Webisodes- The New Generation for Television Shows

Who needs a television anymore when you can watch almost anything on the Web? You can watch anything from television series and movies, to live video podcasts and newscasts. Why wait to see your favorite show premiere on television, or a new movie to come out on DVD? The new website Hulu allows you to watch television shows before they are aired on TV. On TV Links you can watch streaming free TV, movies, cartoons, anime and documentaries. 

A great example of the Web expanding in entertainment is the launch on a new Web video series from HBOlab (the offshoot of HBO that focuses on online programming). The 10-episode show will be called "Hooking Up" and will premiere Oct. 1 on  YouTube, MySpace and hookingupshow.com. They did not recruit your typical actors, instead they found stars on the Web. Web stars like Jessica Rose from "lonelygirl15" and other YouTube talent video bloggers sxePhil and KevJumba. The show will be based on fictional students that spend there time e-mailing, instant-messaging and Twittering.

People in the industry are all starting to realize that there is much money to be made online. Could the Web eventually take over television and cable's public viewership?