Gallery: 11 Web Series to Heat Up Your Summer (Plus a Few to Avoid)

  • Burning Love
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    Burning Love *is just one of many fun online shows that can help get TV addicts through the summer.*
  • 7 Minutes In Heaven
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    Watch: *7 Minutes in Heaven* ------------------------------ True to the show's title, each episode of [*7 Minutes in Heaven*](http://screen.yahoo.com/7minutesinheaven/) is only a few minutes long, but those precious minutes with *Saturday Night Live* writer Mike O'Brien in his closet (like the interlude above with Tina Fey) are almost always pure gold.
  • A Day In the Life
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    Watch: *A Day in the Life* -------------------------- Delivering exactly what the title promises, Hulu's original show [*A Day in the Life*](http://www.hulu.com/a-day-in-the-life) takes snapshots of interesting people living their day-to-day lives.
  • Spoilers
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    Watch: *Spoilers* ------------------ Director Kevin Smith [takes a bunch of movie buffs](http://www.hulu.com/spoilers) to see a flick, then they talk about it. And probably cuss. And tell dick and fart jokes.
  • AllStar Celebrity Bowling
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    Watch: *Chris Hardwick's All-Star Celebrity Bowling* ----------------------------------------------------- Many things on Chris Hardwick's Nerdist YouTube channel are worth your time, but celebrities bowling against geeks, like in the above match against the crew [from *Mad Men*](http://www.nerdist.com/2012/04/the-nerdist-channel-presents-all-star-celebrity-bowling-4-mad-men/), is perfection.
  • American Hipster Presents
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    Watch: *American Hipster Presents* ---------------------------------- Based on the title, it would be easy to write off this web series as hipster BS. Don't. [*American Hipster Presents*](http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAA0610BDF84F62CF) delves into pretty fun scenes in very cool towns, like rolling with the Bon Vivants in San Francisco (above).
  • AEZ Presents
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    Watch: *AEZ Presents* on BlackBoxTV ----------------------------------- This series, curated by *CSI* creator [Anthony E. Zuiker](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958499/), started last month with the intriguing, 15-minute-long, *Frankenstein*-esque cop tale [*Reawakening*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Rt3Iac4Bg), so there's a chance more good things are coming. However, not everything on BlackBoxTV has proven to be as compelling (see the titles marked "Avoid," elsewhere in our gallery).
  • Dirty Work
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    Watch: *Dirty Work* ------------------- Not only can you watch this series about a homicide clean-up crew, you can have [*Dirty Work*]( http://rides.tv/dirty-work/) text and call you.
  • nittwits
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    Watch: *\#nitTWITS* ------------------- [Quick-hit videos](http://www.youtube.com/user/nitTWITS) created from the tweets of comedians? See you next Tuesday ... because we'll be watching this all night long.
  • Epic Meal Time
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    Watch: *Epic Meal Time* ----------------------- [A bunch of guys](http://www.epicmealtime.com/) who can seriously put away food make massive meals and then scarf them with abandon. Food Network has nothing on this.
  • Vice
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    Watch: *Vice* Videos -------------------- For years, the crew at *Vice* has been documenting dark corners of the world. Now they've made a [YouTube channel](http://www.youtube.com/user/vice) where viewers can take in the best of their reporting in concise chunks.
  • Daybreak
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    Questionable: *Daybreak* ------------------------ Here's the thing: [*Daybreak*](http://www.daybreak2012.com/) has a lot of potential. It's a tech-y sci-fi-ish thriller show by *Heroes* producer Tim Kring (its tied to his show *Touch*). The production is slick as all get-out and the performances are solid. But *Daybreak* is also [branded content](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/business/media/when-marketing-links-web-and-tv-realms.html?_r=1) – part of its purpose is to show off AT&T products and services. So while the show may be enjoyable, be prepared for copious product placement.
  • Cartoon Hangover
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    Avoid: The Cartoon Hangover Channel ----------------------------------- The [Cartoon Hangover channel](http://www.youtube.com/user/CartoonHangover) sounds promising – quick-hit bits of comedy in the form of crude cartoons – but so far the offerings like "Lulinternet Can Suck It" (above) haven't really delivered the funny.
  • Max Movie Reviews
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    Avoid: *Max Movie Reviews* -------------------------- Another offering from the American Hipster channel, though not nearly as good as *Presents*, [*Max Movie Reviews*](http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC163EAE105D3A7C2) is a series of movie reviews usually given by a hipster baby ("hipster" because he wears glasses and vests, get it?). The hipster baby talks in a pseudo-German accent, and even if his insights are occasionally on point, his act is not cute.
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