Late Show Produces First Webisode

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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NBC's Late Show will produce Webisodes of its animated segment, "Pale Force," which since 2003 have featured comedian Jim Gaffigan as superhero Pale Man and his sidekick, the also-pale Conan O'Brien.

Late Night will produce 20, 90-second shorts for NBC.com, updated each Friday.

To promote the launch, the show's first foray into Web production, NBC will feature the front end of a two-part segment on the TV show, hoping to lead them to part two, which will be available online.

In addition, Sprint customers will be able to download the episodes a week in advance of their airing or streaming.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.