Variety: Say “Cheers!” to the first-ever sitcom web series taped in front of a live studio audience, “L.A. Beer.” Set in a microbrewery, the workplace comedy follows a group of beer lovers and brewers as they compete in a growing industry. “L.A. Beer” was funded via Kickstarter, allowing the team to produce the sitcom for “1/200th of what the comparable cost for a network sitcom would be,” according to executive producer Sam Miller. The series will debut with five episodes on YouTube beginning May 11.