What to Do In Case of Reruns

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May sweeps is right around the corner and you know what that means on the boob tube: unsolved mysteries, jaw-dropping revelations, sudden deaths, over-the-top weddings and then — BLAM! — reruns. Don't be blue. There's this thing called the Internet that has entertainment on it that's unlike anything on broadcast TV. Here are three of our current favorites:

Prom Queen. Take the sensibilities of "My So-Called Life" and "Beverly Hills 90210." Throw in some "Undressed" bad acting. Spread some "Passions" campiness on top and then mix it all with a bunch of YouTube videos and you've got yourself "Prom Queen," a fictional soapy online series about a group of sexed-up teenagers that's being broadcast all over the Web (and is sponsored by "Hairspray"). The best part is each episode is only 90 seconds long so there's no commitment.

TwitterTV. You may have heard about the wacky craze on the Internet called Twitter, a site that aggregates short posts from folks who reveal what they're doing at that exact moment. Sounds boring, right? But TwitterTV, developed by David Troy, makes the voyeuristic notion entertaining by plopping all the twits on a Googley map. As The Slug was watching this afternoon, someone in Mexico mundanely said "going to lunch" right before another person in Asia confessed "i just dropped white out on my new dress." Color us captivated.

Justin.TV. If peeping into peoples' lives around the world is too grand in scope, you can also narrow your Internet focus on Justin Kan. This dude is wearing a camera on the side of his head and broadcasting what he sees online 24/7. While Kan's life isn't that fascinating — he's a Web entrepreneur, not an astronaut or firefighter — peering at the media attention he's received for exposing himself from his perspective is très interesting. Plus there's a chat room underneath the streaming video so you can gossip with strangers about what's going on.