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Posted Sep 14, 2009

My Damn Channel Flaunts ‘New Fall Season’ Like Real TV (Except…Not)

NEW YORK, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- My Damn Channel (www.MyDamnChannel.com), today announced its "new fall season" flaunting A-list talent, new branded entertainment, and a new revenue stream built for industry professionals and consumers. The entertainment studio and new media platform begins its third year in business (the mathematical equivalent of 90. . .in web years).

My Damn Channel has birthed 25 video channels for filmmakers, actors, musicians and comedians. Original series feature artists who bring sizeable audiences from television, film, music and comedy to new media.  Harry Shearer, David Wain, Don Was, Paul Rudd, Sarah Silverman, Isla Fisher, David Cross, Jonah Hill, Elizabeth Banks, and Spinal Tap are some of the creators who have earned over 65 million total video views.  Hit series include Wainy Days, Pilot Season, Horrible People and You Suck at Photoshop.  My Damn Channel is now also one of the most-subscribed and most-watched channels on YouTube.

My Damn Channel launches its "new fall season" on October 8, 2009 with the exclusive premiere of Sparhusen, a musical series about "the almost great band of Sweden" from writer-producer-star Illeana Douglas; co-created and co-starring Rob Mailhouse and Todd Spahr; and also co-starring Wallace Langham and Keanu Reeves, making his web series debut.  The first Sparhusen installment documents the in-studio tensions surrounding the recording of the band's breakthrough single "Apples & Fish" in 1972, when famed record producer Vorste Fierron (Reeves) clashed with the band's long-time manager Bjorn Epstein (Langham) over a fish.  The Sparhusen trailer premieres today at: www.MyDamnChannel.com/Sparhusen.  Sparhusen's long-awaited album, The Best of Sparhusen, will be out this fall and available on My Damn Channel.

Easy to Assemble: Co-Worker of the Year, the second season of Douglas' acclaimed comedy series will also premiere on My Damn Channel on October 8. Easy to Assemble stars Douglas who quits her Hollywood career to go work at IKEA and co-stars an impressive cast of TV and film pros including Justine Bateman, Tom Arnold, Ed Begley Jr., Craig Bierko, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Pollak and Jane Lynch.  Easy to Assemble: Co-Worker of the Year continues with Illeana Douglas vying for co-worker of the year against Justine Batemen.  They are joined by Cheri Oteri, Ricki Lake, Tim Meadows, Daryl Sabara, Eric Lange and returning cast include Kevin Pollak, Tom Arnold and Ed Begley, Jr..  Easy to Assemble and Sparhusen will premiere at invitation-only events in the weeks ahead including the New York  Television Festival (September 23rd) and at a red carpet premiere screening at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood (October 7th) as part of the American Cinemateque series.  Easy to Assemble will be at www.MyDamnChannel.com/EasyToAssemble.

"I'm thrilled to bring Easy to Assemble and Sparhusen to My Damn Channel," said Illeana Douglas.  "The originality of their shows and respect for content creators like myself will be a magnet for other artists.  We also share the same goals.  We are both crowd-pleasers and risk-takers."

"Over the past two years, we built a studio, a destination network and a major syndication business giving artists we love the freedom and backing to reach millions directly," said My Damn Channel Founder/CEO Rob Barnett.  "Our stars turn music and funny into money. Advertisers now call us. And we've got a company that's growing, diversifying and having good times inside a bad economy. I'll shut up now."


My Damn Channel's new "fall season" also includes:

  • KNIGHT SHIFT: As the economy collapses and the ice caps melt, the world is desperate for heroes.  Knight Shift is a new My Damn Channel animated series premiering in October. The legendary court of Camelot and its storied Round Table have been reinstated by the Queen. Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Sean Connery, Sir Elton John, Sir Richard Branson and other knighted pop icons are led by Prince William, and his robotic sidekick, Stephen Hawking, on quests to vanquish evil celebrity super villains.  Knight Shift is created by Ryan Hunter & Taige Jenson (YouTubers also known as P0ykpac) and the series is produced by My Damn Channel's Brad O'Farrell.  Here's the pilot episode: www.MyDamnChannel.com/KnightShift.
  • RAMP (Radio and Music Pros): RAMP is a new, daily email blast filling a gaping radio and music information void.  In addition to the latest breaking news, the email will link to  MyDamnChannel.com/RAMP where consumers can see videos of established and emerging artists, and gain a dizzying sense of excitement causinghem to immediately run out and purchase music.  Radio stations and personalities will be able to share videos of in-studio and station events on My Damn Channel and its syndication network, reaching over 1.5 million unique users monthly.     RAMP is created by Kevin Carter, Steve Resnik and Keith Berman, who spent the past eight years producing Street Talk Daily, a subsidiary of Radio & Records.
  • HARRY SHEARER: the first artist signed to My Damn Channel in 2007 is an actor, author, director, satirist, musician, radio host, playwright, multi-media artist and record label owner. Harry is inside the heads of millions worldwide thanks to his voice work on The Simpsons, for the mother of all mockumentaries: This is Spinal Tap, and for decades of service delivering intelligent and intensely funny thought in every medium. Shearer's My Damn Channel videos have satirized politicians, news anchors and talking heads, earning over seven million total views and garnering mass media coverage. This fall, Harry will premiere new videos from his album on the economic meltdown, "Greed and Fear."  Harry's channel can be viewed at www.MyDamnChannel.com/HarryShearer. 
  • DON WAS: the second artist signed to My Damn Channel in 2007 is one of the most respected musicians and music producers today. Don Was has produced over 100 leading musicians in a wide variety of genres including The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Iggy Pop, The B-52's, Willie Nelson, Brian Wilson, The Black Crowes, Ziggy Marley, Solomon Burke and The Highwaymen. His own band, Was (Not Was) broke out of Don's native Detroit and created an eclectic, magnetic sound combining soul, funk, R&B, rock and dance influences with satiric, often bizarre lyrics. Don created the Wasmopolitan Cavalcade of Recorded Music video destination at http://www.MyDamnChannel.com/DonWas as a safe haven for artists to create new music that most fans would never get to hear anywhere else. This October, Don launches his third season on My Damn Channel featuring live performances recorded this summer at Detroit's "Concert of Colors," a free annual diversity music festival.
  • GRACE CRASHERS presented by Southern Comfort:  Grace Helbig (My Damn Channel's "Daily Grace " and Comedy Central's "Michael and Michael Have Issues") and Dave Ahdoot ("Dave and Ethan: Double Date Us"), host this new My Damn Channel comedy series. Grace Crashers will premiere on October 21st, invading office parties for Halloween, the holidays, and a big sports game, finding out what it takes to make a good party great and a great party unforgettable.  The series will wrap on-location at Mardi Gras in New Orleans (because we can!).  Grace Crashers is presented by  Southern Comfort, executive produced by My Damn Channel's Kevin Weist, and produced and directed by Pete Slack. The series marks the return of Southern Comfort to My Damn Channel after a successful marketing partnership in 2008 earned over 1.2 million video views for an original music series. Grace Crashers also marks the start of a new, two-year series deal between My Damn Channel and Grace Helbig, who hosts a daily vlog informing and interacting with users at www.MyDamnChannel.com/Grace.

About My Damn Channel

My Damn Channel is an entertainment studio and new media platform created to empower comedians, musicians and filmmakers to co-produce, distribute and monetize original, episodic video. Artists create content for the My Damn Channel website and for syndication on the most heavily-trafficked online communities and social networks. The network has aired some of the most successful, professionally-produced comedy series on the web, including You Suck at Photoshop, Wainy Days, Horrible People, and videos by Harry Shearer. My Damn Channel has won 12 accolades from the Webby Awards including  Best Comedy Series and two 2009 Streamy Awards, garnered worldwide media coverage, secured major national advertisers, earned over 57,000 subscribers on You Tube, racked up a bazillion total views and blah, blah, blah. . .Are you still reading?  Stop now and start exploring: www.MyDamnChannel.com .

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