''ControlTV'' was a live interactive reality

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executive produced by

Seth Green Seth Benjamin Green ( ''né'' Gesshel-Green; born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, producer, and writer. Green's film debut came with a role in the comedy-drama film ''The Hotel New Hampshire'' (1984), and he went on to have supporting ...

"Seth Green to Launch ControlTV, Giving You Control of the Reality Television Series," Slash Film, accessed October 26, 2010. http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/09/01/seth-green-to-launch-controltv-giving-you-control-of-the-reality-television-series/. and directed by

Big Fantastic Big Fantastic, LLC is a filmmaking collective and production company located in Santa Monica, California which creates, develops and produces online video entertainment. The company is currently most known for their popular web series ''Sam Has 7 ...

(the filmmaking collective behind series such as ''Prom Queen''). Starting October 6, 2010, 25-year-old Tristan Couvares began the experiment of having his life filmed all day, every day, for a duration of 6 weeks."Seth Green to Give Viewers True Control," Gear Live Media, accessed October 26, 2010. http://television.gearlive.com/tvenvy/article/q107-seth-green-to-give-viewers-true-control/.

Awards

''ControlTV'' was awarded Digital Luminary Award from the National Association of Television Program Executives (NAPTE) "NATPE Conference: Speakers" http://www.natpe.org/conference/speakers/search/process"Vaynerchuk ChuControlTV Headline Natpe Digital Luminary Award Honorees" Internet Movie Database. https://www.imdb.com/news/ni6655800/"NAPTE Names Digital Luminary Awards Recipients" Broadcast & Cable http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/461864-NATPE_Names_Digital_Luminary_Award_Recipients.php and receiving an Honorable Mention during the 2011 Webby Awards."Webby Honorees"http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?media_id=97&category_id=102 "ControlTV" http://www.dbg.tv/controltv_webby/

About

''ControlTV'' produced by actor

, Matthew Senrich, Ken Fuchs, Steve Kessler, Richard Saperstein, Craig Ullman, and Shara Kay documented the life of Tristan Couvares for six weeks, starting October 6, 2010. The show was streamed live 24/7, and short, re-cap episodes were posted every weekday. The fans of ''Control TV'' had been dubbed "the controllers" and voted on various aspects of daily life such as what Tristan would eat, when he would wake up and what he would wear. At one point, the majority of the viewers voted for Tristan Couvares to have an hour off camera. During the show, many cuss words were bleeped out with a splash screen displaying the word "whoops" and a small repeating audio clip.

Viewership

In its first 14 days of release, ControlTV received more than 3 million completed unique episode views, with viewers staying for an average of 27 minutes per visit on the live feed. By the end of season one the show had accumulated over 13 million completed unique episode views."ControlTV Reality Show Crowd Sources a Life" MediaPost Publications

Sponsorship

Ford, Snickers, and Sprint were sponsors of the show."Ford, Sprint, Snickers Get With the Crowd for 'ControlTV', AdAge.com, accessed October 26, 2010. "http://adage.com/madisonandvine/article?article_id=146703. Tristan Couvares drove a Ford and used a Sprint cell phone. Every few days, Tristan Couvares would eat a Snickers bar on camera. At the end of the series, the viewers voted to let Tristan Couvares keep the Ford Fiesta that was provided by Ford.

Season 1 episode list

"Episodes," Control TV, accessed October 26, 2010. http://controltv.com/category/episodes/ .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Control Tv American non-fiction web series 2010 American television series debuts 2010 American television series endings 2010s American reality television series