Web Series of the Week Poll Results (August 1-7, 2015)

The results are in from the Indie Series Network and Serial Scoop "Web Series of the Week" (#WSOTW) poll for August 1-7, 2015.

Weight was voted favorite web series for week. The latest from Gemma & The Bear was second, followed by new episodes of Proper Manors, Flying High with Charlie and Newsroom One.

The acting favorites were Gemma & The Bear's Kevin R. Free and Weight's Martha Byrne, and the favorite couple/duo was Gemma & The Bear from Gemma & The Bear.

Check out the complete results below:

RANK	SHOW	LAST WEEK	TOP 3
1	Weight	-	1
2	Gemma & The Bear	-	2
3	Proper Manors	-	28
4	Flying High with Charlie	6	0
5	Newsroom One	-	0
6	Ambience	-	0
7	Party Girl	-	0
8	Under InspeKtion	-	0
9	Flushing	-	0
10	Break a Hip	1	4
11	Shades of Bad	3	2
12	Carmilla	15	0
13	Youthful Daze	12	1
14	Ask a Cam-Harlot	-	0
15	Project Heat	-	0
16	Shadows	-	0
17	DisPossess	16	0
18	Powder Burns	-	0
19	iLove ver. Black	-	0
20	The Misselthwaite Archives	10	1
21	Classic Alice	11	0
22	From Mansfield With Love	19	0
23	How I Seize It	7	0
24	i can't even.	-	0
25	848	17	0
26	Smoke and Mirrors	8	0

Watch the Top 3 series and see the rest of the poll results below:

'Serial Scoop Now' #1: 'Weight' New York City VIP Party & Screening with Martha Byrne, Daryn Strauss, Elizabeth Hubbard, Michael Park & Anne Sayre

The stars of Daytime TV came out to support Martha Byrne and Daryn Strauss at a screening of
comedy series Weight in New York City. Photo Credit: Sue Coflin/Max Photos

On Wednesday, October 8, Serial Scoop Now attended the very first screening of comedy series Weight in New York City. Two-time Emmy Award-winning actress Martha Byrne (As the World Turns, Gotham, Crisis) stars as Claire, a woman who returns to her family a hundred pounds lighter after appearing for three months on a reality show. Written by WGA Award nominee Daryn Strauss (Downsized), Weight is smart, funny, dramatic and relatable, receiving loud bursts of laughter throughout the entire screening.

In our premiere episode, Serial Scoop Now host Michael Goldberg dishes with Byrne and Strauss about Weight, and catches up with Byrne's former As the World Turns co-stars, Michael Park, Anne Sayre, and Elizabeth Hubbard. Hubbard is currently winning over a whole new generation fans who are riveted by her portrayal of Dr. Althea Davis in The Doctors reruns on Retro TV.

"I'm very inspired by the things that make people act totally crazy," Strauss tells SSN. "I wrote a series called Downsized not too long ago and it was about how money makes people act crazy and desperate and do really crazy things. Weight is another one of those things. When weight is involved, people act a little nuts."

Watch below:



For more on Weight, visit weighttheseries.com.

Attend the 'Weight' VIP Party and Advanced Screening on October 8 with Martha Byrne and Daryn Strauss

Martha Byrne stars in Weight.

If you are a soap opera fan in New York City or love a good web series, there's another chance to meet some of your favorite stars. Tickets are still available for a VIP Soap Party and Advanced Screening of indie series Weight to be held on October 8 at 7 p.m. at Galway Pub, 7 E. 36th Street (between 5th and Madison). Weight is a new comedy created and executive produced by Writers Guild Award nominee Daryn Strauss and starring two-time Emmy winner Martha Byrne.

An impressive list of stars from Daytime TV and the Web will be attending the VIP Soap Party including Byrne (As the World Turns, Crisis, Gotham), Elizabeth Hubbard (The Doctors, As the World Turns), Colleen Zenk (Thurston, As The World Turns, Thurston), Anne Sayre (As the World Turns, Gotham), Michael Park (As the World Turns, House of Cards), Terri Conn (As the World Turns, One Life to Live), Larkin Malloy (The Edge of Night, Guiding Light, All My Children), Lisa Brown (Guiding Light, As the World Turns), Lauren B. Martin (As the World Turns, Empire) and Elizabeth Keifer (Guiding Light, Venice).

Daryn Strauss, Martha Byrne & Frederick King Keller Team up for New Internet Comedy 'Weight' - A Series Which Looks at the Crazy and Zany Things our Obsession with Weight Makes Us Do

Martha Byrne and Daryn Strauss are teaming up for Weight.

Weight is a new internet comedy series from three heavyweights from multiple platforms: Writers Guild Award-nominated digital writer and producer, Daryn Strauss (Downsized), two time Emmy Award-winning actress and producer Martha Byrne (As The World Turns, Crisis, Gotham The Series) and veteran primetime network television producer and director Frederick King Keller (Crisis, 24, Blue Bloods). #Weighttheseries will begin production this summer. For updates see: https://www.facebook.com/weighttheseries. On Twitter: @Weighttheseries.


Martha Byrne to Play Claire in Weight
The series is penned by Strauss, who was nominated for a Writers Guild Award for her first web series Downsized, a dramedy about middle class New Yorkers trying to adjust to the absurdities of life during the economic crisis. Byrne joins the project as star and producer with King Keller set to direct.