Grace Helbig Talks About Her New Show
Category: Television and Streaming
Grace Helbig is an Internet personality and is now jumping to television with her own talk show on E! In this day and age when the Internet is where a lot of people get their news and entertainment, there are plenty of people who have made their mark on society online.
“One of the biggest challenges is working with other human beings,” Helbig confessed to the media. “I make Web videos all by myself. I write them. I shoot them. I’m in them. I edit them. I post them. I promote them. And when you make a television show, there are other people that do those jobs. I don’t have to wear so many hats, which is really wonderful.” Although she has basically been a one-woman production, she is happy to have people helping her now.
As Helbig explained, “I’m really trying to create something that feels familiar as a nighttime talk show, but is a hybrid of what I do in the digital space. I’m trying to create a television show that feels interactive, that feels personal, and that feels intimate so that the audience that already watches my YouTube videos can come to television and feel not so, I guess, unfamiliar with what they are seeing, but also at the same time feel like they are seeing a television show – they are not seeing a Web series brought to TV. They are seeing something that feels big enough and rich enough and full enough and fully thought‑out, that fits on a television screen. That’s what we’re trying to do.”
The promotions for the show have thrust this comedian, actress, and video blogger into the national spotlight and brought her to the attention of people who might not have otherwise heard of her. Yes, there are plenty of people who do not get their entertainment online.
“I didn’t necessarily set out to make this television show when I was born, you know. I loved television and wanted to be a part of it when I discovered that I wanted to pursue comedy. But then the Internet thing, kind of took off for me career-wise, and that’s where a lot of my attention had gone in the past few years.”
What is it about the digital world that makes watching and creating online content so popular? “I think inherently, as human beings in this world, we all just want to feel like we’re part of something and that’s why YouTube, to me, is such a wonderful place because it feels like a true community,” Helbig told the media. “You feel like you are a part of something.”
There are several topics that won’t be on Grace’s show. Religion and politics are topics about which she isn’t comfortable discussing. “Instead, I like talking about people’s allergies and what makes them afraid and what did they tweet this morning and what music did they listen to before they went to bed last night and talking to humans about being humans, I think, is most interesting.”
For Grace Helbig, this new format on television will raise her recognition and bring her a different audience. “I want to make something that people want to watch and that they want to see more of,” she stated.
The Grace Helbig Show airs on E!
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