55-646: Chicken Girls is an American web series starring Jules LeBlanc , Hayden Summerall , Hayley LeBlanc, Brooke Elizabeth Butler, Riley Lewis , Indiana Massara , Mads Lewis , Aliyah Moulden, Rush Holland , Dylan Conrique, Caden Conrique , Carson Lueders, and more. The series, produced by Brat , premiered on YouTube on September 5, 2017. The series is known for launching the careers of Jules LeBlanc, Hayden Summerall, Brooke Elizabeth Butler, Indiana Massara, and more. A spinoff series, Chicken Girls: College Years , which follows Rooney and Birdie in college together, debuted online on August 2, 2022. Chicken Girls tells
110-708: A "Lethal Ladies" programming block, but spent most of her time online, appearing in 100 webisodes. As broadband bandwidth began to increase in speed and availability, delivering high-quality video over the Internet became a reality. In the early 2000s, the Japanese anime industry began broadcasting original net animation (ONA), a type of original video animation (OVA) series, on the Internet. Early examples of ONA series include Infinite Ryvius: Illusion (2000), Ajimu (2001), and Mahou Yuugi (2001). In 2003, The Spot executive producer and head writer Stewart St. John revived
165-532: A duet with singer Johnny Orlando , titled "Day & Night". The duet's music video was released on December 21, 2016, and has been viewed more than 25 million times. In 2017–2018, Ziegler and Orlando presented their Day & Night Tour throughout North America and the UK. Her 2017 video "Breathe" has been viewed more than 54 million times, and the video of her 2018 duet with Orlando, "What If", has been viewed more than 75 million times. In 2016, she and her sister were
220-524: A film roll from the last time they were together. It premiered on November 11, 2020. A second spinoff series, Chicken Girls: College Years , follows Rooney and Birdie as they start their new lives in college and encounter new challenges along the way. It premiered on August 2, 2022. A third spinoff series, Chicken Girls: Forever Team , centers on Simone and her friends, who have to navigate their life with Harmony having moved away. It premiered on November 3, 2022. Additionally, Chicken Girls: The Docuseries
275-585: A holiday stage pantomime adaptation, The Wonderful Winter of Oz , in Pasadena , California. As of February 2022, Ziegler had accumulated more than 14 million Instagram followers, 22 million TikTok followers, 3 million YouTube subscribers, and one million Twitter followers. Ziegler was born in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, to Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler and grew up in Murrysville , Pennsylvania. She
330-636: A holiday stage pantomime adaptation, The Wonderful Winter of Oz , in Pasadena , California. In mid-2019, Ziegler signed with Arista Records and toured the US as the warm-up act for PrettyMuch . She stars as the title character in an animated film, released in the US in November 2019 with the American title Ice Princess Lily , about an ice princess who befriends a dragon to defeat the evil snowman who rules her land. Ziegler and her sister were guest judges in 2020 on
385-809: A limited edition fashion line, The Maddie & Mackenzie Collection , through Mod Angel. In 2015, Ziegler made her acting debut on Nickelodeon 's sitcom Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn and appeared in a WowWee commercial alongside her sister. She returned to Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn in January 2017 in the episode "Keeping Up with the Quadashians". Also in 2015, she walked the Polo Ralph Lauren Runway in New York City and appeared in an ad campaign video for Glamour Magazine . In November 2016, Ziegler released her first single under her full name,
440-463: A new Internet studio, EQAL, and produced a spin-off from lonelygirl15 entitled " LG15: The Resistance ". Mainstream press began to provide coverage. In the UK, KateModern ended its run on Bebo . That site also hosted a six-month-long reality/travel show, The Gap Year , produced by Endemol UK, who also made Kirill , a drama for MSN . During MipCom, in October 2008, MySpace announced plans for
495-474: A new original series created by Craig Brewer that brought together the indie music world and new media expansion. Joss Whedon created, produced and self-financed Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog starring Neil Patrick Harris and Felicia Day . Big Fantastic wrote and produced Foreign Body , a mystery web series that served as a prequel to Robin Cook 's novel of the same name. Beckett and Goodfried founded
550-522: A second series and indicated that it was in talks with cable network Foxtel to distribute their first series on network television. Additionally MySpace spoke of their plans to produce versions of the MySpace Road Tour in other countries. The emerging potential for success in web video caught the attention of top entertainment executives in America, including former Disney executive and current head of
605-518: A self-help book in May 2018, titled Kenzie's Rules for Life: How to be Happy, Healthy, and Dance to Your Own Beat , "a collection of inspirational, upbeat lessons for kids learning to navigate life." The book ranked No. 7 on the Publishers Weekly best-seller list for juvenile non-fiction. In fall 2018, Ziegler launched her own cosmetics line, "Love, Kenzie". Ziegler was a contestant on Dancing with
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#1732876421241660-401: A series of video interviews featuring actors and directors like Guillermo del Toro , Santiago Segura , Álex de la Iglesia , and Keanu Reeves , which were distributed through his own website. lonelygirl15 , California Heaven , " The Burg ", and SamHas7Friends also gained popularity during this time, acquiring audiences in the millions. lonelygirl15 was so successful that it secured
715-441: A spin-off of the syndicated television series Weird TV . The web series featured dozens of shorts, comedy sketches, and mini-documentaries produced exclusively for MSN video. The video-sharing site YouTube was launched in early 2005, allowing users to share television programs. YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim said the inspiration for YouTube first came from Janet Jackson 's role in the 2004 Super Bowl incident , when her breast
770-430: A sponsorship deal with Neutrogena . In 2007, the creators of lonelygirl15 followed up the series' success with KateModern , a series which debuted on social network Bebo , and took place in the same fictional universe as their previous show. Big Fantastic created and produced Prom Queen , which was financed and distributed by Vuguru , and debuted on MySpace . These web serials highlighted interactivity with
825-518: A stage name for singing appearances. The album peaked at #1 on the iTunes pop charts, as well as #7 on iTunes' albums sales chart across all genres. The music video for the album's lead single, "Girl Party", also reached #1 on the iTunes pop chart. The video of the single has been viewed more than 85 million times. Later that year, her videos for "Shine" and "Christmas All Year Long" premiered. She continued to release singles and videos as Mack Z in 2015 and 2016. In 2014, Ziegler and her sister released
880-554: A teenage girl coping with unpopularity, in the high school drama series Total Eclipse on the Brat TV digital network. She was an executive producer for the show. She also co-starred as the same character in the film Brat Holiday Spectacular (2018). In February 2018, Ziegler and her sister appeared on The Slow Mo Guys YouTube channel. She appeared on the cover of the April/May 2018 issue of Girls' Life magazine. Ziegler released
935-566: A video of her song, "Teamwork", a back-to-school social media campaign with an anti-bullying theme, to promote the line. Later that year, Ziegler released a tee-shirt line called Tee4Too, and, with FanJoy in 2019, she released a line of sweatshirts and tee-shirts. Ziegler and her sister conducted a dance workshop tour of Australia in January 2017. Ziegler is featured in a 2017 dance advertisement for General Electric . They conducted another dance workshop tour of Australia and New Zealand in mid-2018. From 2018 to 2020, Ziegler starred as Cassie,
990-404: A wider range of creators to develop web series. As well, since web series are made available online, instead of being aired at a single preset time to specific regions, they enable producers to reach a potentially global audience who can access the shows 24 hours a day and seven days a week, at the time of their choosing. Moreover, in the 2010s, the rising affordability of tablets and smartphones and
1045-485: A year. Rogers Media will help fund and distribute Vuguru's upcoming productions, solidifying a connection between traditional media and new media such as web series. Web series can be distributed directly from the producers' websites, through streaming services or via online video sharing websites . The Webby Awards , established in 1996 by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), and
1100-878: Is an American singer, actress, former dancer, and internet personality . She appeared as a child for six years on the Lifetime reality dance series Dance Moms together with her older sister, dancer and actress Maddie Ziegler . Ziegler's music career began with her 2014 studio album, Mack Z . In 2018 she released her second studio album, Phases . She has joined singer Johnny Orlando in joint concert tours in North America and Europe and has released several other singles with Orlando and several solo releases. In 2017 and 2018, Ziegler traveled in Australia and New Zealand on dance workshop tours with her sister. She has also modeled for Polo Ralph Lauren . Her third album, Biting My Tongue ,
1155-529: Is of Polish, Italian and German descent. Her parents divorced when she was 6 years old after a 2009 bankruptcy. Her mother remarried Greg Gisoni in 2013. Ziegler has an older sister, Maddie , who is also a dancer and actress, as well as two older paternal half-brothers, Ryan and Tyler, and two older step-siblings, Matthew and Michelle. She began dancing at the Abby Lee Dance Company in Pittsburgh at
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#17328764212411210-575: Is set to continue into 2025. In 2012, Ziegler, along with her mother and sister, partnered with Starlight Children's Foundation to help raise awareness for chronically ill youth. Ziegler has also partnered with foundations such as Love Your Melon and Dancers Against Cancer to raise awareness and funding for childhood cancer. In 2016, Ziegler and her sister made a public service announcement for DoSomething.org's Birthday Mail campaign, which enables people to send homemade birthday cards to children living in homeless shelters. The same organization placed
1265-466: The Indie Series Awards , established in 2009 by We Love Soaps, recognize independently produced comedy, drama, and reality TV entertainment created for the web. In 2009, the International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) was founded with the mission to support and recognize artistic and technological achievements in the digital entertainment industry. It administered the selection of winners for
1320-457: The Intern-in-Chief film has been viewed more than 4.7 million times, as of December 30, 2023. (first episode) (last episode) The popularity of Chicken Girls has led the team at Brat TV to produce accompanying spinoff series to the show. The first series, Rooney's Last Roll , follows Rooney Forrester as she struggles to move on from her relationship with Stephanie after finding
1375-630: The Internet (i.e. World Wide Web ), which first emerged in the late 1990s and became more prominent in the early 2000s. A single instance of a web series program can be called an episode or a webisode . The scale of a web series is small and a typical episode can be anywhere from three to fifteen minutes in length. Web series are distributed online on video sharing websites and apps , such as YouTube , Vimeo and TikTok , and can be watched on devices such as smartphones , tablets , desktops , laptops, and Smart TVs (or television sets connected to
1430-654: The Quibi dance competition show Floored . She duetted with Sia on Ziegler's song "Exhale", released in June 2020. In 2020–2021, Ziegler competed on The Masked Singer spin-off The Masked Dancer as "Tulip", finishing in third place. In 2023, she and her sister launched a back-to-school fashion collection with American Eagle Outfitters . Ziegler released an album, Biting My Tongue , on July 26, 2024, which she says she wrote as "a form of therapy". Since October 2024, she has been opening for Mark Ambor on his Rockwood tour, which
1485-740: The Spring Breakaway film, which stars Annie LeBlanc , Lilia Buckingham , Anna Cathcart , Kianna Naomi and William Franklyn Miller. This film takes place between Holiday Spectacular and Chicken Girls season 4. The series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on March 19, 2019. In August 2019, Brat released the Intern-in-Chief film, which featured much of the Chicken Girls cast, notably Annie LeBlanc, Brooke Elizabeth Butler, Riley Lewis, and Kianna Naomi, with Indiana Massara, Hayley LeBlanc, Matt Sato, Rush Holland, Mads Lewis, and Aliyah Moulden appearing as well. The film takes place between
1540-567: The Streamy Awards , (which awards web series content) in 2009 and 2010. Due to the poor reception and execution of the 2010 Streamy Awards, IAWTV decided to halt its production of the award ceremony. The IAWTV followed this decision by forming the IAWTV Awards (which recognize creators, cast, and crew of short form digital series from around the world) in 2012. Mackenzie Ziegler Mackenzie Frances Ziegler (born June 4, 2004; age 20)
1595-432: The Internet with a media streaming device ). They can also be released on social media platforms. Because of the nature of the Internet, a web series may be interactive and immersive. Web series are classified as new media . Web series are different from streaming television series, as the latter is purposed to be watched on streaming platforms such as Netflix , Amazon Prime Video , and Hotstar . Although
1650-530: The Rooster Teeth website, acquiring over 100 million social media views during its run. Rooster Teeth would eventually create RWBY in 2013. In 2004, Salad Fingers was created, which amassed a cult following. Sam Has 7 Friends , which ran in the summer and fall of 2006, was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award , and was temporarily removed from the Internet when it was acquired by Michael Eisner . In 2004–2005, Spanish producer Pedro Alonso Pablos recorded
1705-529: The Stars: Juniors in 2018, reaching the finals. On one episode of this show she danced together with her sister for the first time on television since Dance Moms . On November 20, 2018, Ziegler released her second studio album, Phases . One of the singles on the album, "Wonderful", was written by Sia , and Ziegler premiered the song on Dancing with the Stars . In December 2018, Ziegler starred as Dorothy in
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1760-714: The Streamys and IAWTV also cover programs on streaming platforms. Most major award ceremonies have also created web series and digital media award categories, including the Emmy Awards and the Canadian Screen Awards . There are also several web series festivals , most notably in Los Angeles and Vancouver . In April 1995, "Global Village Idiots", an episode of the Bloomington, Indiana -based public access program Rox ,
1815-533: The Tornante Company, Michael Eisner. Torante's Vuguru subdivision partnered with Canadian media conglomerate Rogers Media on October 26, securing plans to produce upwards of 30 new web shows a year. Rogers Media agreed to help fund and distribute Vuguru's upcoming productions, thereby solidifying a connection between old and new media. The rise in popularity of mobile Internet video, along with technological improvements to storage, bandwidth, and bitrates, led to
1870-515: The Ziegler sisters on their 2016 list of charitable young celebrities. Ziegler has also joined her sister to support Dancers Against Cancer. In 2018, Ziegler performed at the first We Day Alberta in Edmonton , Alberta, Canada. She appeared on Celebrity Family Feud in 2019 together with her sister, mother, aunt and dancer Charlize Glass, playing for "My Friend's Place", where they have volunteered in
1925-646: The age of two. With that company, she won titles in dance competitions. Ziegler was homeschooled . From August 2020 until at least May 2023, Ziegler dated Tacoda Dubbs. Ziegler first appeared on television in 2011 on Lifetime 's reality dance show Dance Moms , alongside her mother and sister. In 2016, the Zieglers left the show after six seasons to pursue other projects. Ziegler also appeared on Dance Moms' sister shows Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition and Abby's Studio Rescue . In 2014, Ziegler released her debut album titled Mack Z , which she also used as
1980-417: The audience in addition to the narrative on relatively low budgets. In contrast, the web series Sanctuary , starring actor/producer Amanda Tapping , cost $ 4.3 Million to produce. Both Sanctuary and Prom Queen were nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award . Award-winning producer/director Marshall Herskovitz created Quarterlife , which debuted on MySpace and was later distributed on NBC . In 2009,
2035-471: The backstabbing, secret-keeping and boy drama, can the new girl group survive middle school? Production and filming for the series' first season commenced August 6, 2017. The series was first reported by Variety on August 21, 2017. Alana Johnson was originally cast a series regular, but she dropped the role to produce her own film. The second season premiered on February 14, 2018. In June 2018, Brat released Chicken Girls: The Movie which takes place between
2090-420: The brand for online audiences with a new cast, and created a separate mobile series to air on Sprint PCS Vision-enabled phones. St. John and partner Todd Fisher produced over 2,500 daily videos of the first American mobile phone soap, driving story lines across platforms to the web counterpart, The Spot (2.0). The same year, Microsoft launched MSN Video, which featured the original web series Weird TV 2000 ,
2145-509: The designing of a web series can be similar to that of a television series their development and production does not entail the same financial investment required for a television series. The popularity of some web series, however, have led to them being optioned for television. As of 2021, a number of awards have been established to celebrate excellence in web series, like the Streamys , Webbys , IAWTV , and Indie Series Awards , although
2200-427: The erasure of accessibility and affordability barriers. This meant that high-speed broadband and streaming video capabilities for producing and distributing a web series became a feasible alternative to "traditional" series production, which was formerly mostly done for broadcast and cable television. In comparison with traditional TV series production, web series are typically less expensive to produce. This has allowed
2255-567: The faces of Clean & Clear's fall back-to-school campaign. Ziegler was the face of Polo Ralph Lauren's children's spring 2016 collection and was named a brand ambassador for girls' fashion line Emily West in 2017. In 2016, Ziegler collaborated with TurnBoard to release the Kenzie Ziegler TurnBoard, a turning practice tool for dancers. In 2017 and 2018, Ziegler collaborated on dance-inspired activewear clothing lines with tween retailer Justice . Justice also collaborated with her on
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2310-710: The first web series festival was established, called the Los Angeles Web Series Festival . In 2008, major television studios began releasing web series, such as the ABC show "Squeegies", the NBC show Gemini Division , and the Bravo show The Malan Show . Warner Bros. relaunched The WB as an online network beginning with their first original web series, " Sorority Forever ", created and produced by Big Fantastic and executive produced by McG . Meanwhile, MTV announced
2365-550: The fourth and fifth seasons of Chicken Girls . The fifth season premiered on September 3, 2019. In November 2019, the series was renewed for a sixth season, which premiered on March 10, 2020. In August 2020, Brat announced a new cast for the seventh season of Chicken Girls , which included Hayley LeBlanc, Coco Quinn, Txunamy Ortiz, and Corrine Joy from Mani , as well as Enzo Lopez, Elliana Wamsley, Matteo Gallegos, Michael Aboujaoude, Skyler Aboujaoude, Kheris Rogers, Aidan Prince, Santiago Carrera, and Liam-Alexander Newman. The season
2420-581: The past, which provides meals for homeless youth in Los Angeles. As of 2022, Ziegler's Instagram account, "Kenzie", has more than 14 million followers, she has more than 23 million followers on TikTok , her two YouTube channels have received a total of more than 500 million views, with more than 3 million subscribers on her main channel, and she has more than one million Twitter followers under her nickname, "Kenzie". Refinery29 included her on its 2017 list of 29 young actors, singers and activists "on
2475-661: The rising ownership rates of these devices in industrialized nations means that web series are available to a wider range of potential viewers, including commuters, travelers, and other people who are on the go. The emerging potential for success in web video has caught the eye of some of the top entertainment executives in America, including former Disney executive and current head of the Tornante Company, Michael Eisner . Eisner's Vuguru subdivision of Tornante partnered with Canadian media conglomerate Rogers Media on October 26, 2009, securing plans to produce over 30 new web shows
2530-482: The school in the series' first season, and in Chicken Girls: The Movie , as well for most of the fourth through sixth seasons. Forbes reported that Chicken Girls and another Brat show, Total Eclipse , helped the network accumulate a "loyal audience" of 15 million unique viewers in three months that "the company is beginning to monetize by moving into advertising in 2019". Chicken Girls: The Movie
2585-556: The second and third seasons of Chicken Girls . On August 9, 2018, The Hollywood Reporter announced season 3 would premiere on September 4, 2018. The Brat Holiday Spectacular film, featuring Annie LeBlanc, Indiana Massara, Aliyah Moulden, Mackenzie Ziegler and other performers from Chicken Girls , along with cast from Total Eclipse and Boss Cheer , was released in December 2018. The film takes place between Chicken Girls season 3 and Spring Breakaway . In March 2019, Brat released
2640-433: The story of middle school student Rhyme McAdams and her friends, Ellie, Quinn, and Kayla – known as "The Chicken Girls" – who have been dancing together forever. The show follows the girls as they navigate dance, friendship, crushes, and learning how to grow up. But as they begin their freshman year at Attaway High School (season 3), everything's changing. In Season 7, Harmony has found her own squad of Chicken Girls. With all
2695-515: The title of Infoseek's "Cool Site of the Year," an award which later became the Webby. In January 1999, Showtime licensed the animated sci-fi web series WhirlGirl , making it the first independently produced web series licensed by a national television network. In February 1999, the series premiered simultaneously on Showtime and online. The character occasionally appeared on Showtime, for example hosting
2750-401: Was a spinoff more focused on the cast and behind the scenes of season 7 (unlike the other straight-up spinoffs that take place within the show’s universe). It premiered on October 1, 2020. Web series A web series (also known as webseries , short-form series , and web show ) is a series of short scripted or non-scripted online videos , generally in episodic form , released on
2805-461: Was exposed during her performance, and later from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami . Karim could not easily find video clips of either event online, which led to the idea of a video sharing site. From 2003 to 2006, many independent web series began to garner and achieve significant popularity, most notably the series known as Red vs. Blue by Rooster Teeth . The series was distributed independently using online portals YouTube and Revver , as well as
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#17328764212412860-410: Was originally set to premiere on September 1, 2020, but was pushed back to September 8. In 2020, a behind the scenes documentary series Chicken Girls: The Docuseries was released alongside season 7. Season 8 was being filmed as of February 1, 2021, and was released on March 23, 2021. The main filming location for Chicken Girls , besides Brat Studios, is Ramona Convent Secondary School. It was used as
2915-421: Was released in 2024. Later in 2024, she joined Mark Ambor on his Rockwood tour. In addition to Dance Moms , Ziegler has appeared on other television series, including the sitcom Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn (2015 and 2017). From 2018 to 2020, she starred in the Brat TV high school drama series Total Eclipse . In 2018 she also competed on Dancing with the Stars: Juniors and starred as Dorothy in
2970-484: Was the most viewed program on Brat of all time, having more than 40 million views as of December 30, 2023. The Brat Holiday Spectacular , featuring Jules LeBlanc (formerly Annie LeBlanc), Indiana Massara, Aliyah Moulden, Mackenzie Ziegler , other cast from Chicken Girls , other cast from Total Eclipse , and more has been viewed more than 7.8 million times as of December 30, 2023. The Spring Breakaway film has been viewed more than 9.4 million times, while
3025-457: Was uploaded to the Internet, making Rox the first series distributed via the web. The same year, Scott Zakarin created The Spot , an episodic online story which integrated photos, videos, and blogs into the storyline. Likened to Melrose Place -on-the-Web , The Spot featured a rotating cast of characters playing trendy twenty-somethings who rented rooms in a fabled Santa Monica, California beach house called "The Spot". The Spot earned
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