Hello there, weary travelers, winding your way — LOTR -like — toward the glimmering horizon that is the weekend. Isn’t this is thing we call life one, big adventure? Nah, we didn’t think so. That’s why we’ve decided to make this week’s YouTube roundup theme Mythology — so as to inject a dash of adventure and glamor into the grayscale mundanity of our workaday existence. Go out into the world, ye mortals,... 

The new trend in cable and network television is to turn to social media sites to recruit talent for reality series. Case in point, The Food Network has put out a challenge asking YouTubers to submit video entries to be considered for The Next Food Network Star . Entries will be accepted through July 16, and though the prize for the winning entry isn’t a guaranteed spot on the show, it’s still pretty decent: a one-on-one audition... 

0 Points Back in the day, when I had to walk uphill to school both ways, when you wanted to watch something on TV, you had one shot – you had to be there, on time, or you missed it. When major television events occurred – like the 1980’s “Who Shot J.R.” plotline on Dallas – you were… This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article.  Read More →

Web startup BillShrink will launch the beta version of its comparison engine for cable and satellite TV providers today. It will show each option side by side and allow you to specify your precise needs to narrow down your search, just as it already does for credit cards, gas stations and mobile phone providers , The end goal is of course to shrink your bills — secure the service you need for the smallest monthly fee, without any unwanted... 

Tonight is the series finale of Lost and ABC is going all out, dedicating four hours of programming to the finale. The action isn’t just taking place on television, the network is getting into the live fanchat action too. Starting at 6:30 pm EDT and running until 3:00 am EDT, Lost fans can chat with other fans live at http://abc.go.com/shows/lost/live-chat-intro . The chat, which starts just thirty-minutes before the east coast broadcast... 

Sarah Collins is freelance journalist and student at Northwestern University. She also writes for Texas Monthly , A.V. Club Chicago , Chicago Parent , Venus Zine , and Punknews . It only takes knowing one Lost fan to understand the addictive power of television. But not everyone has the time or energy to hunt for hints about who is good, evil, or dead this week. iPhone apps let the obsessed fan keep tabs on his or her favorites before, …  Read More →

Tonight is the night: the Second Annual Streamy Awards show will be kicking off at downtown Los Angeles’s historic Orpheum Theater this evening to honor the best of the best in web video and web series. We have the complete list of nominees as well as the audience choice finalists , and will be on the ground at tonight’s event to witness the final winners unveiled. If you’re not able to attend the show in person though, you’ve... 

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An extended outtake sequence from director Ron Howard’s “ Funny or Die’s Presidential Reunion ” featuring Will Ferrell as George W. Bush and Dana Carvey as George Bush Sr. is making the rounds on the Internet. The original clip has attracted almost three million views . This new outtake clip is an extended conversation (two minutes and 35 seconds compared to just a few seconds in the original version) with Ferrell and... 

Just because you’re not at TED 2010 in person doesn’t mean you can’t still get some of the TED experience. CNN.com is going to live stream 2010 TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver’s talk tonight at 8:50 pm EST, where he discusses his one wish to change the world. You can see it for yourself by tuning into CNN.com and www.CNN.com/live1 Oliver was awarded $100,000 and the opportunity to present his vision to the world as part... 

Sony Computer Entertainment America is making good on its promise to expand original content offerings on its PlayStation Network distribution service. They’ll be bringing an original reality television series, The Tester , to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles via the PSN as a free downloadable series starting February 18. We’re starting to see a number of new “direct to the web” video content offerings... 

Travel website Kayak has a hidden easter egg reference to ABC’s TV drama Lost . Search Kayak for flights from Sydney’s SYD airport to Los Angeles’s LAX and you’ll see that Oceanic Flight 815 — the very one that crashed on the mysterious island in the first episode of Lost — is one of your options. That’s exciting if you’re looking to get stranded on a desert island dotted with smoke monsters, apparitions,... 

What did people buzz about the most this week? Who was the singer that people tweeted the most about? What issue caught the world’s collective attention? Social media is not only a great medium for conversation, but it’s also an effective way to discover and analyze the popular topics of the day. By aggregating and picking apart the millions of tweets, status updates, and posts generated on the …  Read More →

It has come to this: “Pants on the Ground” merch. When, oh when, will this meme leave us in peace? General Larry Platt’s rendition of original jam “Pants on the Ground” (sung during the requisite audition episode of American Idol ) has officially become the first viral hit of 2010 , with shout-outs from the late-night circuit to the locker room . But, as we all know, there’s really no way to capitalize on... 

Television search engine startup Clicker.com has been in private beta for several months, and sees its public launch today. Positioning itself as a “TV Guide for television content online,” Clicker has indexed over 400,000 episodes from 7000 television shows, making it a veritable one stop shop for finding legally-available TV shows online. With the full launch the site also…  Read More →