they went from humble digital beginnings
to bonafide broadcast hits welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten TV shows
that started online before we begin we
publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
TV series whose earliest iterations
started in cyberspace this does not
necessarily mean they began as web
series just that the internet played a
big part in lending them a studio deal I
think you could do that Morty you think
anyone but me could do that ever in a
billion years number 10
drunk history John Pemberton put the
coca and the Kola together this show has
been making history a great deal more
entertaining since 2007 created by Derek
waters and Jeremy Connor with Will
Ferrell among the show’s executive
producers this wacky web series was
picked up by Comedy Central after it
gained popularity on HBO’s Funny or Die
show alternating current is bad
alternating current all only causing
massive deaths a normal episode involves
a drunk attempt at narrating an
important event from history while
actors mind their way through a
reenactment I will be bridging country
music and pop i’ma be in movies are you
in or are you out and even when it was a
webseries drunk history managed to pull
in a lot of famous faces including Jack
Black and Ryan Gosling
there was such a clatter I sprang from
my bed to see what was the matter
number nine Children’s Hospital why do
we just get out there and save some
lives Wow
scrubs isn’t the only Hospital based
comedy out there Children’s Hospital
emphasis on the apostrophe was a web
series shown on The WB com with each
episode lasting around five minutes
you’re the attending physician so I need
your permission I want to cut this kid
open the hilarious comedy show set in a
Brazilian hospital despite clearly being
shot in California poked fun at medical
dramas like house Grey’s Anatomy and ER
after releasing two online seasons it
drew the attention of Comedy Central and
Adult Swim showrunner Rob Ford
chose the latter as he believed
Children’s Hospital now without the
apostrophe was more suited to a
15-minute time slot rather than a full
half-hour one two three
number eight human giant get down the
floor
what’s your cube bro before Parks and
Recreation and master of none there was
human giant written by and starring Aziz
Ansari Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer this
sketch comedy series ran for two seasons
on MTV with the production company
leaving the option for a third on the
table if you should be a witch with no
plot or consistent characters each
episode sees the three comedians take on
different roles as they mock pop culture
or deliver biting social commentary a
handful of the segment’s debuted online
as part of channel 101 before the show
premiered on MTV in 2007 but frankly at
this point in career I think it’s safe
to say you’re you’re old news number
seven workaholics when you kick a dude
and he’s already down he’s not likely to
share their on-screen counterparts might
be lazy but Blake Anderson Adam Devine
and Anders Holm are anything but prior
to workaholics successful run on Comedy
Central the mischievous trio formed part
of mail order comedy a sketch group
based in Los Angeles their personal
website and a YouTube channel the
comedians wrote and directed a variety
of sketches which eventually caught the
attention of Walter Newman an executive
at Comedy Central the sauce stinks smell
like flowers after workaholics took off
it’s three stars created a production
company under the name of mail order
comedy number six insecure Lisa what’s
on bleep I don’t know what that means
if there’s one emotion everyone can
relate to it is awkwardness based on
that simple belief Issa Rae launched the
misadventures of awkward black girl in
2011
the sketch show follows the
passive-aggressive J who works for
gutbusters a company manufacturing
weight-loss pills positive word-of-mouth
and a strong social media campaign
helped ISA show go viral which
eventually peaked HBO’s interest
re-envisioned as insecure a raunchy
comedy series that explores contemporary
racial and social issues season one and
to sit at an impressive 100 percent on
rottentomatoes.com as of September 2017
yeah maybe she should lower than like I
did number 5 Billy on the street please
welcome the Billy on the street for the
first time Seth Rogen what dude David
Letterman Tina Fey Anna Kendrick Chris
Pratt and Michelle Obama have in common
they all appeared in an episode of Billy
on the street sir for a dollar scream
this tweet from Mariska Hargitay
screaming Congrats on your Emmy Carson
Daly I want to be you hosted by Billy
Eichner this ad-libbed comedy game show
follows the energetic comedian as he
hits the streets of New York to quiz
people on their pop culture knowledge I
am going to list an object or a concept
and you have to tell me if you think
based on your opinion whether Shakira
knows what that is
with cash prizes as an incentive Billy
on the street gained popularity through
the Funny or Die website before being
picked up by fuse and later truTV with
five successful seasons the series
earned Eichner parts on Parks and
Recreation and new girl max number four
Portlandia welcome to Portland thank you
depending on who you ask this series is
the best or worst thing to happen to
Portland thunder ant was a web series
created by Fred Armisen and Carrie
Brownstein it started to appear online
in 2005 recarey if we could order that
for you it’ll take a year to get here it
began as a normal sketch show but the
content quickly started to center around
Portland and its distinct culture some
segments like the feminist bookstore
were actually shot on location the pair
took their idea to IFC and Broadway
video who quickly snatched them up and
launched the award-winning Portlandia
number three adventuretime algebraic
Cartoon Network’s whimsical story about
a boy and his dog’s daily adventures in
the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo has
captured the hearts of children and
adults alike combining subversive humor
with heartfelt beauty show creator
Pendleton ward sighted Hayao Miyazaki’s
my neighbor totoro
as a source of inspiration prior to his
work on the Marvelous Misadventures of
flapjack Ward directed a short film
entitled adventure time for Nicktoons
which eventually became a viral hit
online after the production company
failed to capitalize Cartoon Network
jumped on the opportunity and the rest
is history
it already happened
number two broad city and I can I’m so
broke excuse me keying it in New York
City might be damn near impossible but
it gets a bit easier with a good friend
by your side in a case of art imitating
reality a lot of Glazer and Abbi
Jacobson used their real-life struggles
to launch the webseries broad city
they’re infectious friendship and
down-to-earth performances spoke to
millions of people around the world
including Amy Poehler who mentored the
series leads and became one of the
executive producers of
its TV iteration the success of the
online show resulted in Comedy Central
producing a big-budget version of broad
city in 2014 the student has become a
teacher number one
Rick and Morty one of the most
successful critically acclaimed and
beloved animated series of the 2010s
Rick and Morty spawned from Justin
roiland and Dan Harmon’s twisted brains
boasting irreverent humor raunchy jokes
and sci-fi themes that would be
considered too niche for community Adult
Swim’s hit series started off as a Back
to the Future parody before transforming
into so much more I’m so sad
we’ll go back in time in 2006 royal and
submitted the real animated adventures
of doc and Marty as a webisode to
channel 101 a non-profit short film
showcase co-founded by Harmon it proved
so popular that he brought the
characters back for future shorts and
eventually Rick and Morty was born this
was insane that was pure luck I was not
in control of that situation at all do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
to bonafide broadcast hits welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten TV shows
that started online before we begin we
publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
TV series whose earliest iterations
started in cyberspace this does not
necessarily mean they began as web
series just that the internet played a
big part in lending them a studio deal I
think you could do that Morty you think
anyone but me could do that ever in a
billion years number 10
drunk history John Pemberton put the
coca and the Kola together this show has
been making history a great deal more
entertaining since 2007 created by Derek
waters and Jeremy Connor with Will
Ferrell among the show’s executive
producers this wacky web series was
picked up by Comedy Central after it
gained popularity on HBO’s Funny or Die
show alternating current is bad
alternating current all only causing
massive deaths a normal episode involves
a drunk attempt at narrating an
important event from history while
actors mind their way through a
reenactment I will be bridging country
music and pop i’ma be in movies are you
in or are you out and even when it was a
webseries drunk history managed to pull
in a lot of famous faces including Jack
Black and Ryan Gosling
there was such a clatter I sprang from
my bed to see what was the matter
number nine Children’s Hospital why do
we just get out there and save some
lives Wow
scrubs isn’t the only Hospital based
comedy out there Children’s Hospital
emphasis on the apostrophe was a web
series shown on The WB com with each
episode lasting around five minutes
you’re the attending physician so I need
your permission I want to cut this kid
open the hilarious comedy show set in a
Brazilian hospital despite clearly being
shot in California poked fun at medical
dramas like house Grey’s Anatomy and ER
after releasing two online seasons it
drew the attention of Comedy Central and
Adult Swim showrunner Rob Ford
chose the latter as he believed
Children’s Hospital now without the
apostrophe was more suited to a
15-minute time slot rather than a full
half-hour one two three
number eight human giant get down the
floor
what’s your cube bro before Parks and
Recreation and master of none there was
human giant written by and starring Aziz
Ansari Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer this
sketch comedy series ran for two seasons
on MTV with the production company
leaving the option for a third on the
table if you should be a witch with no
plot or consistent characters each
episode sees the three comedians take on
different roles as they mock pop culture
or deliver biting social commentary a
handful of the segment’s debuted online
as part of channel 101 before the show
premiered on MTV in 2007 but frankly at
this point in career I think it’s safe
to say you’re you’re old news number
seven workaholics when you kick a dude
and he’s already down he’s not likely to
share their on-screen counterparts might
be lazy but Blake Anderson Adam Devine
and Anders Holm are anything but prior
to workaholics successful run on Comedy
Central the mischievous trio formed part
of mail order comedy a sketch group
based in Los Angeles their personal
website and a YouTube channel the
comedians wrote and directed a variety
of sketches which eventually caught the
attention of Walter Newman an executive
at Comedy Central the sauce stinks smell
like flowers after workaholics took off
it’s three stars created a production
company under the name of mail order
comedy number six insecure Lisa what’s
on bleep I don’t know what that means
if there’s one emotion everyone can
relate to it is awkwardness based on
that simple belief Issa Rae launched the
misadventures of awkward black girl in
2011
the sketch show follows the
passive-aggressive J who works for
gutbusters a company manufacturing
weight-loss pills positive word-of-mouth
and a strong social media campaign
helped ISA show go viral which
eventually peaked HBO’s interest
re-envisioned as insecure a raunchy
comedy series that explores contemporary
racial and social issues season one and
to sit at an impressive 100 percent on
rottentomatoes.com as of September 2017
yeah maybe she should lower than like I
did number 5 Billy on the street please
welcome the Billy on the street for the
first time Seth Rogen what dude David
Letterman Tina Fey Anna Kendrick Chris
Pratt and Michelle Obama have in common
they all appeared in an episode of Billy
on the street sir for a dollar scream
this tweet from Mariska Hargitay
screaming Congrats on your Emmy Carson
Daly I want to be you hosted by Billy
Eichner this ad-libbed comedy game show
follows the energetic comedian as he
hits the streets of New York to quiz
people on their pop culture knowledge I
am going to list an object or a concept
and you have to tell me if you think
based on your opinion whether Shakira
knows what that is
with cash prizes as an incentive Billy
on the street gained popularity through
the Funny or Die website before being
picked up by fuse and later truTV with
five successful seasons the series
earned Eichner parts on Parks and
Recreation and new girl max number four
Portlandia welcome to Portland thank you
depending on who you ask this series is
the best or worst thing to happen to
Portland thunder ant was a web series
created by Fred Armisen and Carrie
Brownstein it started to appear online
in 2005 recarey if we could order that
for you it’ll take a year to get here it
began as a normal sketch show but the
content quickly started to center around
Portland and its distinct culture some
segments like the feminist bookstore
were actually shot on location the pair
took their idea to IFC and Broadway
video who quickly snatched them up and
launched the award-winning Portlandia
number three adventuretime algebraic
Cartoon Network’s whimsical story about
a boy and his dog’s daily adventures in
the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo has
captured the hearts of children and
adults alike combining subversive humor
with heartfelt beauty show creator
Pendleton ward sighted Hayao Miyazaki’s
my neighbor totoro
as a source of inspiration prior to his
work on the Marvelous Misadventures of
flapjack Ward directed a short film
entitled adventure time for Nicktoons
which eventually became a viral hit
online after the production company
failed to capitalize Cartoon Network
jumped on the opportunity and the rest
is history
it already happened
number two broad city and I can I’m so
broke excuse me keying it in New York
City might be damn near impossible but
it gets a bit easier with a good friend
by your side in a case of art imitating
reality a lot of Glazer and Abbi
Jacobson used their real-life struggles
to launch the webseries broad city
they’re infectious friendship and
down-to-earth performances spoke to
millions of people around the world
including Amy Poehler who mentored the
series leads and became one of the
executive producers of
its TV iteration the success of the
online show resulted in Comedy Central
producing a big-budget version of broad
city in 2014 the student has become a
teacher number one
Rick and Morty one of the most
successful critically acclaimed and
beloved animated series of the 2010s
Rick and Morty spawned from Justin
roiland and Dan Harmon’s twisted brains
boasting irreverent humor raunchy jokes
and sci-fi themes that would be
considered too niche for community Adult
Swim’s hit series started off as a Back
to the Future parody before transforming
into so much more I’m so sad
we’ll go back in time in 2006 royal and
submitted the real animated adventures
of doc and Marty as a webisode to
channel 101 a non-profit short film
showcase co-founded by Harmon it proved
so popular that he brought the
characters back for future shorts and
eventually Rick and Morty was born this
was insane that was pure luck I was not
in control of that situation at all do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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