Purely by chance, not knowing that clips had been available on the net, my wife and I watched the broadcast premier of Quarterlife. We were just about to turn in, but flipped to a show we didn't know and gave it a chance. We're certainly not the target demographic, but as we watched the characters stumble around somewhat realistically, I decided that I liked it. My wife liked it, too, probably for different reasons. But something made me wonder how long it would take TV execs to pull the show.
As far as looks, the characters had a certain realism, not the off the street look you might have seen in "Return of the Secaucus Seven," but not the polished glamor of most TV shows, either. The two long-haired brunettes, Dylan the blogger/narrator and Debra the girlfriend were really lanky, almost anorexic. The blonde actress, Lisa, was conventionally cute and has a voice. Danny was handsome in a Matt Dillon sort-of-way, Andy was a complete geek, and Jed, the 'real' film artist was somewhere in-between.
Today's news, various on Google, are calling the pilot a failure, so I'm not sure we'll get to see that many more episodes.
Update: Quarterlife seems to have disappeared from TV, but we found it on the internet, and watched the second episode. The fallout from the Carly business struck me as very believable so far. The office meeting scenes are a bit dramatized, but still very funny.
As far as looks, the characters had a certain realism, not the off the street look you might have seen in "Return of the Secaucus Seven," but not the polished glamor of most TV shows, either. The two long-haired brunettes, Dylan the blogger/narrator and Debra the girlfriend were really lanky, almost anorexic. The blonde actress, Lisa, was conventionally cute and has a voice. Danny was handsome in a Matt Dillon sort-of-way, Andy was a complete geek, and Jed, the 'real' film artist was somewhere in-between.
Today's news, various on Google, are calling the pilot a failure, so I'm not sure we'll get to see that many more episodes.
Update: Quarterlife seems to have disappeared from TV, but we found it on the internet, and watched the second episode. The fallout from the Carly business struck me as very believable so far. The office meeting scenes are a bit dramatized, but still very funny.