I mentioned a few posts ago that YouTuber, Grace Helbig has her own TV show on E! now. The show is now two episodes in, so I figured it was time I give my opinion on it.
The show takes place in Grace's "house" (really it is just a set designed to resemble Grace's home). The first episode had guests Aisha Tyler, Mamrie Hart, and Flula Borg. The second episode brought in comedian Nick Kroll and internet personality Tyler Oakley. It seems like Grace is trying to balance airtime between standard celebrities and internet celebrities. This is a huge move for Team Internet, because it give a lot of YouTuber a chance to be on the television platform.
I must say that Grace comes off quite differently on TV than she does on YouTube. Some of this may be due to the fact that she is in a different atmosphere on TV. She is dressed in cute dresses with her hair and make up done accompanied by flattering camera angles. On YouTube she typically wears sweats with old make up and one single camera angle provided by her tripod.
In the second episode Grace responded to a comment that she received saying that it sounded like she was reading her lines off of a teleprompter the entire time, when in fact there was no teleprompter. Helbig does in fact have a way of talking sometimes when she pauses at weird places. This is something that you are used to on the internet, but on TV it makes her come off as awkward (which is actually what she is going for I think).
As far as pop culture TV shows go, I think that this show is pretty decent. I am looking for to the next episode with guest Jim Parsons because I am excited to see how their personalities work together. My favorite thing about the show is how Grace incorporates YouTube styled challenges for her guest, because this is much more interesting than the typical interview that hosts normally give.
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