MTV Taps Web, Social Media for New Original Series

Multichannel News: MTV will again tap the digital media space for several new original series set to launch over the next year, the network announced during its upfront presentation. MTV will launch a late-night comedy, “In Middle of the Night Show,” hosted by CollegeHumor’s Brian Murphy and based on the site’s web series of the same name. Each episode of the series will take place in the unsuspecting bedroom of a celebrity who then will be forced to serve as host for the evening, said network officials. The network has also signed a development deal with Vine star Logan Paul to develop a series the follows the social media darling and his real life brother at the start of his rise to fame.