It's On with Alexa Chung

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It's On with Alexa Chung
GenreInteractive web/music/talk/variety
Presented byAlexa Chung
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
Production
Executive producerCorin Nelson
Production locationsNew York, New York, USA
Camera setupMulti-camera live
Running time60 minutes (season 1)
30 minutes (season 2)
Original release
NetworkMTV
ReleaseJune 15 (2009-06-15) –
December 17, 2009 (2009-12-17)

It's On with Alexa Chung is an American live interactive talk and variety program that aired weekdays on MTV from June 15 to December 17, 2009. The show, a "successor" to MTV's Total Request Live,[1] was hosted by British model-turned-television personality Alexa Chung.

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The series was a mash-up of television and web content, featuring live music performances, celebrity interviews, videos, and content from social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, targeting teenagers who have "been fleeing television for the Web."[2][3]

The show used Twitter and Facebook in order to "make sure there aren't a lot of layers of filters so people feel like they're part of the audience". Nelson gives examples such as using viewers' Facebook profiles as song lyrics and allowing viewers to ask questions to celebrities via Twitter.[2] The show was canceled in 2009.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "MTV's 'Alexa Chung' tunes in to Facebook, Twitter". cnet.com. May 29, 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
  2. ^ a b "MTV Widens Its Net: The network aims to turn a British model into a Web star". The Wall Street Journal. June 12, 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
  3. ^ Stelter, Brian (11 June 2009). "Social Network, TV Network: Did You Tweet?". The New York Times.

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