Oxygen is holding a contest

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 13th, 2007

The cable outlet, not the colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. Oxygen is holding the Create-A-Series Comedy Competition, which challenges entrants to produce “a bold, clever comedy series geared toward the 18-39 female demographic,” says the Reuters item, written directly from the Oxygen press release.

The winner will land a 10- to 13-episode run on Oxygen’s broadband channel, SheDidWhat.tv, and “a $75,000 production budget and an experienced producer to help develop the series.” Five finalists will be flown to New York where they’ll pitch their ideas to Molly Shannon.

They’re calling that 10- to 13-episode run “a six-month series run,” so your series will call for a new episode every 13 to 18 days. Welcome to the brave new world of televsion delivered via “online comedy intitiatives” and “free-standing video destinations.” Production budgets of $5,700 to $7,500 per show and that extra wonderful “experienced producer to help develop the series!” (A low budget AND a meddlesome cable/network suit to tell you how to spend your meager stipend! Where do we sign up?!?)

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