Kent Nichols, co-creator of Ask a Ninja, wrote a nice blog in response to my Gawker article and I wanted to respond here, in our blog -- mostly because Kent and I are afraid of creating too strong of an emotional bond (something that would happen if we, say, bumped into each other on the street and he was, say, wearing a leotard).

First off -- thanks, Kent. I appreciate the response and, out of curiousity, what are you wearing?

Secondly, I think people are jumping to conclusions about my article. The main idea was that, contrary to what various people have been saying more and more, Internet TV isn't even close to replacing real TV. Is it possible to monetize on the Internet? Of course. Is it possible to create a self-sufficient show whose quality rivals anything on TV? Of course not. Let's be honest, a show about an extremely witty Ninja is going to spread like wildfire on the Internet, while a full-length show about a writer trying to survive his way in a crazy Hollywood -- well, not so much.

I'm not complaining, it's the way the world works, and at the very best, I think the Internet can become the AHL (sorry, I'm a hockey fan) to TV's NHL and I think we'd all be happy if that was the case.

As far as Break a Leg is concerned -- it was never meant to be a web show and through various circumstances, it happened like that anyway. Would I have done things differently if we planned for making it an internet show? Of course. But we didn't and, ironically enough, the fact that we didn't got us the press and the views that we have now.

We, of course, are fully aware that Break a Leg may not make it on TV (though, we'll fight tooth and nail to try and get it there) but we are using it as a calling card and we are taking steps to move forward (mostly by making shows where people wear significantly less clothes.)

Thanks for your response, though, and I'll gladly accept a role in that new movie you're writing. I'll even give you or the Ninja a part in Break a Leg in exchange.

Thanks, Kent!

-Yuri