Homework Woes

One of my homework assignments is to watch TV or a series of movies. You would think this would be so easy. Trouble is we're not talking about vegging in front of the tube. Rather it's looking for theological insight within a television series or movie genre. I haven't been home before 9pm in weeks and I'm to cheap to buy dvr right now. So I've been looking into this thing called webisodes. It started by accident. I checked out the new series quarterlife during its short lived premeire. The show has been cancelled by NBC. It seems that its 20-something specific scenario is not connecting with the 30-50 age group and therefore not sustainable. I have to admit I felt too old watching it myself.
Jenny McCarthy has a webisode hit heading into year two called In the Motherhood
Today show interviewed her on March 5. Check out some of these webisodes. Internet Television Series.

A note about quarterlife - from an article on The Star

Another problem: quarterlife's fictional story is not nearly as intriguing as its real-life backstory. There's no question television is running from its past. But, sadly, nobody knows where to find the future.

What is the wave of the future? Technology is a very fast-paced world of fads and changes. It is about trial and error. I work for a church eager to utilize technology in evangelism. What does that look like? Forget TV Evangelists. Is the next wave that of 8 minute Webvangelism? HighSpeed Jesus Connections? Just a thought....