''BlackBoxTV Presents'' is an American horror

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created by Tony E. Valenzuela and

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. The first season, which featured a cast of

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creators including DeFranco,

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, and

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, was self-funded by Valenzuela and debuted on the BlackBoxTV YouTube channel on August 17, 2010. In 2012, Valenzuela collaborated with '' CSI'' creator

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to relaunch the BlackBoxTV YouTube channel as part of the

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. Season three, dubbed ''BlackBoxTV: Silverwood'', premiered on the relaunched BlackBoxTV YouTube channel on April 13, 2012. The season 5 premiere episode, "How to Quit YouTube" starring

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as a vlogger lost in the desert, debuted on

on March 19, 2014. The episode, which Tubefilter writer Sam Gutelle called, "an extreme version of the occasionally overwhelming demands of online video fame," earned

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nominations for Cleveland for

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and Valenzuela for Best Director in 2014. The season 5 episode "Versions of Elloise" was produced in collaboration with

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as part of “YouTube Space House of Horrors: A Legendary Halloween” and selected as one of ten finalists by

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. ''BlackBoxTV Presents'' has won Streamy Awards for Best Writing: Drama (2013), Best Drama Series (2015) and Best Immersive Series (2017) and won Best Editing at the 2012

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