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NBC announced that the new, critically acclaimed series “quarterlife” from Emmy Award-winning creator-producers Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick (”thirtysomething,” “My So-Called Life,” “Blood Diamond”) will premiere on February 18, from 9 to 10 p.m. ET, as an hour-long drama series.
NBC’s partnership with quarterlife will also allow the network to distribute the series on NBC.com.
The internet series, originally launched on MySpace on November 11, is the first online series to air on a major network.
It also marks the first time that an independent project of this kind has been owned and controlled by its creators, and is the first time that an internet series has been created alongside a social network, quarterlife.com, according to a release.
The “quarterlife” story tells of six creative people in their 20s.
There are 36 webisodes in the first season of “quarterlife.” Two 8-10 minute webisodes air on MySpace each week, on Sundays and Thursdays at 12 a.m.; they are released on quarterlife.com the following day.
The web segments eventually will be edited together into a several one-hour dramas for broadcast on NBC in February. These full episodes will stream on NBC.com following each airing on NBC.
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