BlackBoxTV Presents

BlackBoxTV Presents
Genre
Created by
Written by
  • Tony E. Valenzuela
  • Michael J. Gallagher
  • Brett Annese
  • Bernie Su
Directed byTony E. Valenzuela
Starring
Narrated byTony E. Valenzuela
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes61
Production
Executive producers
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time15-22 minutes
Original release
NetworkYouTube
ReleaseAugust 17, 2010 (2010-08-17)
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BlackBoxTV Presents is an American horror anthology web series created by Tony E. Valenzuela and Philip DeFranco.[1] The first season, which featured a cast of YouTube creators including DeFranco, iJustine, and Shane Dawson, was self-funded by Valenzuela[2] and debuted on the BlackBoxTV YouTube channel on August 17, 2010.

In 2012, Valenzuela collaborated with CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker[3] to relaunch the BlackBoxTV YouTube channel as part of the YouTube Original Channel Initiative.[4] Season three, dubbed BlackBoxTV: Silverwood, premiered on the relaunched BlackBoxTV YouTube channel on April 13, 2012.[5]

The season 5 premiere episode, "How to Quit YouTube" starring Wilson Cleveland[6] as a vlogger lost in the desert, debuted on YouTube on March 19, 2014. The episode, which Tubefilter writer Sam Gutelle called, "an extreme version of the occasionally overwhelming demands of online video fame,"[7] earned Streamy Award nominations for Cleveland for Best Actor and Valenzuela for Best Director in 2014.[8] The season 5 episode "Versions of Elloise" was produced in collaboration with Legendary Entertainment as part of “YouTube Space House of Horrors: A Legendary Halloween”[9] and selected as one of ten finalists by Guillermo del Toro.[10]

BlackBoxTV Presents has won Streamy Awards for Best Writing: Drama (2013),[11] Best Drama Series (2015)[12] and Best Immersive Series (2017)[13] and won Best Editing at the 2012 IAWTV Awards.[14]

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  2. ^ Miller, Liz Shannon (August 17, 2010). "Sxephil, iJustine and Shane Dawson Spill Secret Fears for Black Box TV". GigaOm. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018 – via Knowingly, Inc.
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  5. ^ Baldwin, Drew (April 13, 2012). "Anthony E. Zuiker Debuts Original Series on BlackBoxTV". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 18, 2018 – via Tubefilter, Inc.
  6. ^ Castillo, Michelle (April 1, 2014). "Meet Watch Awards Talent Judge Wilson Cleveland". Adweek. Retrieved June 18, 2018 – via Beringer Capital.
  7. ^ Gutelle, Sam (March 19, 2014). "BlackBoxTV Portrays Perils Of YouTube Stardom In New Season". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 18, 2018 – via Tubefilter, Inc.
  8. ^ "4th Annual Streamy Awards Nominees". Streamy Awards. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  9. ^ Graser, Marc (September 2, 2014). "Legendary, YouTube Launch Halloween Film Contest with Guillermo del Toro". Variety. Retrieved June 18, 2018 – via Variety Media, LLC.
  10. ^ Yamato, Jen (October 27, 2014). "Guillermo Del Toro To Pick Finalists In YouTube Horror Hunt: Video". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 18, 2018 – via Deadline.
  11. ^ "Winners 3rd Annual Streamy Awards Winners". Streamy Awards. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  12. ^ "Winners 5th Annual Streamy Awards Winners". Streamy Awards. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  13. ^ "Winners 7th Annual Streamy Awards Winners". Streamy Awards. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  14. ^ "IAWTV Awards Past Winners". International Academy of Web Television. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2018.