The humble web series lacks the legitimacy and budget of network TV and even Netflix/Amazon originals. The medium is admittedly a bit of a mixed bag. However, I reckon the very best in web series are definitely on a par with great TV and streaming in terms of sheer quality.
You may have heard of and seen popular web series like Zach Galifianakis's Between Two Ferns, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Monster Factory, High Maintenance, and Broad City. The former two have had Barack Obama as a guest. The latter two have gone on to become successful TV shows. Nevertheless, there is a lot of good stuff that still manages to fly under the radar relatively speaking.
Below are two of the best-written web series that haven't gotten as much mainstream attention as the ones I mention above.
An Emmy for Megan - Megan Amram, writer on Parks and Rec / The Good Place, makes a brazen attempt to win an Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. She put together a hilariously barebones attempt at meeting the minimum criteria for the award (6 episodes, scripted, no length requirement). And guess what -- it actually wound up getting nominated for an Emmy! Some pretty solid cameos too from e.g. Ted Danson, Seth Rogen, Rian Johnson.
The Katering Show - A cooking show featuring two Aussies who are an intolerable foodie and a food intolerant, respectively. They play it straight but really spend most of the show making jokes at each others' expense. The two leads have impeccable comic timing and great chemistry. It's dense with humor -- it is genuinely stunning how much comedy they manage to fit in 5-7 minutes.
Feel free to chime in what you think are the creme de la creme of the Web Series medium.
Submitted September 01, 2018 at 05:48AM by schotastic https://ift.tt/2wvTJmX
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