Dear Jeff Zucker:
I make TV and I hear you do, too, well not actually make it, but I guess you decide what gets made? That sounds like a fun job.
In an interview I read you were asked about NBC shows remaining online for free and said, “I do not think that it is a foregone conclusion that content should be free on the Internet.”
I think that’s a great decision for NBC Universal and the products it makes, and it also totally helps me out!
I would be more than happy to entertain your audience online while everyone over at NBC is busy getting TV shows ready for the next season – you guys still do that season thing, right?
Like I said, I make TV, not giant TV, small TV, it’s called web series for the moment. I’m not a fan of the word webisode. The show I make is a comedy, just like a sitcom but without the FCC to answer to. Yes, it’s nice.
What you might not know is that there are a lot of me, people who are making TV shows, independently, no networks, no shareholders, just a lot of DIY know-how and talent.
Remember that independent film movement in the late eighties that continued through a lot of the nineties? It’s kinda like that, but with TV shows, little ones, available online, all for free… a lot of them.
My episodes run about 5 or 6 minutes long. I see on Hulu you guys over at NBC are running about 21-minutes with your sitcom episodes. I made my show with a crew of three and a cast of nine. How many people does it take to make your sitcoms?
Since the audience sees both my show and your shows on the same channel, the Internet, they already know what channel my show is on. If you’d rather have them pay for shows online or stick to the good ole’ DVR, which they use to skip commercials, I think the indie TV shows online can pick up the slack.
So please, get NBC shows behind pay walls or offline altogether and make a shareholder smile.
Also, if you have any pals from Harvard that were working at record labels about ten years ago, you might want to have lunch with them, see how the whole Internet thing worked out for the music industry.
Thanks for your time and I look forward to your new season!
Best Regards,
-Joe Wilson
writer/director
Vampire Mob
P.S. I hear Conan has a new show.
