AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

At his old jobs — running Paramount, and then Disney — Michael Eisner was paid to pick winners, and he did a very good job. But that track record doesn’t mean much in the world of Web video. Eisner started out on the Web with a hit: With a push from MySpace, and then Veoh and YouTube, “Prom Queen”, racked up 15 million views over two seasons. But “Foreign Body”, his newest effort, has been a flop so far. The first 9 episodes of the show, which started airing May 27, have drawn fewer than 10,000 views. MORE on SiliconAlley Insider