BlackBoxTV Presents explained

Director:Tony E. Valenzuela
Narrated:Tony E. Valenzuela
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:5
Num Episodes:61
Camera:Single-camera
Runtime:15-22 minutes
Network:YouTube

BlackBoxTV Presents is an American horror anthology web series created by Tony E. Valenzuela and Philip DeFranco.[1] The first season, which featured a cast of YouTube creators including DeFranco, iJustine, and Shane Dawson, was self-funded by Valenzuela[2] and debuted on the BlackBoxTV YouTube channel on August 17, 2010.

In 2012, Valenzuela collaborated with CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker[3] to relaunch the BlackBoxTV YouTube channel as part of the YouTube Original Channel Initiative.[4] Season three, dubbed BlackBoxTV: Silverwood, premiered on the relaunched BlackBoxTV YouTube channel on April 13, 2012.[5]

The season 5 premiere episode, "How to Quit YouTube" starring Wilson Cleveland[6] as a vlogger lost in the desert, debuted on YouTube on March 19, 2014. The episode, which Tubefilter writer Sam Gutelle called, "an extreme version of the occasionally overwhelming demands of online video fame,"[7] earned Streamy Award nominations for Cleveland for Best Actor and Valenzuela for Best Director in 2014.[8] The season 5 episode "Versions of Elloise" was produced in collaboration with Legendary Entertainment as part of “YouTube Space House of Horrors: A Legendary Halloween”[9] and selected as one of ten finalists by Guillermo del Toro.[10]

BlackBoxTV Presents has won Streamy Awards for Best Writing: Drama (2013),[11] Best Drama Series (2015)[12] and Best Immersive Series (2017)[13] and won Best Editing at the 2012 IAWTV Awards.[14]

Notes and References

  1. News: BlackBoxTV: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid of Phil DeFranco's Dark Side. Weiss-Roessler. Josh. August 18, 2010. Tubefilter. June 18, 2018. Tubefilter, Inc..
  2. News: Sxephil, iJustine and Shane Dawson Spill Secret Fears for Black Box TV. Miller. Liz Shannon. August 17, 2010. GigaOm. June 18, 2018. Knowingly, Inc.. June 20, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180620101234/https://gigaom.com/2010/08/17/sxephil-ijustine-and-shane-dawson-spill-secret-fears-for-black-box-tv/. dead.
  3. News: CSI's Anthony Zuiker is back with BlackBoxTV Web fears. Shen. Maxine. April 13, 2012. New York Post. June 18, 2018. NYP Holdings, Inc..
  4. News: Google Plans to Turn Existing TV Industry Upside Down. Lyons. Dan. November 7, 2011. The Daily Beast. June 18, 2018. The Daily Beast Company.
  5. News: Anthony E. Zuiker Debuts Original Series on BlackBoxTV. Baldwin. Drew. April 13, 2012. Tubefilter. June 18, 2018. Tubefilter, Inc..
  6. News: Meet Watch Awards Talent Judge Wilson Cleveland. Castillo. Michelle. April 1, 2014. Adweek. June 18, 2018. Beringer Capital.
  7. News: BlackBoxTV Portrays Perils Of YouTube Stardom In New Season. Gutelle. Sam. March 19, 2014. Tubefilter. June 18, 2018. Tubefilter, Inc..
  8. Web site: 4th Annual Streamy Awards Nominees. Streamy Awards. June 18, 2018.
  9. News: Legendary, YouTube Launch Halloween Film Contest with Guillermo del Toro . Graser. Marc. September 2, 2014. Variety. June 18, 2018. Variety Media, LLC..
  10. News: Guillermo Del Toro To Pick Finalists In YouTube Horror Hunt: Video. Yamato. Jen. October 27, 2014. Deadline Hollywood. June 18, 2018. Deadline.
  11. Web site: Winners 3rd Annual Streamy Awards Winners. Streamy Awards. June 18, 2018.
  12. Web site: Winners 5th Annual Streamy Awards Winners. Streamy Awards. June 18, 2018.
  13. Web site: Winners 7th Annual Streamy Awards Winners. Streamy Awards. June 18, 2018.
  14. Web site: IAWTV Awards Past Winners. International Academy of Web Television. June 18, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004135043/http://www.iawtv.org/iawtv-awards-ap/. October 4, 2015. dead.

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