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In February 2025, YouTube turned 20. The video site has gone through a lot over the past two decades, including an acquisition, an earnings glow-up, and multiple generations of star creators. In our 20 Years of YouTube series, we’ll examine the uploads, trends, and influencers that have defined the world’s favorite video site — one year at a time. Click here for a full archive of the series.

Take yourself back to the early 2010s: It’s Friday night, you just got a hot new outfit from Urban Outfitters, and you’re ready to go out for some bacon-wrapped bacon. While you get ready, you throw on the hottest pop song of the moment, which combines autotuned vocals with insipid lyrics and a nonsensical music video. That’s right: You’re listening to Rebecca Black‘s “Friday.”

For a while, this song was everywhere. Its official YouTube video has 175 million lifetime views,...

Kylo Ren was a great addition to the Star Wars universe. He’s a disturbed individual, which makes for great villain material. Well, YouTuber Dane Boe thought it would be fun to incorporate the character into several other classic films, and as it turns out he makes a great addition to those movies as well! Some of the movies that the villain was included in are Back to the Future, The Shining, Dirty Harry, Pulp Fiction, 300, Terminator 2, Anchorman, and more.

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Nostalgia for the '90s is in full swing, as evidenced by a ton of TV show revivals and movie sequels and reboots being greenlit left and right. The upcoming Independence Day: Resurgence is one of those properties, picking up twenty years after the events of the 1996 original. But YouTuber Dane Boe, using some pretty awesome visual effects wizardry, reworked the trailer for Resurgence into Independence Day: Return of the '90s, a delightfully ridiculous premise that sees stars Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman battling '90s-centric toys like Tickle Me Elmos and Furbies. It doesn't get much more '90s than a Troll riding on an N64 controller, and that's another threat to the planet on display here. Check it out:

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The man behind one of YouTube's biggest web series believes his partner network is about to go belly up, and before that happens, he wants to get paid. A lawyer representing Dane Boedigheimer, the creator of The Annoying Orange, has filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court ordering The Collective Digital Studio to arbitration.

The news of Boedigheimer's lawsuit comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which shared some choice excerpts from the relevant court papers. In them, Boedigheimer, who is one of the most successful creators within the Collective Digital Studio multi-channel network, claims the McN is not holding up its end of the deal. "For months, The Collective has refused to pay Boedigheimer and his production company, Annoying Orange, Inc., any revenue generated from the exploitation of The Annoying Orange and other content and has kept all of the revenues for itself," reads the suit.

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It's no secret that YouTube stars have gotten so successful, they are being courted by Hollywood managers, agents and producers. With burgeoning popularity comes business headaches, like that of One Management's digital distribution division, which allegedly has hit such hard times that it has refused to turn over revenue. The ramifications, according to court papers filed on Tuesday by Dane Boedigheimer (aka "Daneboe"), is the possible end to The Annoying Orange, which attracted such a large following that it was picked up by Cartoon Network. At the center of the lawsuit is the Collective Digital Studio, an offshoot of The

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The Annoying Orange is transforming his YouTube channel into an online TV network. The Orange, created by Dane Boedigheimer, will launch two new regularly scheduled shows on its popular channel, complementing its flagship show “Annoying Orange.” One new show, “The Misfortune of Being Ned,” debuts Wednesday while another, “Gusto Rules,” will appear in January, the Collective Digital Studio announced Tuesday. Cds represents many of the top channels on YouTube, including Annoying Orange, Freddie Wong and Epic Meal Time. The goal with these shows is to give the channel’s 3.3 million subscribers more reasons to return on a regular basis – and to.

“Annoying Orange” got its start on YouTube, and it’s going strong on it’s new broadcasting home, Cartoon Network. If you’re a fan of the show, The Collective and Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment have announced that “The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange: Volume 3: Fruit Wars” will be released Sept. 17. The show, developed and produced by entertainment management and production company The Collective, “Annoying Orange” web series creator Dane Boedigheimer and Tom Sheppard (Emmy® Award-winning writer for “Pinky and the Brain”), stars Toby Turner as the Annoying Orange’s human friend Nerville in this 10-episode volume from Season One. The volume also includes special guests such as Eddy Izzard, Felicia Day, [ Read More ]

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The 2013 San Diego Comic-Con is at hand, and with it come a ton of big name movies and TV shows putting their best foot forward for the fans in attendance.

From primetime television series to cable favorites, web series to returning classics, television will dominate the San Diego Convention Center this year. Take a look at the complete movie schedule below and make sure to plan accordingly; there are plenty of tough choices. The complete list of movie panels can be found here.

Wednesday, July 17 (Preview Night)

Warner Bros. Television pilot screenings: Ballroom 20, 6-10 p.m. "Almost Human," "The Originals, "The Tomorrow People," "The 100."

Thursday, July 18

"Intelligence": Ballroom 20, 10-11 a.m. Josh Holloway, Marg Helgenberger, Meghan Ory, Michael Seitzman, Rene Echevarria and Tripp Vinson attending. Pilot will be screened.

"Battlestar Galactica" 35th Anniversary: Room Cf, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Richard Hatch, Michael Nankin, Dr. Kevin Grazier, Michael Angeli,...

It’s time to finalize those Comic-Con schedules.

With the annual pop culture-paloooza just weeks away, the event’s organizers have finally released an official schedule, and if you thought your schedule looked packed based on initial panel reports, prepare yourself for more than a few tough choices.

For those not attending the Con, which runs July 17-21, stay close to EW.com all Comic-Con week long for live coverage, including breaking news, interviews and more. (Bookmark this.)

Here’s the full rundown of the TV line-up. Head to Inside Movies to create more schedule conflicts for yourself with the complete movie highlights list.

Comic-Con International announced the programming schedule for the first day of San Diego Comic-Con 2013 on Thursday, July 18. You can clickHere for the full schedule, including comic book-related events, but we have all the movie, DVD, and TV-related panels for you right here. You can also clickHere to check out the TV pilots that will be presented on Preview Night, Wednesday, July 17. Take a look at what panels and events are happening in San Diego, two weeks from today.

Thursday, July 18

10:00 Am - 11:00 Am Intelligence

Stars Josh Holloway (Lost), Meghan Ory (Once Upon a Time), and Marg Helgenberger (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and executive producers Michael Seitzman (North Country), Ren&#233 Echevarria (Terra Nova, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and Tripp Vinson discuss the new CBS dramatic thriller. Holloway plays Gabriel, a high-tech intelligence operative enhanced with a supercomputer microchip in his brain. With this implant, Gabriel is the first...

I have to admit, I’m woefully out of the loop when it comes to Adventure Time, but I know it’s one of the biggest things at every con, and of course, their presence will be heard, along with other folks from the Cartoon Network, at this summer’s Comic-Con. Read on for details on the panels and who’s coming, including nuggets on Teen Titans Go! and Beware The Batman.

At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Cartoon Network will once again offer the ultimate fan experience both on and off the convention floor. Taking center stage is an Adventure Time themed booth on the convention floor showcasing the Ice King’s iconic castle with an exclusive fan-centric photo opportunity. Fans again have the opportunity to collect exclusive Comic-Con giveaways including five different Adventure Time buttons.

Directly across the street from the Convention Center, Cartoon Network has joined...

The Collective has hired Michele Fino to head up advertising sales and branded entertainment for its digital studio, the company announced on Wednesday. The Collective Digital Studio represents YouTube talent like Freddie Wong and Dane Boedigheimer ("The Annoying Orange"), producing shows and handling the distribution of their channels on YouTube. Fino, a former executive at "American Idol" and "X Factor" producer FremantleMedia, will sell ads against more than 150 channels from the company's New York office. She will report to chief revenue officer Alex Angeledes. "As we continue to grow the media and...

The world's most notable anthropomorphic fruit is continuing to make it big on TV. The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, Cartoon Network's TV adaptation of Dane Boedigheimer's mind-bogglingly popular web series, will return for a second season, which will debut at 7:30 Est on May 16th. The first TV season of Annoying Orange averaged close to two million views an episode, making it one of the most popular cable programs in its timeslot. It was particularly popular with boys ages 6-14, which is not a surprise given the young age of its YouTube audience. Season two will once against center around the titular orange, voiced by Boedigheimer, and will undoubtedly feature many, many fruit puns. Popular YouTubers Toby Turner and iJustine will return as members of the main cast, as will noted voice actors such as Jim Cummings and Tom Kenny. Season one featured many recurring and guest stars,...

We all know the idyllic Christmastime scene. Cookies are baking in the oven, snow is falling gently in the yard, everyone is wearing their ugly Christmas sweaters, and The Annoying Orange is playing on the stereo. Yeah, you heard that right. The four producers behind the crazy popular Annoying Orange series - Dane Boedigheimer, Bob Jennings, Spencer Grove and Aaron Massey - have released a Yuletide album, titled Christmas in the Kitchen, featuring all of the popular characters from the kitchen singing their holiday favorites with (in)appropriately and punny updated lyrics. The album is admittedly a bit skimpy, clocking in at a mere 18:31. However, if you know a big Annoying Orange fan, it makes a great stocking stuffer, (as do the popular YouTube and Cartoon Network franchise's many other branded efforts). Most of the songs are Christmas classics, though one original song, 'Christmas is for Giving', has been written for the album.

[Editor's Note: The First Drafts Series is a Tubefilter column that highlights and critiques the first online videos from the world's greatest online video stars. Check out previous editions of Fds here.] Before their Annoying Orange smash hit eviscerated fruit and scored a TV deal with Cartoon Network (not to mention licensing deals with Toys “R” Us and JCPenney), North Dakota natives Dane Boedigheimer and Spencer Grove created Donkey Kong: The Movie, a smartly executed, geek-tastic clip that humorously mocks old media action-thrillers: So what can we learn from Dane and Spencer’s seeds of greatness? 1. Anyone can animate. Dk:tm features a green-screened guy overlayed on a colorful moving background similar to the one in the game, using a simple image editor to create early 1990’s block video game level graphics. The lesson is that you don’t have to be a fine artist or endure a millennium of painstaking labor animating your magnum opus frame-by-frame. Instead, there are some really nifty programs such as After Effects and Photoshop that can transform an ordinary object (such as an orange) into a network-worthy character.

Cartoon Network has renewed Regular Show and The Amazing World of Gumball for new seasons and added new episodes of Annoying Orange. Produced by Jg Quintel, Regular Show will be back for a fifth season. Follow the travels of 12-year old Gumball and his family, the BAFTA-winning The Amazing World of Gumball from the London-based Cartoon Network Studio Europe will be back for a third season. And the YouTube-to-tv Annoying Orange has had additional episodes added to its debut season by Cartoon Network. Developed and produced by The Collective, Dane Boedigheimer (the creator of the Annoying Orange Web series) co-created the TV series with Tom Sheppard. Conrad Vernon serves as executive producer along with Gary Binkow and Dan Weinstein of The Collective.

NoHo Arts District, CA, September 13, 2012 – Today the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, along with Producer Spike Jones, Jr. and Coordinating Producer Carole Propp announced additional presenters for the 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards. Newly announced presenters include Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), Johnny Galecki & Bill Prady (The Big Bang Theory), Mark Margolis & Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad), Emily Deschanel & Hart Hanson (Bones), LL Cool J & Ken Ehrlich (The Grammy Awards), Mary Murphy & Nigel Lythgoe (So You Think You Can Dance?), Billy Gardell & Mark Roberts (Mike & Molly), Tom Kenny & Dane Boedigheimer (Annoying Orange) and Sig Hansen & Thom Beers (Deadliest Catch), Mark Gardner and David Carbonara (Mad Men), David Neal (2010 Winter Olympics) and Kathy Griffin (Kathy). They join previously announced presenters Lisa Kudrow & Dan Bucatinsky (Web Therapy), Chris O’Donnell & Shane Brennan (NCIS: Los Angeles), Christina Hendricks & Matthew Weiner (Mad Men), Jennifer Morrison, Adam Horowitz & Edward Kitsis (Once Upon A...

The seven million Facebook fans and fifty-million-plus YouTube subscribers celebrated today’s news that the online comedy hit The Annoying Orange would make the leap to TV as a new animated series. As reported by Deadline, The Collective and executive producer Conrad Vernon partnered to produce six half-hour animated shows based on the YouTube skit. The Collective, which represents Annoying Orange creator Dane Boedigheimer and Tom Sheppard, also worked on the web series Fred.