It has been way too long since I last made a Nerdtainment update and I guess my MBP is mad at me becuase when I finally got back to work, she didn’t want to work for me.  The sound wasn’t syncing up properly.  While I was troubleshooting that, the footage disappeared.  Oh, well…you can’t argue with Mercury Retrograde.  So, here’s my update in traditional blog format.

SNL
Saturday Night Live has finally decided to launch their own comedy website that will feature SNL clips and behind-the-scenes and backstage footage.  Welcome to the party, SNL!

Crusoe
To help promote the new NBC show Crusoe, they are building a treehouse on the corner of Broadway and 51st Street. There will be a live web cam stream at SaveCrusoe.com as well as Zune & Xbox giveaways.  And you can follow Robinson Crusoe himself on Twitter (which makes no sense at all)!

Spider-Man
The Broadway production of Spider-Man, that is currently being created by Julie Taymor (The Lion King), has become the most expensive production in theatre history. It has reached a budget of $40 million. With a weekly running cost of $1 million, the mathematicians have said it will have to run for 8,000 years just to break even. Yikes!

The End of Steve
Showtime has picked up the dark comedy The End of Steve, starring Mathew Perry.  I can’t express how excited this makes me.  I will watch Mathew Perry until the end of time!

Web Therapy
And speaking of my “Friends”…Lisa Kudrow has a new webseries, Web Therapy, which is on Lexus’ new L Studio. Kudrow plays an interesting therapist who only wants to do 3 minute sessions over video chat. She has an odd relationship with the first client played by the ever-brilliant Tim Bagley. There are three episodes up and each one is funnier than the last.

Hopefully, all will get fixed and Nerdtainment will be up and running next week!  Thanks for your patience.

So, I logged in to Ustream.tv about a half hour early and had some fun conversations in the chat room. Then when the show began my computer promptly froze. I tried to close the page…nothing. I tried to close Firefox…nothing. I tried to restart…nothing. I eventually had to manually shut down my poor baby and restart. By the time I got back to the Ustream page, Jim was ending the show. OMGah!!!! I was so bummed.

Everyone in the chat room seemed to have enjoyed themselves so I believe it was a hit. And luckily, Jim & Chuck posted the edited version. I love it! They made a great list of 13 podcasts you should be watching. The Clip Show truly is a fabulous resource to online entertainment. Here’s the episode…

Here’s a couple of my favs!

iJustine
The Really Big Internet Show, produced by Carson Daly and hosted by iJustine will begin airing in July.

A Day with the Hiltons
This webseries, from TV Guide Broadband, follows a mother-daughter spending the day being pampered with the Hiltons all to promote Kathy’s perfume My Secret.

Lindsay Campbell
While filming an episode of Moblogic at a Sean Bell protest, Lindsay signed up to be arrested and got some insider footage. Read her executive producers blog here.

May Upfronts
NBC Digital, ABC, CW, CBS and FOX announced their 2008-2009 television/internet schedule.

HBO
You can now download HBO’s biggest hits from iTunes!

Dancing With The Stars on ABC
Entertainment Weekly has an awesome article showcasing the top DWTS dances of all times including Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke’s “Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy” which sealed their fate as winners of season 2 and my favorite performance of all time…Apolo Anton Ohno & Julianne Hough’s Samba to “I Like to Movie It” from season 4. You can also get this season’s video extras at the show’s homepage.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
Are you ready for the final Harry Potter movie? No one is. So they will string it out as long as they can. The incredible Helena Bonham Carter is rumored to be involved with the production.

Yahoo! Video Awards
Is your favorite webseries nominated for a Yahoo! award? You better get over there fast and find out.  *Update: You were not fast enough!  The winners were announced today.

Ninja Killer Tomatoes
Ask a Ninja is taking a big step into traditional media with their next project, the remake of “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”.

Scott Pilgrim’s Little Life
I want to see Michael Cera defeating seven ex-boyfriends to win the girl of his dreams and I’ll pretend it’s me. Or…Mr. Wright can cast me as the actual girl!

Doctor Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog
A superhero musical on the web from Joss Whedon!

Everyday leading up to Valentine’s day, TBS.com will post a short scene from a date gone wrong. I worked on the pre-production side of this series. I thought the scripts were cute and I’m looking forward to seeing how they turned out. The first one was posted today and so far so good.