New York - "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels' production company Broadway Video Entertainment has launched its first broadband comedy series, Broadcasting & Cable reports. "The Line," about two friends waiting 11 days in line for a sci-fi movie premiere, features current SNL writers and stars Bill Hader, Seth Meyers and Simon Rich. The series was first posted to Sony's Crackle.com, but was recently added to Hulu, YouTube and other sites.

New York - NBC plans to begin webcasting a series of nightly webisodes in the fall featuring Jimmy Fallon, the "Saturday Night Live" alum who is set to take Conan O'Brien's late night TV slot host next year when O'Brien replaces the retiring Jay Leno, The New York Times reported. SNL producer Lorne Michaels will produce the webisodes, which will be five or ten minutes long and debut nightly at 12:30 ET. "Conan needed time to find his show," Michaels told The Times. "I think this will help Jimmy to do that."