"Quarterlife" Bombs on NBC Despite Web Buzz

Reuters reports that the highly touted Web-based drama series “quarterlife” proved a network television flop in its NBC debut, drawing the network’s worst ratings for its time slot in at least 20 years, according to Nielsen Media Research on Wednesday.

The show was supposed to do well among the coveted 18-49 demographic that’s prized by advertisers. But the show’s “dismal performance in its prime-time network launch on Tuesday threw its immediate future into doubt at the General Electric Co.-owned

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