
Sports, Comedy |
| Most Notable:
Net's First Primetime Quality 1/2 Hour Show. |
| Strongest
Demographic: M 18-24, F 25-34. |
| Taped at
Television Internet Studios in California |
Executive Producer, Anthony Kling; producer, Mary
Kling; director, M. Kling; writer, A. Kling. |
| Cast:
Jim - Jim Morrow; Ryan - Ryan Moriarty; Kerry - Kerry Kimble; Kristen
- Kristen Davidson; Didi - Didi Beyeler. |
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| Viewable
on Sports Channel |
| New Episodes on
Wednesdays: 8:00 PM U.S. EST |
| L to R:
Morrow, Beyeler, Kimble, Moriarty. Not pictured: Davidson. |
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Jim |
 Jim Morrow stars as "Jim", an overly confident member of the
Muscle Beach gym. He finds himself hopeless tongue-tied for the first time in his life
when he meets the gym's newest member, "Kerry" (played by Kerry Kimble). > More |
Ryan |
 Ryan Moriarty stars as "Ryan", whose urge to say everything on
his mind, even to his sexy workout partner "Kerry" (played by Kerry Kimble),
gets him into trouble on a regular basis. > More |
Kerry |
 Kerry Kimble stars as "Kerry", who
unfortunately has chosen a gym with three overly aggressive men all fighting to be her
workout partner. > More |
Kristen |
 Kristen Davidson stars as "Kristen", the smart-talking gym
member who holds her own against the men of the gym. >
More |
Didi |
 Didi Beyeler stars as "Didi", the graceful
bodybuilder who accidentally finds himself falling into unlikely places. > More |
| anthony kling, ceo and founder of television internet |
| As one of the most successful series
producers of his generation, Anthony Kling has changed the face of internet history. His
shows have taken us to beautiful destinations while exploring relationships and issues
that impact the way we think about our lives. Kling is the son of legendary 7-time Emmy
nominated, 2-time Emmy winning writer/producer Woody Kling. In the 1940s, Woody Kling with
American's favorite, Milton Berle, helped bring to American television sets the first hit
television show in television history, the Texaco Star Theatre starring Milton Berle.
Thereafter, Woody Kling would write and/or produce shows that defined television
programming history: All in the Family, Maude, the Carol Burnett
Show, the Jackie Gleason Show, to name a few. As his father brought into our
homes then the first hit shows in that new medium called "television", Kling
brings into our homes today the first hit shows in the that new medium called
"Television Internet".
Kling's achievements as a writer started at a young age. His career started in his
early 20s when two sitcoms he authored made it to the final round of consideration by one
of the then three major networks, in two consecutive years. One sitcom, too controversial
for its time, would have been the first Hispanic-led sitcom that decade.
In 1997, Kling shocked the television industry by launching the Television Internet
Broadcasting Network, becoming the first company to deliver original episodic programming
not to our television sets but to our computers, online, worldwide. In a heartbeat, Kling
had brought primetime online.
In the next few years, Hollywood's largest studios scrambled desperately to copy
Television Internet, but to no avail. Now, nearly five years later, the company that began
with one script continues to entertain audiences worldwide like no other network before
it, a testament to Kling as a creative, programming, and internet visionary. The
Television Internet Broadcasting Network is today listed as one of the top two hundred
networks worldwide.
In 2000, Kling created, wrote, and executive produced for Television Internet all
twenty-six episodes of the hit series Muscle Beach, the first primetime online
series. The show quickly became the net's most watched series. Audiences were captivated
by how the series for the first time put humor to fitness, bodybuilding and nutrition. As
a result, in September, Muscle brought Television Internet an award nomination as
the only U.S.-based content creator nominated for the RAI Italia awards, one of the oldest
and most prestigious European awards.
Muscle went on to receive acclaim as a programming breakthrough for the
internet as the first network-quality episodic series for the Internet. The series would
then deliver the first multi-part episode, the first spin-off series, the first crossover
episode, and the first hour-long original special for an internet series.
Now in its third season Muscle is still the net's most watched series.
In 2001, to follow up Muscle, Kling then created, wrote, and executive
produced all twenty-six episodes of the hilarious romantic comedy Sitcom, a sitcom.
Today, Sitcom continues to bring Kling accolades worldwide for making internet
history, for its technological
achievements, for its portrayal of African Americans, and for its closed captioning offerings.
For Kling, Sitcom marks several historic firsts for the net. First, Sitcom is
the net's first show from a family that " collectively have been attached to all six decades of television history
with credits including All in the Family, the Carol Burnett Show and Maude" (Yahoo! News). Also, the series has been praised as
a show that's "on laugh track" is the "first time an Internet program has been spun off from another ... just
like a half-hour TV sitcom, except that it's available only online" (Hollywood Reporter). And finally, the series sets
Television Internet as "the first
broadcasting company to deliver original programming to Windows' Pocket PC wireless
devices" and "an unsurpassed forum for incubating new programming ideas on
their way ... to traditional media" (Hollywood
Reporter).
Sitcom is not just the first situation comedy for the net and the first series
to deliver a TV-movie of the week online; the show is also the first spin-off series for
the net and the second series (Muscle being the first) to aire a crossover
episode online.
Similarly, the technology community praised Kling
for Sitcom's historic achievements. The series has been heralded for delivering
the "Net's First TV Movie of the
Week" (Microsoft Newsstand), and been
acclaimed for being part of the "first
wireless broadcasting network to deliver net-original series programming to Windows
Media-enabled Pocket PC wireless devices" (Microsoft
Newsstand).
On October 4, 2001, Sitcom was the only series to be part of the
October 4, 2001 Microsoft press release in two continents for the Microsoft Pocket PC 2002
(San Francisco, CA). The Microsoft Corporation continued to herald Sitcom's achievements
through year-end stating, " We are pleased that the Television Internet Broadcasting Network is taking
advantage of the new feature functionalities of Pocket PC 2002 in producing Sitcom for the
Windows Media platform, enabling to watch half-hour episodes, even hour and a half movies
of the week, with full screen, stereo sound." (Chris
Hill, product manager for the Microsoft Corporation).
In early 2002, the African-American publications
from Florida to California applauded Kling's positive portrayal of African-Americans and
interracial relationships in Sitcom. Sitcom was given thumbs-up for having
"the first African-American
actress to star in an original series for the Internet"
... a show that demonstrates that an " 'African-American women can be funny, beautiful, and intelligent '" (BlackVoices.com). Series star Lunden De'Leon was
praised for giving a "historic
performance as the first African-American actor to star in an original series for the
Internet" (North East Florida Advocate).
In whole, publications agreed that Sitcom sends "a positive image regarding the role of Black executives in
Hollywood" and an "interracial relationship"
(Columbus Post Newspaper).
By February, the Hearing Impaired community
recognized Kling for his groundbreaking offering for deaf viewers of closed captioning. Sitcom
was applauded for making "internet
programming history in 2002 for the deaf and hard of hearing ... [providing] the hearing
impaired a new form of closed captioning for viewing the net's first situation comedy" (Deaf Voice). Publications called Sitcom's offering
as an "unprecedented closed
captioning for the hearing impaired .... a software coding that enables deaf and hard of
hearing individuals to watch the original half-hour comedy for free while following along
with the show's script." (Deaf Base).
Today, Kling continues to develop and produce shows that are unmatched in their writing
and appeal.
Playboy Magazine, Global Black Woman, and Black Men's Magazine, to
name a few, have featured Kling's shows in stories alongside Blink 182 and Julianne Moore.
The cable series Techlink spent an entire day filming the series for a ten minute
special cable program. The music video for the series' theme song You are the One
was a MTV TRL daily submission.
What these and future projects that Kling delivers have in common is one thing: a humor
and sexiness we long for in our lives. The series embody the best that we all attempt to
attain in life, in friendship, love, and belonging.
to schedule Anthony to
speak, contact press@televisioninternet.com
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In the year 2000, the Kling family became the only
family name attached to two different centuries of episodic programming history. |
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