I'm surprised I haven't seen a thread about this, although I may have missed it! The show will be syndicated and also air on the web. The episodes will be 30 minutes each, but no word on if it'll have a daily or weekly format.

New original episodes of the Emmy nominated webseries “Gotham” are coming to television and all digital media. Gotham is a serial drama based on characters originally created by two- time Emmy winner Martha Byrne and DGA/Emmy Award winner Alexandra Verner Roalsvig. Gotham is written by Byrne and Emmy nominated actress/director Lisa Brown. Brown and Byrne have worked in the world of daytime television for over two decades and created Gotham for the web in 2009 to celebrate the classic story telling of the serial drama and as a “thank you” to the fans for their continued support. Byrne, “Lisa and I are thrilled to be working with simplyMe to create new episodes of Gotham. We believe in the value of good story telling and simplyMe is giving us the opportunity to share our new journey with our fans.” The new episodes of Gotham will be distributed by simplyMe and produced by Gotham Productions LLC. SimplyMe CEO Krystol Cameron, "It brings us great pleasure to provide Gotham distribution over our cable and digital TV channels nationally. Gotham, once enjoyed by consumers on the web, will now go mainstream on and offline with new original episodes. It is a thrill for me and my staff to work with producer David Wenzel and seasoned veterans Martha Byrne and Lisa Brown.”

LINK: http://www.prurgent.com/2013-03-21/pressrelease290280.htm

Thoughts?

For me, I'm more shocked than anything. It's been four years since Gotham aired. I've always said Gotham is one of the few web soaps I'd LIKE to see move to tv because it had a good premise that would led itself to that. The production values weren't the best, but I could see what they were trying to achive and it felt like good soap. I hope with a bigger budget that these kinks are worked out. I hope it's a success! They certainly picked a good year to do this.

I'll be harsh for the both of us. I just don't see how that thing was viable as it was. Maybe I'll rewatch it.

Edited March 26, 201312 yr by Vee

In the age of digital over-the-air channels, with the new obscure national networks, I guess this isn't as shocking. Also though, I think AMC/OLTL will get more viewership being Web-only than Gotham will despite having a "TV deal." I was only able to get through one episode of Gotham on the Web. Production values weren't a big deal for me. Instead, the characters just seemed too upper-class and rich for me. I doubt I'll be watching.

Still this is good news for Martha Byrne and good news for soaps! 2013 continues to be the year of soap revival.

Edited March 26, 201312 yr by jfung79

Also though, I think AMC/OLTL will get more viewership being Web-only than Gotham will despite having a "TV deal."

Yeah, I see this being the case as well.

And AMC/OLTL with their relatively diverse casts...if PP can get these shows on some international platforms...provided the stories are compelling, there is potential for viewing in other countries.

EricMontreal22 mentioned Gotham starting 'again from scratch'. I think this could probably be accomplished, given the amount of time the show has been away. It wouldn't be a bad thing to broaden and diversify Gotham so it actually resembles what Gotham looks like in this day an age. And adding some former ATWT alums (the ones we want, of course-LOL) couldn't hurt.

Speaking of ATWT alums,

Does anyone know why the Steamboat clips got pulled from You Tube? There doesn't seem to be a presence for this series anywhere on the Web? Just curious.

The Steamboat people pulled the clips. They were trying to sell it so they took them all offline.

The Steamboat people pulled the clips. They were trying to sell it so they took them all offline.

Oh, okay, thanks ~bl~.

Sell huh? Hm. LOL.

Edited March 26, 201312 yr by DramatistDreamer

I will give Gotham another shot, especially if more ATWT stars will be included. I also hope Michael O'Leary Harbors gets off the ground as well..just to see former GL stars together again. GL was my favorite soap, with ATWT coming in second..so I will attempt to support the actors I've come to love.

The only reason I might watch is Anna Stuart, if she'll be on the TV version too. By the way, just read a great We Love Soaps interview with her from 2010!

Itll be interesting to see if the show gets a real budget and how that changes things.

I will def give it a shot despite hating the web show. Ive always loved first run scripted syndication.

Martha ByrneATWT is not coming back at this time but I promise you GOTHAM will have many of the cast members from ATWT involved.

I thought that the web show had a lot of potential.. but with the limited budget/episode length, I just viewed it as just a promotional backstory for the real show.

Hopefully, she'll expand the canvas a bit and also diversify the show (i.e. include asians, blacks, hispanics, etc.. even some gay 3 d characters since the fashion world does have a large gay population working within it).

Martha ByrneATWT is not coming back at this time but I promise you GOTHAM will have many of the cast members from ATWT involved.

That's cool. I'm thinking Van Hansis and Jon Hensley are likely given her connections to them. Also Michael Park would probably be back since he was in the Web series.

Still probably not enough for me to watch though (at least, not without Anna Stuart) ... I strongly agree with the need for more diversity.