WIGS (web channel)
| WIGS | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Scripted and Unscripted Web Series |
| Created by | Jon Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia |
| Starring |
Julia Stiles Troian Bellisario Jennifer Beals Kim Shaw Sarah Jones America Ferrera Mary Elizabeth Ellis Melonie Diaz Laura Spencer Caitlin Gerard Maura Tierney Rosanna Arquette Catherine O'Hara Jena Malone |
| No. of series | 3 in Season 2 13 in Season 1 |
| No. of episodes |
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| Production | |
| Location(s) | Culver City, California |
| Release | |
| Original network | http://www.watchwigs.com |
| Original release | May 14, 2012 |
| External links | |
| watchwigs |
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WIGS is a web channel, part of the YouTube Original Channel Initiative. It presents a series of short films and documentaries about the lives of women. WIGS offers broadcast-quality dramatic fare designed to appeal to female viewers.
Each installment is around five to ten minutes in length. The channel was co-created by Jon Avnet, producer of Black Swan and Risky Business, and Rodrigo Garcia, who directed Albert Nobbs and In Treatment.
Jon Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia developed and wrote a handful of series and they recruited writers and directors such as Lesli Linka Glatter, Rose Troche, Amy Lippman,Marta Kauffman, and most recently, Julia Stiles, to direct projects for the channel. They have recruited actors such as Jennifer Beals, Jena Malone, Troian Bellisario, and Julia Stiles.
WIGS officially launched on May 14, 2012. WIGS releases new episodes every Friday on YouTube. The channel's first season includes 100 episodes of short films, series and documentaries. "Jan," written and directed by Jon Avnet, was the first series released by WIGS. While the channel's tagline "Where it gets interesting" does not fully match the acronym WIGS; on their website, the words "Where It Gets . . ." are used to begin to describe each series, and the last word is changed. For example, for the first series, "Jan," the tagline is, "Where It Gets Spicy."
On February 19, 2013, Fox announced the launch of an event series and multiplatform programming department and a multiyear partnership with WIGS. The multiyear programming, marketing and distribution pact with WIGS will serve as an incubator for original content that can be programmed on Fox or other networks. WIGS will fall under Fox's Shana C. Waterman's purview.
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