Bud.TV hops to it with originals

February 02, 2007 Bud.TV, the first advertiser owned-and-operated network on the Internet, launches right after the Super Bowl on Sunday with an array of innovative programming such as "Afterworld," a 130-episode, 2.5D animated science-fiction series, moviemaking competition series "Finish Our Movie" and "Happy Hour," a daily dose of comedy. Airing five days a week for six months, "Afterworld," from Stan Rogow Prods., will feature two-minute episodes about the adventures of Russell Shoemaker, who pieces together the mystery of an inexplicable global event that renders 99% of the population missing and all technology useless. "Finish Our Movie," from "Project Greenlight" producers Live Planet, will invite viewers to compete for the chance to make the middle of a short film whose beginning and ending have been directed by comedy writers Craig DiGregorio and Steve Lookner and written by DiGregorio, Lookner and Nick Malis.

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