DIRECTV recently announced that that it will be the first to take the MySpace experience and bring it to life as a television show when its show Project MyWorld debuts Oct. 2 at 6:00 p.m. ET on DIRECTV's Channel 101. The show will follow three friends as they travel the world in search of love, adventure, independent bands and the real people around the world who have become their MySpace friends. DIRECTV's fourth original series is part documentary, part international odyssey and part Internet experience come to life.
DIRECTV will give the three women a voice to create, develop and produce Project MyWorld according to their own unique personalities for the ultimate in viewer-generated content. The three women will also serve as executive producers and maintain the show's Web site on MySpace at www.myspace.com/projectmyworld.
The program will introduce viewers to three friends: Shaina Fewell, Renee Intlekofer and Taryn Southern, and follow them as they traverse the globe in search of their MySpace friends worldwide and set out to fulfill their own personal missions. Shaina is on the hunt for the best indie band in each city, Renee is searching for international love and the feisty Taryn is looking for adventure.
"This is such a great concept and the fact that it's totally homegrown by Shaina, Taryn and Renee really drew us to the project," said Eric Shanks, executive vice president of entertainment at DIRECTV. "Project MyWorld is a completely new kind of show where everything from the music to the characters have a connection between the online world and real-life."
The women will begin their journey in Los Angeles and then continue on to such exotic locales such as Croatia, Spain, Italy, Germany, France and other countries in their worldwide tour. Their adventures will be shot documentary style in High-Definition and presented to viewers in a weekly half-hour television show.
For more information, check out the DIRECTV press release DIRECTV's New Original Series Project MyWorld Sends Three Friends to Conquer the World with Their MySpace Friends.
